D-DAY – October 1st, 2015
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Word coming out of Toronto this hour Bell Media are undertaking big cuts involving hundreds of job cuts in the industry right across the country.
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In Victoria Puget Sound Radio received word earlier this afternoon Kevin Bell who has held the positions of General Manager/General Sales Mangager of Bell Media Victoria which includes the cluster of CTV Vancouver Island, KOOL FM & 1070 CFAX since November of 2011 was released this morning. As of October 2nd the TV news credits included the name of James Stuart as GM for the cluster.
Bell Media put out a memo that ‘D’ Day is Thursday October 1st, 2015
Reports indicate the cuts are BIG!!!!
This story is ongoing…
Ironic the first guy they let go is named BELL… hugs for all those affected, we’ve all been there!
Bell media goes on these budget cutting binges every year. It makes you wonder if they should just shutdown their news operation because they keep firing personnel.
So far these hits appear to be inside. Just read this G&M article which doesn’t say a heck of a lot. With the sacking of Kevin Bell in Victoria, I understand there is only ONE Sales Rep at CTV Vancouver Island selling for the TV side.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bell-sees-more-cuts-in-latest-round-of-restructuring/article26628127/
According to one of the Toronto based media publications there were 40 jobs cut today at Bell. The local story is the Victoria operation will be run with weekly visits from managers based in Vancouver. This is what they did before as the New VI or early A Channel days as I recall. It didn’t work then either.