05-26-2011, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by krazycanuck
It depends on the contract...few people outside of Mornings and some afternoon drive hosts have term contracts in radio. Severance from what I've heard and looked for is typically double what the government mandates. It's nothing spectacular.
But again, everyone who works in radio has been warned and knows the perils of the job. Job security sucks and very few people are safe from the chopping block!
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Hmmm... I wonder what the ambulance chaser equivalent is for lawyers who stalk radio station employees who just lost their job.
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05-26-2011, 10:07 AM
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#42
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
Radio is like wrestling for me. I really like hearing what goes on behinds the scenes.
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I used to enjoy knowing which ones were degenerate gamblers. In fact I witnessed it once.
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05-26-2011, 10:11 AM
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#43
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary - Transplanted Manitoban
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05-26-2011, 10:55 AM
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#44
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Lifetime Suspension
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I understand those that still work in radio of course, even though I got out many years ago, but why anyone would choose to listen to regular radio is beyond me. The wife and I both have satellite radio in our vehicles and at home I use my Apple TV to listen to a variety of Internet radio stations. I see no reason to listen to regular radio with commercials and all that Canadian content forced down your throat.
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05-26-2011, 11:20 AM
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#45
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by OilKiller
I understand those that still work in radio of course, even though I got out many years ago, but why anyone would choose to listen to regular radio is beyond me. The wife and I both have satellite radio in our vehicles and at home I use my Apple TV to listen to a variety of Internet radio stations. I see no reason to listen to regular radio with commercials and all that Canadian content forced down your throat.
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News, weather, traffic, local sports, local events, etc. Sure there are stations dedicated to that but personally I do still like music too. Yes, repetitive commercials suck, and some local commercials are really bad, but someone needs to pay the radio station's bills so I don't begrudge them making money.
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05-26-2011, 11:25 AM
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#46
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
News, weather, traffic, local sports, local events, etc. Sure there are stations dedicated to that but personally I do still like music too. Yes, repetitive commercials suck, and some local commercials are really bad, but someone needs to pay the radio station's bills so I don't begrudge them making money.
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Dinosaur. It's called the internet, now I don't need terrestrial radio. 
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05-26-2011, 11:28 AM
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#47
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All I can get
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I stopped listening to 660News when they dropped Grant Fartwell.
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05-26-2011, 11:31 AM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
Dinosaur. It's called the internet, now I don't need terrestrial radio. |
I am a dinosaur, I have a tough time using the internet while I drive. 
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-26-2011, 11:32 AM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I am a dinosaur, I have a tough time using the internet while I drive. |
While really, you shouldn't be using the internet or the radio while you drive. Both are too distracting.
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05-26-2011, 11:39 AM
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#50
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I stopped listening to 660News when they dropped Grant Fartwell.
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Was that the dude with the super nasally voice that sounds like the host on CP Radio? Man he sucked.
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05-26-2011, 12:50 PM
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#51
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
News, weather, traffic, local sports, local events, etc.
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I'll get those things when I want and not just when a radio station decides to give it to me. Apps on my phone, the Internet, wherever else. I listen to the radio for music.
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05-26-2011, 01:12 PM
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#52
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilKiller
but why anyone would choose to listen to regular radio is beyond me. The wife and I both have satellite radio in our vehicles ....
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How about stereo sound?
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05-26-2011, 01:12 PM
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#53
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In the Sin Bin
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Boy, it wouldn't be a radio station thread without Sirius subscrbers behaving like Apple product users...
It will be interesting to see where Beesley lands. If he ends up taking a gig in another town, the Flames might well be looking for a new PA announcer.
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05-26-2011, 01:23 PM
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#54
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All I can get
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I'm listening to Sirius on my Mac right now.
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05-26-2011, 02:03 PM
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#55
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I'm listening to Sirius on my Mac right now.
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Seems about right.
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05-26-2011, 03:14 PM
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#56
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I'm listening to Sirius on my Mac right now.
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Not sure if sirius...
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05-26-2011, 03:57 PM
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#57
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by ken0042
How about stereo sound?
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Sounds great to me...
It's a radio...at home, the Internet stations sounds fantastic over Apple TV as well.
I was just curious though why people still listened to regular radio. Not trying to be "better" than anyone else...just curious, that's all.
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05-26-2011, 04:02 PM
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#58
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I listen to terrestrial radio. I listen to terrestrial radio because it's free. I listen to terrestrial radio mostly while I am in my car. The only other alternative for music in my car at the present is a CD player which I occasionally make use of.
If Sirius or internet radio was available in my car and free then I would probably listen to that instead.
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05-26-2011, 04:08 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary - Transplanted Manitoban
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why does every thread about radio end like this. so disappointing.
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05-26-2011, 04:10 PM
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All I can get
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I had a Sirius unit installed in my Prius. I quite enjoy listening to The Loft and NPR whilst driving about.
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