Not sure of any details, but Global BC anchor Colleen Christie, herself a target of CTV budget cutting earlier this year, has posted today about a new round of local CTV bloodletting she’s privy to.
Stay tuned.
Not sure of any details, but Global BC anchor Colleen Christie, herself a target of CTV budget cutting earlier this year, has posted today about a new round of local CTV bloodletting she’s privy to.
Stay tuned.
I have heard it’s a round of cuts that will impact both TV and radio. Potential format changes in radio also. I’ll keep updating as I hear from the Toronto area and eastern Canada
Radio Staff In Winnipeg?
So nobody has confirmed even a single layoff, all we’ve got here is Colleen’s Facebook post? Seems like in these cases Bell usually issues a release earlier in the day, so if layoffs are actually happening, they’re probably not happening today.
So far I see that Kevin Getz (late nights/weekends) On 94.5 Virgin Radio Vancouver was cut.
Kevin Getz started with me here in Chilliwack at 89.5 the Hawk/Drive — good kid.
You better be good for goodness sake.
‘Cause Bell has a merry forth quarter to make!
Six (possibly seven) long term CTV Vancouver employees got laid off today. Cameraman, editor, motion graphics and control room.
Wowsers! It’s not if you’ll be laid off it’s when. Sad.
It didn’t sink in originally (especially since the report didn’t specify him being laid off), but All Access says that “Phat Matt” Franklin is gone from CIMX and CIDR; see https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/171508/longtime-cimx-89x-cidr-93-9-the-river-windsor-detr.
I am working on getting a list of names of people let go and the changes happening. Should have more details today and I will further update the post at that time
Looks like Colleen deleted that Facebook post or made it private.
5 people in Victoria lost their jobs and another 10 in Vancouver.
They should have gotten rid of Remo and left Kevin! Remo thinks he is everything and talks like he is on speed!
I just tuned in to CFAX to listen to Pamela McCall and she’s been replaced with a Toronto Evan Solomon segment. Clicking on her name on CFAX’s website for her podcasts, brings a blank page. What the heck! CFAX just keeps putting on more and more Toronto-based shows and I am guessing Pamela may be one of these 5 people mentioned above. Grrrrr…. Bell/CTV is just making radio a total mess! I listen less and less and Pamela was one I still tuned in for when I could.
When was Homer Simpson hired to run Bell Media/CTV?
Still no list of names?
It’s unfortunate to hear this news in regards to the staff at CTV. Meanwhile Jill Krop somehow has still a job, despite conducting herself in a very unprofessional manner at Global. What a shame.