I find Corey Hirsch quite bad. I don't like his style and he has very reactionary opinions to things. Plus, those opinions aren't good. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but he's a step down from the very-average and bland Tomlinson.
Batchelor is an upgrade on Abbott, but it would be almost impossible to not be an upgrade. So far so good with this one.
As for the stations, I've been enjoying 1040. Kurtenblog has been good. I actually find Gilman extremely boring at times, and his opinions on anything not related to his time here in management very questionable. Don't get me wrong I love the insider information he has in regards to era he was in management here, but aside from those stories he does nothing for me.
650 is filled with non-personalities and is probably not a viable station if not for the Canuck rights. The ratings for 650 are going to be extremely low and I expect some changes very, very quickly.