A9 - Sunday, June 3, 1984 - North Shore News

Barrett risks case of electronic arthritis

OU PROBABLY COULDN’T CARE LESS
about the fortunes of radio stations. But ’'m
not writing this for you. I’m writing it for
me. Having journeyed in radioland, you see, I’m
inclined to talk about my trip even though no one

wants to listen.

Visitors to Afghanistan or
China are inclined to do the
same thing. Even so, |!
wouldn’t be going on about
the place today if it weren’t
for Dave Barrett’s decision to
enter the lists on behalf of
CJOR.

The CJOR management
must be getting up early in
the morning to pray that Bar-
rett will be successful. And
well it might, since the station
is a disaster area. If a single
right move has been made in
the recent past, no one has
heard about it. The station
numbers among the elec-
tronic arthrities cases.

Barrett probably doesn’t
a

““Must be
getting up
early to pray”’

give a hoot about whether his
horse buckles under him or
not, of course. At $160,000 a
year, plus $36,000 from the
grateful taxpayers, he is not
going to worry even if his
wife and kids are the only
ones listening. If he is suc-
cessful, on the other hand, he
will be the first politicain to
make it. John Reynolds and
Rafe Mair both bit the dust
before him, and Bill Vander
Slam, who recently replaced
Pat Burns for a couple of
week, was sleep-inducing, ex-
cept to gardening nuts.
Barrett faces a tough ride.
As far as CJOR is concerned,
the latest ratings book reads
like Chopin’s Funeral March,
and getting an audience in
this overcrowded market is

harder than setting up
business in Siberia.
For radio, the 8am-9am

time slot is one of the most
important periods of the day.
But at that time, with an
average audience of 26,200,
the station ranks number

a
get this
Straight

Doug Collins
EEN

eight out of 14 (and the 14 in-
clude stations like CBUFM,
the CBC French outfit!)
Those numbers compare with
CKNW’s 87,200. For the 8
am news itself, the situation
is even worse: 35,700 for "OR
compared to 103,100 for
"NW. Another pointer:
CJOR’S share of total au-
dience at 8 am is five per

cent, CKNW’S 25 per cent.

The period in which Bar-
rett will preach shows the
same sad picture. Mair was in
the saddle when the rating
was taken, and limped in
ninth, with an average for his
three hours of 20,400. That
compared with Gary Banner-
man’s 44,000.

Moving right along, we
come to 12:30, your humble
correspondent’s old spot,
now occupied by Art Finley.
Collins, we may note, is the
only guy in history to be
dropped after adding 10,000
to the audience in one year,
and was nudging CK WX for
third place. Modesty forbids
further comment, except to
say that manager Harvey
Gold’s rearrangement puts
CJOR in tenth place for that
time. Good. And Gold’s new
star, Bob Spence, is also in
tenth place for the important
‘drive’? hours — 3:30 to 6,
with a big 11,300 listeners.
David Berner (another Gold
brainwave) is practically off
the dial with 3,100 to ’NW’s
15,800. The only guy to hold
his own is Pat Burns.

My prediction: Barrett will
get a big curiosity rating to
begin with and then fade.
Taking his gold with him.
Sorry about the pun.

i mailbox DK]

Adoptionis the better way

Dear Editor:

I found your (May 9/84)
piece on Pro Choicer Dianne
Mylrea quite interesting. |
used to lean heavily towards
her opinions until ai few
years ago.

No, 1] am =oneither a
Catholic nor a member of a
Pro Life group. But | have
worked as an RN and did

volunteer work at a Planned
Parenthood clinic, and it
opened my eyes wide.

At the hospital I saw faces
that became very familiar, as
they came back for abortion
after abortion at the
taxpayers’ expense (one
young woman had 41x she
was unmarried the whole
time) ‘‘Education’’ does not

Cancer campaign in
WV surpassed 1983

Dear Editor
On behalf of the C anadian

Cancer Society and all the
volunreeys who worked in
this) vear’s campaign, |

would tike to thank all the
residents of West Vancouver
tor welcoming the canvassers
and generously donating to
the 1984 campaign We have
asurpassed last total,
arnaounet

year os

and to date the

“(Celluhite”

waist

donated 18 $66,000, which
will enable us to continue
Oud PhorRr amines bth
cducahon, patient services
and research

Once again, thank you for

helping ous in over

AGAINST CANCER

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abdomen and thighs

sink into the brains of some
people!

At the clinic I tound that
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women were to either abort
or keep the baby themselves.
Slowly it dawned on me that
a more responsible, unselfish
decision 18 to pive the baby
up for adoption

This is a far better thing
than disposing of an unborn
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mother raising a child she
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raise it, oF a childless Couple,
ember could give the child) a
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COUNTIES Others’ wishes be
damned! ° Well that’s
selfish that’s noe fan

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North Vancouver

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