TSN 690 and Other Montreal Based Media (Part 10)

[sampollock]

How come TSN690 can't attract any ex-NHLers like the other marks seem to? Would give more credibility.

SAID before
CKOM gets coaches in the NHL, refs to talk to. and yet 690 we get the annoying laugh of the morning guys

 

[Habs Icing]

I would agree but the guys who talk about sports in french here are absolute maroons aswell

There are many that are maroons and many that are not. On the English side they are mostly amateurs
like Tsalikis. The English side is a graveyard.

Regardless of language, the Montreal sports radio landscape in general, has become a brutal proposition. Better off looking elsewhere.

I wonder if that's not an indication of Montreal becoming a 3rd tier city. When I was growing up Montreal was one of the top 5 cities in North America. It was up there with New York, L.A., and Chicago. Today, it may not even be in the top 3 in Canada.

On the English side, 690 has just given up. Campbell is unemployable as a radio personality and yet, they keep throwing gigs at him. They clearly don’t want to spend the money it takes to attract better talents.

That's because the market isn't there to pay for better talents.

 

[Runner77]

Another broadcaster blindsided by Bell Media.

Same as Bell Media has been doing with its sports hosts across the country.

You’re one of the lucky ones, Lisa — you’ve gotten to ply your trade until age 58 while many others experienced Bell’s ejectable seats much earlier in their careers, with a mortgage and bills to pay. I remember one radio personality who just had a kid when the ax fell.

No worries, though. The “Let’s Talk” campaign is only 4 months away. Asswipes.

 

[sampollock]

Another broadcaster blindsided by Bell Media.

Same as Bell Media has been doing with its sports hosts across the country.

You’re one of the lucky ones, Lisa — you’ve gotten to ply your trade until age 58 while many others experienced Bell’s ejectable seats much earlier in their careers, with a mortgage and bills to pay. I remember one radio personality who just had a kid when the ax fell.

No worries, though. The “Let’s Talk” campaign is only 4 months away. Asswipes.

wow out of nowhere

 

[Suzuki x 14]

Another broadcaster blindsided by Bell Media.

Same as Bell Media has been doing with its sports hosts across the country.

You’re one of the lucky ones, Lisa — you’ve gotten to ply your trade until age 58 while many others experienced Bell’s ejectable seats much earlier in their careers, with a mortgage and bills to pay. I remember one radio personality who just had a kid when the ax fell.

No worries, though. The “Let’s Talk” campaign is only 4 months away. Asswipes.

Bell Lets Talk is one of the biggest scams ever, they dont give a crap about mental health

 

[JianYang]

wow out of nowhere

You go down the line with the previous well known anchors, and I think they all left on their own terms.

Nash
Robertson
Mansbridge

I guess times are changing. Laflamme was a heavyweight in the industry, so this is going to send some shockwaves for sure.

 

[Runner77]

91.9 FM getting rebranded as BPM and now reaching a wider audience across Quebec:

 

[Adam Michaels]

91.9 FM getting rebranded as BPM and now reaching a wider audience across Quebec:

Martin Leclerc also confirmed that he will have a daily hit with Lemay. He was on the morning show every day. But he will now be in the afternoon/evening.

 

[Runner77]

Martin Leclerc also confirmed that he will have a daily hit with Lemay. He was on the morning show every day. But he will now be in the afternoon/evening.

Sadly, Reggie Tremblay will continue to be a contributor. Paul Houde (Pierre’s brother) gets a Saturday morning slot. Denis Coderre managed to be a part of new programming. Evelyn Audet who had been hosting a terrible summer morning show (not sure if she was fully responsible for its content), is out.

 

[Adriatic]

You go down the line with the previous well known anchors, and I think they all left on their own terms.

Nash
Robertson
Mansbridge

I guess times are changing. Laflamme was a heavyweight in the industry, so this is going to send some shockwaves for sure.

Ahh that sucks. Loved Lisa. I guess she's making the big bucks and this is a way to cut costs. I assume less and less people are actually watching news broadcasts on tv so they might as well stick an intern to read the news 20 times a day and save the money. I must be a relic I still enjoy watching news broadcasts at night lol

 

[McGees]

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[JianYang]

Ahh that sucks. Loved Lisa. I guess she's making the big bucks and this is a way to cut costs. I assume less and less people are actually watching news broadcasts on tv so they might as well stick an intern to read the news 20 times a day and save the money. I must be a relic I still enjoy watching news broadcasts at night lol

You're probably right about the changing demo, but these kinds of moves can also alienate the demo that still watches news too.

 

[Suzuki x 14]

I turned on TSN 690 today for the first time since June.

To my surprise, Melnick was off again, was Still, Joey Elias and Luca Scott, I lasted all of 3 minutes and went back to my apple music playlist

 

[Adam Michaels]

Sadly, Reggie Tremblay will continue to be a contributor. Paul Houde (Pierre’s brother) gets a Saturday morning slot. Denis Coderre managed to be a part of new programming. Evelyn Audet who had been hosting a terrible summer morning show (not sure if she was fully responsible for its content), is out.

The only positive about Reggie being on is that I know when my cue is to change the station.

He's usually on in the morning and in the afternoon. Will he still be doing that? Because I can't imagine how excruciating a segment with JiC and Tremblay will be. I can just picture them griping about "le nombre de Québécois chez le CH" and how they would give the Jets any player they want for PLD.

 

[dinodebino]

Happy that Paul Houde will be working weekends. I like him.

 

[Runner77]

Happy that Paul Houde will be working weekends. I like him.

He was on for 30 minutes on 91.9’s afternoon show. He was supposed to be a guest but he got so interesting, that the host (Charles André Marchand, a similar “moulin à paroles”) gave him the latitude to do as he wished and it was delicious.

He jumped from topic to topic with ease and displayed such a depth of knowledge that I couldn’t let go. Provided angles to stories that I don’t normally hear. Plus, he visited several baseball stadiums this summer and loved the Texas Rangers’ home field. He couldn’t believe how much value he got on a $38 ticket, said the esthetics of it are spectacular.

He also talked about Coderre’s return to sports in a collaborator gig on the station. It is indeed a return as I had not realized that Coderre began as a sports reporter on CKVL, lol. Marchand chimed in by adding that he was on the same floor as Coderre back then and he could see him through a glass partition while Marchand was working for CJMS.

So many good anecdotes by Houde. He only became available when his contract expired on 98.5 FM, where he was doing an afternoon show for the longest time as well as some Saturday morning light entertainment segment. Houde has always been a huge stats nerd and always kept close tabs on sports news and events even if the show he was doing was a current affairs/ banter/ entertainment slot.

He begins on September 3rd. Will be on from 9-12. I’m going to be all over that. Finally, a seasoned pro with a whole lot of food for thought, stimulating, intelligent offerings and a guy who does his homework before getting on air — essentially, Houde is what sports radio used to be like 20 plus years ago. Something we’ll sadly not see on 690.

Only irritant is that 91.9 FM’s signal is not easy to get, lots of interference and too closely located to other radio frequencies but having a pro at the mic is still worth the inconvenience.

 

[sampollock]

When that JImmy G song comes on I wnat to throw my keyboard
they can't find good content

 

[Runner77]

When that JImmy G song comes on I wnat to throw my keyboard
they can't find good content

Best time slot remains the afternoon show. I’ve mostly weened out of their other offerings. Might catch the morning guys occasionally but 10-2 PM is something I fear like the plague.

Also, any play by play that involves Campbell or any post game shows featuring him and his garden gnome, are non-starters for me.

Only question is whether McGuire may resume his old time slot on 690. I guess that won’t happen if he stays with Sportsnet.

 

[Redux91]

When that JImmy G song comes on I wnat to throw my keyboard
they can't find good content

Lmao, I was in the car singing along actually
"Ohhh Jimmmmmmyyyyyyy, wont you come on hoooooome,
Where the grass is green and the buffalo rooooaaaaaaammmmm"

 

[Bilgerat10]

TSN 690 -- it's primetime and major Habs trade coming down. Inane talk about some dumbass Dodgers reporter breaking his wrist and some ribs going down a slide--with the boys guffawing over the sound bytes. Yikes.

 

[Runner77]

91.9 FM has been on top of the trade with several segments from different pundits dedicated to it.

 

[Pickles]

Anyone catch the Knuckles podcast with Chris Wideman? Great interview, learned a lot about him he seems like a really nice down to earth dude that went through the wringer and made it back to the NHL after the uber incident.

 

[jrom]

Yeah I’m not a big podcast (or Nilan) fan but these are actually pretty good, he rambles a bit but he lets his invitees talk with is nice. Watched Wideman, Caufield and MSL, all worth it.

 

[jackeymoon]

Listening to Tony and Nilan on their podcasts is infinitely better than the new clowns filling in for melnick. Hard to believe those guys, gallo, campbell and mckenna are who they kept

 

[McGees]

Looking forward to Shaun Starr and his ‘inside source’ about Price playing 50 games this year lol.