Archive for August, 2008
« Previous EntriesThanks and good-bye to classic radio – The Toronto Star
Sunday, August 31st, 2008CBC’s cancelled FM schedule was elegant, engaging, and loved – a hard act to follow August 31, 2008 Miriam Mittermaier Special to the STar For CBC Radio 2 listeners, this has been a week of sad good-byes. From this Tuesday, the old weekday classical shows will be gone, and with them, most of the hosts [...]
Facebook groups boycotts Radio 2 Tuesday September 2
Saturday, August 30th, 2008The Facebook group “Save Classical Music at the CBC” has called for a boycott of CBC Radio 2 on Tuesday September 2, the launch date of the “New Radio 2.” If you are a Facebook member, you can access this group here. The event is listed here. As you can read on our own announcement, [...]
Call for a Listening Drive!
Saturday, August 30th, 2008The Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition encourages a public Radio 2 “Listening Drive” this coming week from September 2 to 7. Some might think we’d like to boycott. On the contrary! We want to be able to tell the country what we have learned from all that listening: Just how well does the “new [...]
Wolfgang Amadeus Who? Friends of Canadian Broadcasting campaign
Saturday, August 30th, 2008The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting have come up with a major advertisement in the Globe and Mail and a campaign against the changes at Radio 2. Please visit their site, read all of the great information, send a letter to the Board of Directors through their online letter, and continue to act!
CBC Radio Orchestra & Ben Heppner – UBC Centenary Gala announced
Friday, August 29th, 2008Co-Produced by the Chan Centre and the CBC Radio Orchestra Ben Heppner, tenor – UBC Centenary Gala Sunday September 28, 2008 at 3pm Chan Shun Concert Hall, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, UBC Vancouver, B.C. – In celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the University of British Columbia, highly acclaimed Canadian [...]
Mark Steinmetz announces the new Radio 2
Friday, August 29th, 2008On September 2nd we will deliver to Canadians a new CBC Radio 2, one that is reinvigorated, relevant and more reflective of Canada’s incredible diversity. As Canada’s national broadcaster it is central to our mandate that we reflect Canada to Canadians, and through showcasing the enormous breadth and depth of musical talent that this country [...]
CBC overhauling Radio 2 – Ian Morrison critical
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Less classical, more popular music expected in remake Chris Cobb, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 OTTAWA – The CBC will announce a radical revamp of its Radio Two network today with the introduction of more popular and cross-cultural music and a de-emphasizing of classical content. The Radio Two revamp, called “its most dramatic [...]
35 links to CBC announcement
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Here is a google search result that will show you the kind of coverage this “New Radio 2″ announcement received.
CBC reviews their own Radio 2 announcement with same soothing reassurances
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Canadian musical diversity the goal for Radio 2 fall relaunch Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 4:40 PM By Jessica Wong CBC News [photo: The Gryphon Trio, from left, Annalee Patipatanakoon, Jamie Parker and Roman Borys, performs at the CBC's Toronto Broadcast Centre on Tuesday. (Jessica Wong/CBC).] With a goal of highlighting the diversity [...]
CBC Radio 2′s news – EyeWeekly
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008{Original is here.] Protests to preserve classical music in drive-time dayparts on CBC Radio 2 were officially rendered unsuccessful today, with the announcement of the national network’s new lineup effective the 2nd of September. Stand On Guard For CBC got in their last digs before the formal launch, posting a hysterical letter from a woman [...]
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