We are getting reports that Clear FM Vancouver is going to flip @ 2:00 pm.
We are really sad to report Charlee Morgan was let go from mornings. Radio can be a cruel industry. We wish you well Charlee. AC understand no others were let go.




FM 104.9 - the Greatest Hits of All Time.
http://www.1049greatesthits.com/

Harsh.  I know Charlee from BCIT days, hope she lands on her feet.  Sucks to leave a gig in another city to move back, only to be let go scant months later.

Not even a month into the book and the suits in Toronto feel like flipping the format again! Jeebus, does anyone have patience in this day and age? Charlee, my fellow Burnaby North alum, I feel for you. Take a holiday where its warm for a month or so, and gather yourself..you're one of the good guys/gals in this biz and if you feel like doing it again, there is bound to be another gig awaiting. If not, you've had a heck of a run and made some real friends who care about you.

Unless they're going to flagrantly ignore non-hit, this is going to sound a lot like JACK.

What a joke! They move her from a sucessful gig in Calgary and then turn around and dump her. I hope Karma catches up with the person who pulled this one.

Why the sudden format flip?  Were ratings really that bad?  Maybe the braintrust saw what NewCap was doing in Alberta with Capital FM and XL103 and thought there was an opportunity?

Is there a date for the flip yet?

5 minutes from now.

From News1130:

News1130's sister station, Clear FM, has become 'FM 104.9 - The Greatest Hits of All Time'.

Program Director David Larsen tells us what kind of music we can expect to hear.

"Very familiar, very uptempo, a sing-along, fun kind of station and the music will be familiar immediately. I think it's going to be good."

He says we will hear hits from the 60's, 70's and 80's from the Beatles, Beach Boys, Supremes and Earth Wind and Fire.

The station officially flipped formats at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.

First song: Beatles "Twist and Shout". I only tuned in as the change sequence was taking place (thanks Michael!) so hopefully someone had the wherewithall to roll tape.
Surprised to see Charlee let go, she'd be a shoe-in for this type of format. Will Red come out of retirement for a second (or is it third time to host mornings? A second tour of duty at Ash Street for Tom Lucas?

They stole our stations format!

Sorry to hear that Charlee but hey it was Lucas that told me the day I got fired from that same building that "you're nobody in radio until you get canned from a station.  Congratulations."

Last hour of CLEAR FM and first hour of FM 104.9... on air playlist


2 PM
2:54 PM ROY ORBISON Oh! Pretty Woman 1964 G
2:47 PM SUPREMES Someday We'll Be Together 1969 G
2:44 PM SISTER SLEDGE We Are Family 1979 G
2:41 PM WILSON PICKETT Mustang Sally 1966 G
2:35 PM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Hungry Heart 1980 G
2:30 PM BEACH BOYS California Girls 1965 G
2:27 PM KC & SUNSHINE BAND Get Down Tonight 1975 G
2:25 PM RASCALS Groovin' 1967 G
2:21 PM MANFRED MANN Blinded By The Light 1976 G
2:18 PM FOUR TOPS It's The Same Old Song 1965 G
2:12 PM CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Down On The Corner 1969 G
2:08 PM ARETHA FRANKLIN Freeway Of Love 1985 G
2:05 PM GRAND FUNK The Loco-Motion 1974 G
2:03 PM BEATLES Twist And Shout 1964 G
1 PM
1:56 PM SARAH MCLACHLAN I Will Remember You 1995 G
1:52 PM JEFF HEALEY BAND Angel Eyes 1989 G
1:44 PM BARENAKED LADIES Lovers In A Dangerous Time 1998 G
1:40 PM VANESSA CARLTON A Thousand Miles 2002 G
1:37 PM JANN ARDEN Son Of A Preacher Man 2007 R
1:33 PM ROD STEWART Forever Young 1988 G
1:29 PM MARC JORDAN Rockets 2000 G
1:25 PM COMMODORES Lady (You Bring Me Up) 1981 G
1:18 PM BEATLES Nowhere Man 1966 G
1:15 PM J.BRICKMAN/M.WRIGHT Your Love 1999 G
1:11 PM SANTANA Smooth f/Rob Thomas 1999 G
1:06 PM ROBBIE ROBERTSON Somewhere Down The Crazy River 1988 G
1:01 PM JOURNEY Faithfully 1983 G

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Gerry and the folks over on Horseshoe Way must be s**ting themselves this afternoon. They finally Throw a little money/talent into a choking AM only to be blown out of the water by FM. gotta love this bizz!

I'm surprised they didn't call the station JILL-FM, coz it certainly sounds like a sis-tuh station to JACK.  How many format changes for the ORIGINAL STAR-FM now Tommy?  

Not being a fan of CLEAR in the first place, I hardly heard Charlee Morgan, but from the posts I've seen on this board it sounds like another class act has been shown the door by Corporate Radio.     WTG!

Hmm.. the music so far has been great. Finally an Fm station that is different. Kiss 650 good-bye!
As for name and logo? Looks like a 4 year old made it. What a pile of crap. No identity or catchy name. Who's the moron who decided on this I wonder?