Canada Radio: Dave Illman, Julie Corlett OUT At CKLY Ontario

Dave Illman

Long-time morning show hosts Dave Illman and Julie Corlett of CKLY 91.9 BOB FM in Lindsay, Ontario, have been laid off in yet another example of apparent corporate cost-cutting, according to The Advocate.

Illman says it “was made very clear to us that there was no problem with our performance. Pure cost cutting. It happens a lot in radio these days.”

He had been at the station for 29.5 years, and on the morning show with Corlett for about 11 of those years.

The long-time radio host says there was “no sense of that (layoff) coming at all.”

“We were gearing up for a busy Christmas season,” with all the usual remote locations and special initiatives like the toy drive.

“I’m of course disappointed,” he writes. “That’s been my thing for my whole adult life. But I know how the business works too. Mostly feel for my co-workers who will have to try to pick up the pieces and carry on.”

At this point, it’s not clear if Bell Media will abandon its weekday morning content and move to running syndicated shows. Right now it already runs syndicated content on Saturdays and Sundays, in addition to running a local show on Saturdays for the past four years, hosted by Denis Grignon.