It might be 'a simple error'. We all make mistakes.
However, if I was in charge of a posting to a website, I would make 100% sure that everything is correct!! This has NOT been the case on the 660 news website. It is a laughing joke that Rogers would allow this to continue. This is totally unacceptable!!!
Don't forget TheWave...anyone on this website that's makes a MISTAKE will also be personally attacked. SO what if I did miss something... was that any reason to get attacked ...is it that big of a deal. My post was in no way insulting to 660...I actually commented on how I DID hear it on the air...but it just was not on their website...and I did go into the "More Calgary" area and it was not there either when I checked. If i made an error in my search someone has every right to point it out but they don't need to belittle me and insult me. By the way I have no problem with anyone making mistakes on 660, QR77 on any station for that matter...No station will EVER be perfect cause no Human is perfect! So who cares...I was just make a point as to what I experienced. Frankly I like 660...and listen to them all the time for my news. And I'll Be the first admit in my time spent working in the industry I have made more then 1 mistake. On the air and off.
[quote=880]Premier Stelmach denies Bronconnier's request for $25 million
August 28, 2008 - 9:06 am By: 660News Staff
Premier Ed Stelmach has denied Mayor Bronconnier's request for more provincial funding, to help battle gang violence in Calgary. During today's meeting at McDougall Centre, Mayor Bronconnier asked ...
Is this what you mean! Well Jim Dandy ... the meeting with the Mayor and Stelmech was held on THURSDAY AUG 28th... in the afternoon. MY GOD!!! 660 was so ahead of the game they must of predicted it. OH and just in case you think the meeting was a different time...here is the clip from the herald...
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Oldpro - if you click on the actual story, the first thing you will see is the following...
Premier Stelmach denies Bronconnier's request for $25 million August 28, 2008 - 4:50 pm 660News Staff
Now I'm not going to pretend I understand how 660 staffers (or their web programmer?) publish to their site, but I'm guessing it's more of a technical glitch that in one area, stories seem to have a publish date that's clearly not true, and one that seems more likey. They should get it fixed, it is a little embarrasing to say the least.
However, I still think it's amusing that the vast majority of people on this message board (or at least, the Alberta radio portion) have nothing better to do than bash 660. It makes it seem as though most of you are just QR staffers trying to tear appart the competition, and make yourselves feel better or perhaps people not involved in radio anymore, but desperate to stay relavent, and spending all of your time critizing Calgary Radio.
Perhaps it's time to start threads on this board that praise stations in Calgary, any of them, for jobs well done, instead of pointing out small (and unimportant) flaws. Perhaps it's time you started being more supportive of Calgary radio, instead of bashing people's hard work.
Totally agreed! That's why I never bashed the station I just commented on how I didn't see the post at all that morning when I checked. End of Story...that was my only comment! As for Calgary Stations...you're right they are good and made up of a lot of GREAT HARD WORKING people. Hence my comment on we are all human and we all make make mistakes. I like it when someone can point out an error it can make us aware of what we are doing and how we can do it better as broadcasters. But when people notice a mistake they need not bash a station over it...that I Totally agree with! By the way...that is the only post I have posted on here making any kind of comment about "mistakes" and I really don't think it was bashing, but if some people took it that way then I guess that's the way they took it. And as for web programmers on of my best friends does web programming in a major market and ya know what....they screw up every once in a while too! As the saying goes "NO one ever dies when someone makes a mistake...ummm unless your Surgeon/Dr" LOL
"...the meeting with the Mayor and Stelmech was held on THURSDAY AUG 28th... in the afternoon. MY GOD!!! 660 was so ahead of the game they must of predicted it."
Really, you don't find this insulting or belittling? It could have been worse, I agree, but it's a far cry from simply saying "Someone must have made a small error."
I think mistakes on an all news station should be very minimal. On air, 660 fails miserably on this front. Just today the on air woman called a Brigadier General, a Brigader General. A while back, the male anchor called the Calgary district of Bowness, "Bonus". This happens hourly based on my now limited listening which is why I limit my listening to the weather. Spence rarely trips on the words and never mispronounces anything. Then I switch the station away from amateur hour in Calgary
Sometimes I'm early or late to catch the weather and I'm stuck listening to the keystone cops for a few minutes I check the weather with David Spence once in the morning. No Spence on weekends so i NEVER listen then at all. THAT'S plenty of time to catch SEVERAL screw-ups on 660!!!!
Once in a while, because I'm a news junkie, I'll check it for 5 or 10 minutes to see if it has improved, but that's less than once a month and it never does improve. I've come to the conclusion that, with a few exceptions, 660 just hires every warm body who walks in the door.
The only time most of them listen/watch the news is when they are on air because you can tell they have no idea about what they are talking about...none...they are just trying to read words off a screen and doing it poorly. They would fail a grade 9 current events test miserably.
And management doesn't give a crap...they must be making money.
You're right, paddy, David Spence is indeed a well-versed, articulate professional who rarely mispronounces a word. I'll ignore the fact that he only says weather terms that he's been using for twenty or so years that never change, and the hardest thing he has to pronounce is "jetstream", but still. He is very well-versed.
What a lot of people don't realize is that he was actually born like that--he came out of the womb a broadcast-ready meteorologist! Some would think that once upon a time he was an amateur, just starting out in the industry, and he would occasionally make the odd mistake or mispronounce a word, causing some nitpicker to complain about how amateur he is and how they switch the station whenever that "keystone cop" David Spence comes on. But nope, those who think that would be wrong. Spence never had to start out at all, he just came into the world saying "I'll have the full five-day forecast coming up." That man is truly gifted.
Wave, how did you go from defending 660 news to tearing apart one of the good things the station has going for it? Sounds to me like you are an amateur trying to defend your own on-air presentation.
Methinks Wave was being sarcastic. Maybe just a tad.
Maybe "heads should roll" was a little strong. I still think the station needs to be careful when it puts things up on the 'net. I'm sure there's a way to filter items so that if it's in Calgary it doesn't automatically get posted if it is being run off an RSS feed or something like that...just so that you eliminate the possibility of having a competition story running on your website.
As for the talent-bashing...it's the same old song and dance around here. It's the nature of the industry now...talent is being thrown to the wolves because you no longer need 15 years experience to get into major markets. A person with one or two years can now be put into a prime time gig in a Calgary or Edmonton or Vancouver. Is it because there's a plethora of people out there willing to work for fairly cheap? Is there also an abundance of radio stations that need to be staffed...leading to a watering down of the talent. How many small-market stations have "grizzled" five-year vets anymore? Especially newsies. These youngsters are being thrown into the "show" with little to no guidance and are expected to be flawless on-air? Come on now. If anything blame the news directors/PDs for not helping these guys and gals out.
Just today the on air woman called a Brigadier General, a Brigader General. A while back, the male anchor called the Calgary district of Bowness, "Bonus".
what are you supposed to call a Brigadier General? Now I am curious.
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I check the weather with David Spence once in the morning.
