Archive for November, 2008
« Previous EntriesCBC staffers get Scrooged this season
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008By David Beers November 24, 2008 05:03 pm [source] from The Hook
First they learned there would be no CBC Vancouver Christmas party this year. A few days later, on Nov. 21, staffers received an email from CBC/Radio-Canada President and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix with the subject line: “Seeing our way through tough financial times.”
In the […]
On possible cuts to CBC
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008In response to blog comments following Bruce Cheadle’s thought provoking piece, now that Americans have voted in an intelligent and eloquent President, maybe Canadians can put an end to the “elitist” bashing that has been nothing more than a political appeal to those with little or no attention span. It reminds me of the school […]
About the ruin that is CBC Radio 2
Monday, November 24th, 2008by Robert J. Mulvaney
As a part-time resident of Canada, and a listener for many decades to CBC2, I have watched the revolution taking place at the station with alarm and profound disappointment. Now that the housecleaning seems to be complete, and as I move south for the winter, let me make a few observations about […]
Julian Lloyd Webber applauds the UK Government’s injection of £332 million into music-making
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008[excerpts from this source.]
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is posted as one of numerous examples of how governments around the world invest in their arts and culture because they have seen how it makes sense on every level, especially for the social and economic health of the nation.]
Yesterday was a red-letter day for British music. The […]
CBC cuts loom, opposition says
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008TheStar.com - Canada
NDP, Liberals accuse Tories of ‘laying the groundwork’ to slash broadcaster’s budget
November 22, 2008
Bruce Cheadle
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA–Opposition parties say the Conservative government is softening up the public for looming cuts to one of its favourite ideological targets, the CBC.
Liberals and New Democrats argue the Harper government has already begun laying out its case, […]
If You’d Like to Hear Good Radio Broadcasting All Day Long
Friday, November 21st, 2008At Your Computer, or Everywhere in Your Home
EDITOR’S NOTE: this piece is the opinion of William Bruneau and the links below should in no way imply the endorsement of the Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition for the products listed.
The decline and fall of CBC Radio 2 has meant that thousands (no, tens of thousands) of Canadians are without […]
Minister tells CBC to rein in spending
Friday, November 21st, 2008Executive’s ‘excesses’ don’t sit well, Moore warns
David Akin, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Heritage Minister James Moore has warned CBC executives that excessive spending on hotels, theatre tickets and charity dinners “does not sit well” with Canadians, and has asked the Crown corporation’s board of directors to rein in the spending.
Moore, the Conservative MP for […]
CBC helps to recast defunct orchestra
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
November 19, 2008 at 2:17 AM EST
The CBC stopped paying the bills for its last in-house orchestra on Sunday, but it says it is willing to help a free-standing successor ensemble with broadcasts, commissions and rehearsal space.
Mark Steinmetz, the CBC Radio executive who announced the end of 70-year-old CBC Radio […]
NATIONAL BROADCAST ORCHESTRA FINDS HOME AT UBC’S CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Media Release | Nov. 18, 2008
The University of British Columbia announced today it will play a key role as a founding partner for the National Broadcast Orchestra, the privately funded successor to the former CBC Radio Orchestra.
UBC will provide ongoing use of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC as the Orchestra’s performing […]
CBC Radio Orchestra bows out
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008By Jessica Werb, The Georgia Straight newspaper (Vancouver)
Publish Date: November 16, 2008
The CBC Radio Orchestra played its last concert Sunday (November 16) afternoon, to a sold-out crowd at the Chan Centre.
Protests over the ensemble’s dissolution were kept to a minimum: a few people from the Stand on Guard for CBC group handed out flyers, but […]