John Shannon

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297 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Jul

John Shannon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Sekeres & Price Show · July 9, 2026 Vancouver finishes World Cup duties; Sports media's future · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

But the bottom line is that if it's not building revenue, then at a certain point you have to fish or cut bait. matched

Do I think that the closing of these radio stations is anywhere related to what happened with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment? matched

No, no. matched

You know, the jobs yesterday, the radio stations across the country, because Kitchener lost a radio station, Halifax lost a radio station, those things. matched

And by the way, you know, I'm a radioaholic and I've listened to it for my whole life, probably from the time I was four years old. matched

We lost in our country two of the great AM radio stations matched

in the last 80 years in ckwx and cfac in calgary we are talking iconic brand call letters in those two and that has nothing to do with the two sports stations so but the thing is the revenue from this this media decision yesterday was coins in the sofa matched

That's all it was. matched

It was coins in the sofa, but that became, you know, how many employees, you know, all of the, you know, the pensions that they pay for those people. matched

It became a line item in a major corporation, but in no way, matched

when we're talking about millions of dollars, probably, small millions of dollars in the radio world versus billions of dollars for MLSE, I don't think they're related at all. matched

So the answer is what? matched

And support the other company out of Montreal? matched

I know. matched

So then you say, okay, then I'm going to switch. matched

I'm not going to Rogers. matched

I'm not going to Bell. matched

I'm going to switch to Telus, right? matched

I mean, so that's – I mean, I was part of that world, Matt, in the late 70s, early 80s when people were mad at the NHL not going to Winnipeg and Edmonton and there were bullet holes through the Molson – matched

brewery office in winnipeg when the jets were not going to be considered to join rejoin the nhl in 79 that that's you know that those those days are a little different now but you you do have to be a little concerned about that just just as a point you know and and this is not this is not about me but uh you know when you do run something like hockey night in canada matched

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