Doug Collins

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{ IN THE Pattison Group, Jimmy is God, and when God speaks, ordinary mortals tremble. Soa lot of shaking went on in the board room of CJOR Wednesday afternoon when staffers gathered to hear what God had to say. Which was that Harvey Gold of North Vancouver was no longer

boss of the radio station.

It was significant that God didn’t use a runner with cleft stick to send this news, Nor did he do it over the phone, or on closed- circuit TV. No, he came down to the station and announced the

* move himself, it was that impor- tant. Since taking over the station in 1965, he has done that only once before.

A few senior people, including

¢ Gold, had been told a few hours earlier. But for the common herd it was as if Grouse Mountain had belched ash.

Stunned, is what they were.

Mind you, anyone who takes on the top job at ’OR must expect a

; short shelf-life. One can say without fear of contradiction that bank managers in places like Nicaragua are in circulation longer than CJOR managers. You can call yourself ‘‘president’’,

| which is what Gold did, but the risks are the same. He lasted for four years, which is about average.

I have been counting on my fingers and discovered that since 1969, Gold is the sixth manager to have been ‘‘transferred’’, sent to Siberia, put into an old hat-box

f and left in the attic, or departed of his own volition to find happier grazing.

THE REGISTERED Nurses’ Association of B.C. (RNABC) will celebrate its 75th anniversary with Nurses’ Week, May 10 to 16. Changes in the nursing profes- sion since the RNABC was formed in 1912 have been extensive. Though most nurses still practise in institutions, the growth of community health services has in- creasingly moved registered nurses beyond hospital walls into the

Young Mr. George Madden, who takes over from Gold, is Number Seven, which is supposed to be a lucky number.

He has my sincere good wishes.

Gold was not present for the 5.30 p.m. funeral service, at which everyone’s presence was re- quired. Even those who start with the crow of the cock at 5 a.m. or some terrible hour like that were instructed to be on deck.

1 am told that God gave quite a nice speech. CJOR, he stated, had been good to him in the old days when it made a profit and allowed him to expand.

Left unsaid was that the station has been losing money for years, and if there’s one thing God can- not abide, it’s losing money. Some things don’t need to be said, though.

In many ways, it must be stated, God has been quite pa- tient. Micawber-like, he kept ex- pecting that something would turn up in the shape of better ratings and therefore better revenues. It didn’t, although there had been assurances to the contrary. Dave Barrett’s ratings were a drag, for instance. But Jimmy had himself to blame for that because it was he who hired Barrett.

Not to put too fine a point on

it, CJOR prograniming has been dreadful and the ratings awful. Pat Burns always does well in

the evenings, and there was an im- |

provement in the 9 a.m. to noon slot when Dave Abbott had it for a coupie of months following Bar- rett’s departure. But Abbott flew off to CKNW when he and Gold didn’t hit it off, and God must have had a suspicion that when the spring ratings come in they won’i signal a return to the good old days.

Radio is a_ roller-coaster business. As they said of the grand old Duke of York, when you are up you are up, and when you are down you are down. And when you are only half-way up you are neither up nor down. Right now, Madden is up.

He started at ’OR as an operator, meaning he twiddled the knobs in the control room for the on-air aristocrats. Later he became a reporter and an Expo PR guy. Now he’s back in the OR coop as chief rooster.

As stated above, he has my sincere good wishes.

Gold goes to what insiders call “the Golden Tower’’, meaning God's offices on West Hastings. Not exactly the most comfortable nesting place in the world, I would say, all things considered.

That reminds me: Gold was the father of the CJOR slogan “The intelligent choice.*’

God must believe HE has made an intelligent choice.

Stay tuned. Time will tell.

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9 - Sunday, May 10, 1987 - North Shore News

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WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL: Monday, May 11, 7:45 p.m.: Public hearing re: zon- ing bylaw amendment for Ancore property/ Public meeting for development permit re: 657 17th Street and 1721 Duchess/ Annual budget and rates bylaw/ Capital expenditure program bylaw/ Task force on outdoor burning/ Development permit re: Baden Powell Trail/ Residential use 1734 Argyle/ Subdivsion of portion of Cypress Park estate extension by British Pacific Properties.

NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL: Monday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.: Revitalization of

Mahon Park/ Lane Cancellation re: 600-block East Ist Street/ Park and Tilford Official Community Plan/ North Shore Economic Development Advisory Committee funding/ North Vancouver Animal Welfare committee/ Skateboard ramps in city parks.

NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL: Monday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.: Marine Drive Official Community Plan — rezoning report/ Application for development permit re: Trans Canada Glass, 1300 Marine Drive/ Upper Levels Highway at Lloyd Avenue/ Municipal grant alloca- tions.

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