I noticed that 660News has David Spence doing a few live hits in the afternoon now.  In the morning, Henley and Parcells are now anchoring the entire newscast together instead of one voice carrying the majority of each half-hour.  Overnight is down to one voice (not sure if that was because of an absence, but really do you need more than one person anchoring overnight?), and they now tape the traffic person for the overnight hours.  And the announcers are getting better at syncing their tone with the real time.  

Wow! you really listen to the station 'extra' closely! Either your 660's #1 fan or you work there! Which is it?

I noticed that CHED in Edmonton recently started cloning 660 by doing the reporter intro's before the newscasts.   Good to see that "Alberta's Most Respected Newsroom" as they self-proclaim comes up with their own ideas.

Quoted from NBeacon

I noticed that CHED in Edmonton recently started cloning 660 by doing the reporter intro's before the newscasts

As recently as September 2006

See http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1157481318/s-13/highlight-/#num13

A good idea can claim many mothers

nice post freqfreak....
nbeacon, what's new in radio is old again.   do you think 660 invented the reporter intros and all the other amazing things they do.  
give your head a shake

No, pretty much everything they do has been done before by Big Mama 680 News back in Toronto.  That's not the point.  Would CHED have started putting headers in their newscasts if 660 hadn't come along?

Hey whatsnew, why don't you kiss my arse you motherless know-it-all.

Give YOUR head a shake...Iyour kid needs a rattle.

For the record, I only listen in morning and afternoon drive.  No, I don't work for Rogers.

Quoted from Nietzsche

Would CHED have started putting headers in their newscasts if 660 hadn't come along?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

CHED started using headers 10 months before 660 and their markets are 300km apart. What's the connection?

And headers have been around on the CBC and BBC since Marconi and Fessenden were mere twinkles in their father's eyes.

Sheesh!

CHED wasn't using headers until after 660 came on board.  They know Rogers has a radio foothold in Edmonton and TV now as well with CITY, and likely only a matter of time before they pop up an all news there....likey once Calgary is well established....so why not, start tweaking your station before the competition shows up.

Quoted from last_link

As recently as September 2006

See http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1157481318/s-13/highlight-/#num13

Can't anybody read? CHED's use of headers took place in September 2006, which if I recall correctly was pre-660's switch to all news or shortly thereafter.

Rogers' new foothold in Edmonton is the old A-Channel TV station.

On their radio side, which would they flip: CKER World FM or the Bounce? When did all news succeed on FM?

And if it is insisted that one station did something because of what another station did in another market months later... this thread has suddenly become a pointless travel back to Edison reciting "Mary Had A Little Lamb" into a wax cylinder recorder.

Before long we'll be arguing about a library in Rome 330 B.C. and who wrote what first.

Radio re-invents itself continuously. Get used to it.

It would have to be CKER because the bounce is CHUM, not Rogers.  That CKER rumor of going "news" has been going around for some time, but considering it has the ethnic format all to itself, and some pretty loyal listeners and accounts, it doesn't seem like its going to happen.

Quoted from l.rox

It would have to be CKER because the bounce is CHUM, not Rogers.

My bad.

Should have read Sonic FM. Along with CKER they were both formerly OK Radio Group properties.

And the use of headers was legit radio journalism decades before BellGlobeMedia pursued CHUM assets in July 2006, which ultimately led to the Rogers inheritance of CityTV stations in June 2007.

Those folks at Corus Edmonton must use Kreskin as a consultant. Somehow I don't think CHED's track record versus Rogers' rip-and-read is a cause for worry.

And since when did diverse ownership in a market become a bad thing?

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Can't anybody read? CHED's use of headers took place in September 2006, which if I recall correctly was pre-660's switch to all news or shortly thereafter.

660 News launched in around the Spring of '06, which the last time I looked was several months before September 2006.....

And, I doubt Rogers would change either FM in Edmonton...they'd wait and buy a flailing AM from some company...as mentioned in the Hicks on Six Article.

Quoted from AB_radio

And, I doubt Rogers would change either FM in Edmonton...they'd wait and buy a flailing AM from some company...as mentioned in the Hicks on Six Article.

I agree with you on this one...especially since World FM fits in with their OMNI brand, which if I'm not mistaken will be coming to Edmonton soon.

Hey spiffiness, seems like you listen all the time from what you say about the overnight traffic and news readers. Not the AM and Afternoon drive shows you claim to tune into. And as far as I recall, 630 CHED has been doing headlines for years, as long as three years ago when I worked there.

So who is the 12 year old doing traffic for Corus in Calgary? Sounds like a cross between Mickey Mouse and some wierd cartoon.

Quoted from freelancevoice

So who is the 12 year old doing traffic for Corus in Calgary? Sounds like a cross between Mickey Mouse and some wierd cartoon.

I thought it was you?

660 has a commercial where they poke fun at the fact that she sounds like she's 15.  

Quoted from spiffiness

660 has a commercial where they poke fun at the fact that she sounds like she's 15.  

That's pretty funny.  Can someone post a clip?

Here ya go.  The "child" doing traffic on Corus is Sharney Peters.  I think she sounds more like Minnie than Mickey Mouse though

Not to change the topic too much but has anyone noticed how much 660 uses CTV stories?  Last night I was listening and four stories in a row had clips with "so-and-so tells CTV News..."  

And to go a step further on this does anyone think this might change with Rogers getting CityTV in Calgary?  And does anyone think that will affect how Spence does weather for 660?

660 has an agreement with CTV to use their stories, but it does raise a good point.  It all depends on if Rogers spends money on serious local news and do a bit of convergence with 660; if so then it makes sense to use Citytv as their source of information, which will impact David Spence.  Which would be too bad because he's worked quite well on 660 so far.  In Toronto I believe 680 has an agreement with Citytv to use their stories.  

Anybody know what happened to Christina Rosell and David Tait?  It just seems like forever since I have heard Christina do traffic.  



  

I was wondering the same thing spifiness.  I  am thinking Christina is on holidays, but will have to wait and see if shes back on Tuesday

I heard a couple of weeks ago that she was now off to have a baby.  Don't think she'll be back on Tuesday.