Archive for April, 2009
Analysis of Radio 2 BBM data, March 2009
Friday, April 17th, 2009On a regional basis, compared to the same period last year, share has fallen significantly in Vancouver, where the share was the highest nationally (from 7.3% to 5.6%), as well as in Edmonton, Calgary, and slightly in Ottawa. Share in Winnipeg has increased somewhat, as has the small share in Toronto (from 1.9% to 2%.
CBC’s golden opportunity to cut commercial strings
Thursday, April 9th, 2009TheStar.com – Opinion Public broadcaster would be freed from self-defeating ratings game April 09, 2009 by Wade Rowland Professor of communications studies at York University If the CBC is to survive the shock-doctrine opportunism of federal Conservatives bent on either privatization or elimination of the public broadcaster, it needs to once and for all come [...]
Letter to the Auditor General of Canada requesting accountability of CBC
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Office of the Auditor General of Canada 240 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G6 March 10, 2009 Attention: Sheila Fraser Dear Ms. Fraser: We ask for your help in ensuring that CBC/Radio-Canada fulfils its mandate and its responsibilities to the Canadian public. As members of the Stand on Guard [...]