I just don't get it.

Just who the heck is Steve Darling's promo person.   SATAN !?!
This is twice now ,this talentless hack is on the cover of TV Week.

I am not in the industry, so its not as if I am jealous of this guy. But there is something really wrong with the local "airwaves" when this clown is a featured personality.

All you industry people on this site must have some insite as to the real reason he got that Global Gig...

I like Steve.

I have no problem with Steve Darling, he's personable and does the job.

I remember when he first started on Global, If I'm not mistaken, he was doing weekends, then he moved into weekdays doing Sports! From there right to Global Mornings

In a town where the only "celebrities" are tv news faces, they each get 2-4 covers a year to make up the 52 TV Week cycle.  

It's just how it is.  

Until we start up Radio Week Magazine.

BTW, please feel free to vote in the always reliable TV Week Readers Poll at http://www.tvweekonline.ca/awards

Steve Darling isn't talentless. He must have a talent for getting decent gigs. I mean, he got a 'news' job, with virtually NO news background. Zilch. Go figure. Listening to him trying to sound authoritative is priceless. Sad, but priceless. My theory is they were looking for a harmless buffoon to sit beside that whiny Lynn, someone who would actually make her appear to have a thread of assertiveness and an inkling of television news cred. My question is - why isn't Robin, the weekend anchor, the permanent co-host with a proper male 'news' person ?

Wait...who owns the publication that TV Week is in??

I have no problem with Steve or anybody else going on the cover, my problem is the sickeningly sweet, abosultely vapid articles on local TV people we always see from TV Week. They always have those ridiculously staged photos of local celebs decorating their homes for Christmas, or walking dog/cat/iguana, whatever. I know they aren't going to dish dirt, Jill Krop isn't exactly Brittney Spears, but can they give a little bit of interesting info than the usual fare?
My only real problem with Steve's cover is the fact his dogs nails are painted pink.

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BTW, please feel free to vote in the always reliable TV Week Readers Poll at http://www.tvweekonline.ca/awards

How can anyone question that reliable source?  For Favourite Local Weekend Radio Show, I just voted for CKNW News Talk 980 WARREN ON THE WEEKEND.

I say, good for you Steve Darling!  

Anyone who goes from being a stunt guy on a country station, to a morning newscaster on a station like Global, deserves a pat on the back.

Sure, some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth qualifies as "buffoon-like", but...the poor bastard pulls in a cool 40K to get up at 3:30 in the morning to hang out with Lynn Collier...he should be allowed to belch out the odd assenine and totally irrelevant statement!

I like Steve too.

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I have no problem with Steve or anybody else going on the cover, my problem is the sickeningly sweet, abosultely vapid articles on local TV people we always see from TV Week. They always have those ridiculously staged photos of local celebs decorating their homes for Christmas, or walking dog/cat/iguana, whatever. I know they aren't going to dish dirt, Jill Krop isn't exactly Brittney Spears, but can they give a little bit of interesting info than the usual fare?
My only real problem with Steve's cover is the fact his dogs nails are painted pink.

Well put. Although it's frightening to see how many people actually lap it up.


Steve is the dictionary definition of the term "big galoot". He is perfect for local televsion morning news. May he stay in that gig forever.
Mike Chisolm gives us the gory details. Steve's unintentional teddy bear nature keeps us from hanging ourselves after we hear them.

Quoted from Digicart

the poor bastard pulls in a cool 40K

seriously?

i too like steve a lot.  he's a good morning guy.

I too like the job Steve does on the Global News.  Real people, not like the Ken and Barbie's you find on station's like KTLA.  Geez, so far positive comments for the most part go figure, all the character assassins on this site must be taking the day off  

I also like Steve.  He always makes me smile in the morning, which I think is a good way to start my day.

I'll add my name to the people in the "I LOVE STEVE DARLING" club...I think he'd be better off going back to the sports end of things though...

However, his legs are WAY too skinny for his body...Don Taylor falls in the same catagory!

The People Have Spoken

Steve is loved...I wonder though how many of those " I love Steve" posters ever worked with him.?

PS.. He is being savaged over on Craigs List Rants & Raves

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"not like the Ken and Barbie's you find on station's like KTLA. "

...... You wouldn't be referring to the former CHEK TV personality Michaela Pereira would you?

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seriously?

It's probably more like 50-60, but those morning newsies are horribly compensated.

Why do you think Yada turned to Real Estate?

How can anyone question that reliable source?  For Favourite Local Weekend Radio Show, I just voted for CKNW News Talk 980 WARREN ON THE WEEKEND.

I voted for Peter, too!   As well, I voted for the Burning Log on the Fireplace Channel.  Something tells me that I will NOT be considered for the grand prize!

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[quote=641]

"not like the Ken and Barbie's you find on station's like KTLA. "

...... You wouldn't be referring to the former CHEK TV personality Michaela Pereira would you?

Michaela is a terrific, terrific person who has done so well for herself.
Good on her.  CHEK didn't see what a gem they had.

Steve is a great ambassador for a station. He'll chat up strangers, be very personable and that is a big plus for your TV personality.

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the poor bastard pulls in a cool 40K

  Uhhh...a school bus driver makes more than that.
"Poor" is right.

He makes 80 minimum.

I'm surprised Steve's not getting teased for painting his dogs toenails.  That's the ony thing I took away from that cover story....

Quoted from YIKES

He makes 80 minimum.

You're right - that's a minimum. As a co-anchor on a top-rated morning drive newscast, on a top-rated TV station, I am certain Darling is pulling down much, much more than 40K. As to the fact that Yada went to real estate, nobody can blame her. Some people in TV seemed to get the lion's share of the money; others are relegated to the scraps. I don't think she was ever treated fairly in that regard.

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The People Have Spoken
He is being savaged over on Craigs List Rants & Raves

Oh Please !!! I wouldn't put much into the posts on Craigslist Rants and Raves.  Do you actually read the posts on that site?  Some of the most juvenile, vile, racist material you'll find anywhere.

The Discover Vancouver forum is just as good for stuff like that.

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Oh Please !!! I wouldn't put much into the posts on Craigslist Rants and Raves.  Do you actually read the posts on that site?  Some of the most juvenile, vile, racist material you'll find anywhere.

No Doubt about that... however those that post over there are still consumers / viewers  and above  all the purpose of the morning news is to get people to watch long enough to view a commercial and  buy that product.

No matter what the rabble are saying on Craigslist, the bottom line is the Morning News on Global has big enough ratings numbers that it makes money. Say, and post what you like about it, but its killing the competition, and until that stops, no amount of message board rants will change things.