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Re: Rick Ball Moving to Calgary...

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:34 pm
by Toppy Vann
Daved Benefield is working for Bartle and Gibson and doing some Shaw colour on CFL stuff.

https://www.facebook.com/davedbenefield?fref=ts

I too like the MOJ's shows as he can make every guest talk like an old friend.

He normally doesn't waste time yakking about the latest movies as so many do - or who looks hot - just to fill time to the next break.

Re: Rick Ball Moving to Calgary...

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:27 pm
by sj-roc
BC 1988 wrote:
smphantom wrote:Let's now hope TSN Radio will eliminate Pratt and Bro Jake! Please?
They were joking this morning about all the announcements of the Sept 8th official TSN Radio launch. "Ooh, sounds ominous" .

As a long time regular Monday-Friday listener since TEAM launched, I'd love to see them gone too.

I like Sekeres & Price, B-Mac &Taylor, and the Moj when I get a chance to listen to his time slot, but the morning show is excruciating to listen to.
I don't know when this started — probably around the time they rebranded from TEAM to TSN — but I see the 12-1pm hour of Sekeres's show is now simulcast live on TSN. Unfortunately it's pretty much totally devoted to the Canucks; they even call it "Vancouver Hockey Lunch". I guess now that Rogers has the contract leaving TSN with virtually no NHL action to show (except for a small number of regional games?) they need to find other ways of maintaining their hockey content. I don't hate hockey or anything, and I wouldn't be tuning in much for the TV broadcast anyway but I would prefer something with a broader scope. I suppose that hour of Sekeres's show was already Canucks-focussed anyway, even before it landed on TV.

Re: Rick Ball Moving to Calgary...

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:08 pm
by Spud387
sj-roc wrote:
BC 1988 wrote:
smphantom wrote:Let's now hope TSN Radio will eliminate Pratt and Bro Jake! Please?
They were joking this morning about all the announcements of the Sept 8th official TSN Radio launch. "Ooh, sounds ominous" .

As a long time regular Monday-Friday listener since TEAM launched, I'd love to see them gone too.

I like Sekeres & Price, B-Mac &Taylor, and the Moj when I get a chance to listen to his time slot, but the morning show is excruciating to listen to.
I don't know when this started — probably around the time they rebranded from TEAM to TSN — but I see the 12-1pm hour of Sekeres's show is now simulcast live on TSN. Unfortunately it's pretty much totally devoted to the Canucks; they even call it "Vancouver Hockey Lunch". I guess now that Rogers has the contract leaving TSN with virtually no NHL action to show (except for a small number of regional games?) they need to find other ways of maintaining their hockey content. I don't hate hockey or anything, and I wouldn't be tuning in much for the TV broadcast anyway but I would prefer something with a broader scope. I suppose that hour of Sekeres's show was already Canucks-focussed anyway, even before it landed on TV.
TEAM1040 (now TSN) has always had the Canucks lunch on weekdays. Used to be 12-1, now it is 11-1 with the season ongoing. This is nothing new.

Re: Rick Ball Moving to Calgary...

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:54 pm
by sj-roc
Spud387 wrote:TEAM1040 (now TSN) has always had the Canucks lunch on weekdays. Used to be 12-1, now it is 11-1 with the season ongoing. This is nothing new.
As I thought. Only the TV simulcast is relatively new. I gave them props over the summer for their balance of coverage at that time but knew things would tilt away from this state once summer ended.

If I'm not mistaken, they also do a Canucks breakfast hour during the morning show.

Re: Rick Ball Moving to Calgary...

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:18 pm
by B.C.FAN
The Canucks discussion on Thursday's noon-hour show sounded a lot like a Lions' discussion. The poll question was: Why aren't you buying Canucks tickets? The most common reasons I heard seemed to be high prices, poor management and coaching and the difficulty of getting into "the greenest city on earth" by car from the east. The widespread availability of HD game broadcasts wasn't one of the poll options and I didn't hear anyone mention it, although it seems to always come up when Lions' attendance is discussed.