Ferraro will do a half-hour show daily with Team 1040, plus appearances on the other CHUM sports stations in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg. Update on Team 1040: Ray Ferraro, who co-hosted the station's morning drive show with Scott Rintoul, is taking a reduced load as he steps into Pierre McGuire's role at TSN on a three-year contract. James Stuart, general manager of the Team 1040, tells Usual Suspects, "At this point, I have no public comment to make on the situation." David Pratt has not returned requests for comment. Despite the powerful ratings for the show during the Canucks' spring run, radio observers believe that if Pratt has any leverage, he may have to use it soon. But insiders suggest this time might be different with new managers in place. Pratt, once an original TSN host, has gone to the mattress successfully in the past over his contract. Pratt, who's been a Vancouver radio figure during almost three decades, feels he's in the same league as the lucrative contracts handed out by CHUM to Mike Richards at TSN Radio 1050 and by Rogers to Bob McCown of The Fan 590. Staff at the radio station had already been told that Pratt and the station are in a contractual impasse, but nothing was to be discussed publicly. There were no audio stings identifying the highly rated Pratt & (Don) Taylor duo, who were due to kick off a new season Tuesday.
One notable figure in the Vancouver hockey scene was supposed to return on Tuesday, too, but when the TEAM 1040's afternoon drive show started, host David Pratt was nowhere to be heard.Īs the popular program began, Jeff Patterson sat in for Pratt. NHL camps are opening across the continent soon, and all eyes are on Vancouver, where the Canucks are welcoming back members of a team that went to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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