Corus makes cuts to the News/AM division
Well, it’s been an amazing ride but after 27 years my time at Corus Radio come to an end. I’m the latest, but sadly not the last, casualty of cuts/ restructuring in the media industry.
That was the message from Rob Breakenridge on his X account today.
Other cuts were made at 640 Toronto. Kelly Cutrara and Dani Stover were both shown the door as well as several news personalities. There cuts made to multiple markets today, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and a few smaller markets.
As I hear more information I will try to update.
Cutting Kelly Cutrara is a major mistake and you just lost another listener. She was the voice of reason, the person who pulled in moderates and just so much better than the strident and obnoxious woman in the morning spot. We quickly learned to only tune in when Kelly started and now we will be tuning out for good. What a pity.
Agreed, could not have said it better.
I totally agree 100% . I will
No longer listen to 640 ! I have been listening to this station faithfully every day for eons . What the hell is the matter with people. Ben Mulroney ? No thanks I will just leave it there.
I disagree with this , Alex is a strong woman who is not afraid to take a stand on issues Canada is facing right now. It really is a problem with our country right now, if you don’t like someone’s opinion they become labelled “strident and obnoxious”. Call it what it is, cancel culture. It is all about ratings Judith and i for one i will continue to listen to the very strong line up on 640 news! Greg, Ben, Alex and John are the best !!
Agreed – Who the hell is making the decisions down there ?
I totally agree with you. I loved waking up to Kelly‘s voice. She was not only a calming and compassionate voice. She was also compassionate straightforward and kind. She was the one that actually made me start listening to talk radio, and now unfortunately, 640 Toronto has lost a listener. Alex Pearson is amazing as well but the two women first thing in the morning and early in the day just really kept me pumped up all day and kept me feeling strong and educated in what was going on in the city, country and world!. Ben Mulroney is not a substitute for Kelly. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, pushes his views too much onto the listeners and doesn’t really know what it’s like for the rest of us and doesn’t represent the opinions of the rest of us for the most part. He obviously knows all the right people to move his career forward but to replace Kelly with Ben is and will continue to prove as a very bad choice on the part of Corus radio.
It’s tough to be fired but I felt like Kelly Cutrara checked out about a year ago. She had become increasingly dismissive and quite focused on talking about herself rather than engaging her guests. I’m sure she is a nice person but she lacked neutrality. The dismissiveness towards her producers, some guests, & callers was difficult to listen to. I wish her well.
I agree. Kelly used to be such a treat: funny and bubbly. But the last year or two, the “broad in broadcasting” was no longer. I changed stations more often than not. I do wish her well. I remember her good times.
I am in complete agreement with G. Fraser. I checked out on Kelly Cutrara about a year ago. She became annoying to listen to.
Happy to hear these high pitched voices have moved on.
A warm Welcome to Ben !
As a long time full-day listener I have to agree with G. Fraser as I felt like Kelly Cutrara’s time was limited. She had a lot of good qualities and was far more neutral (center) than other hosts, however she grew incredibly antagonistic in interviews. There was also an obvious issue working with producers.
What really turned me off her was whenever 640 jumped to a big breaking news story and she would suddenly try to turn into Vassy Kapelos.
Kelly had a good show, easy to listen to. Would like to know where she is gone. Dani on the other hand so glad she is gon, the high pitch screeching into the mike made her show unbearable. Brian Maroney another like Dani, doesn’t screech but hard to listen to, and shows not very good.
I believe it was the right choice to let Kelly go. She really didn’t talk about anything important, especially with alot of stuff going on in this world. She was more concerned about things on your car that didn’t work..
I just don’t get it first they got rid of Mike Stafford so I got an alexa could listen to Bill Carole in the morning then Kelly was always on in garage then I would listen to John Oalkey will still listen to him the rest will be on Alexa I think whoever is making these choices should be shown the door just my thoughts good by 640
Love Alex and Ben and Kelly too but the two former are more hard hitting on heavy subjects , which I love. Was hoping Kelly would still fit in somewhere though, very, very sad. Wishing you all the best Kelly!