Archive for April, 2008
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Please restore funding for the CBC Radio Orchestra within the framework of a revitalized CBC To the Honourable , I am writing you regarding the planned demise of the CBC Radio Orchestra. The CBC executives about to appear before you are using the spurious excuse of economics to cut the CBC Radio Orchestra, a Canadian [...]
April 28th interview with Mark Steinmetz & Chris Boyce
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Interview: Changes to CBC Radio 2 and Orchestra Disbanding There has been lots of talk recently about the forthcoming changes to CBC Radio 2, the dismantling of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and more. So last week, I sat down (via phone) with Chris Boyce, CBC Radio’s director of programming, and Mark Steinmetz, director of music, [...]
Rural Canadians excluded from new CBC
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008From: Robert Crawford <email removed> Date: April 2, 2008 12:55:49 PM PDT (CA) To: Susan Mitton [at] cbc [dot] ca Cc: “Hon. Peter MacKay” <MacKay [dot] P [at] parl [dot] gc [dot] ca Subject: CBC2 Dismantling Dear Ms Mitton: My wife and I live in rural Nova Scotia and are dependent solely on CBCl and [...]
CBC Radio 2 & me – 28 cuts later…
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Blog by James Wooten I first began this blog one year ago on April 28, 2007 to express my dissatisfaction at the changes to the CBC Radio Two evening schedule and to provide a forum where other CBC Radio Two listeners could express their opinions concerning the Radio Two programming changes. So what has happened [...]
Interesting comparison between the US Primaries and the CBC
Monday, April 28th, 2008I had a lot of time in airports and on planes this week, and as such, read a few more in-depth articles in newspapers than I normally would. I read something interesting in yesterday’s National Post, which I rarely if ever read, but it was the only paper available. It was an article about the [...]
email reply from Stursberg
Monday, April 28th, 2008April 26th Dear Mr. Stursberg and Ms. Mitton ( I believe Ms. McGuire has been replaced), Thank you for your letter. I do not believe that the CBC does not have the meager resources required to maintain this orchestra. I have seen many, many full and half size ads in the Globe and Mail and [...]
Paul Junk, piano teacher, comments to CBC Board of Directors
Monday, April 28th, 2008Dear Mr. Casgrain, I wish to add my voice to the thousands of CBC listeners who are outraged by the recent canceling of favourite programmes and the intolerable destruction of the CBC Radio Orchestra. You should be very concerned that the devoted CBC Listeners will leave your station in droves and never return no matter [...]
Hudson Lao says “no more bullying”
Monday, April 28th, 2008Mr. Lacroix, Mr. Stursberg, Mr. Steinmetz, Miss McGuire, CBC Radio P.O. Box 3220, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 1E4 Dear Executives of CBC: I am in grade 11 at Mulgrave School in West Vancouver. At school we are taught to recognize bullying in all its forms. Bullies hurt people. They torment their victims sometimes a [...]
Tina Wang, Grade 10 student speaks about choice
Monday, April 28th, 2008Dear Prime Minister, I am in grade 10 in Vancouver. My family came to Canada from Taiwan. I learned that we had a choice in choosing where to emigrate and my parents chose this country for many reasons. One of the reasons we settled in Vancouver was that it was the home of a national [...]
Stursberg responds to K. Woloshyn
Monday, April 28th, 2008Dear Katya, Thank you for your email. We apologize for the delay in responding to you. Over the past few weeks, we have received dozens of letters and emails regarding forthcoming changes to Radio 2. A few express dismay at the potential loss of their favourite programs. A very large number contain inaccurate information. Most [...]
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