Dispatches from CBC Listeners
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008It’s very, very simple. If something is not broken, don’t try and fix it.
All I would like from our national public broadcaster is to maintain the high standards of music, arts, and information that had me tuning in for the last 25 years. This does not include folk, indie rock, country western, hip-hop or rap.
Like it or […]
With the Demise of CBC II, listeners are poorer
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Actually, there was not anything wrong with the way that CBC II was before. I started to listen to CBC II around 1976 when it first came onto the FM network. It has gone though many changes over the years, but something it always was, and now is no longer, was a constant companion.
My job […]
Change is in the air and I don’t like it - The Chronicle Herald
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008By Peter Duffy
THE TRUTH IS, I’m having a bit of trouble with change. Once upon a time, I could handle it without any problem. I’ve changed jobs on a whim. (Twelve newspapers in 15 years.) I’ve lived in more towns and cities than I can almost remember.
Change? It’s been my life, ever since I was […]
Blurred Radio 2 vision hard on ears - Letter to Editor, Calgary Herald
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Blurred Radio 2 vision hard on ears
Calgary Herald
Published: Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Kudos to Richard Wagamese for grieving the loss of classical music on CBC Radio 2. Although Mark Steinmetz attempts to reassure disgruntled listeners, classical music has virtually disappeared from the station’s programs. Listeners who have on-line music access can still pick classical music to listen […]
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, we […]
US citizen moved to Canada because of CBC Radio, feels betrayed
Saturday, August 16th, 2008I’ll confess that the experience of listening to CBC Radio while driving across Canada a few times in the mid-90s inspired me to move to Canada and become a Canadian citizen. Back then, CBC Radio presented the cutting edge of a range of cultures including Inuit. I still find it difficult to […]
Culture 101 for Richard Stursberg
Saturday, August 16th, 2008June 30, 2008
Mr Richard Stursberg
Executive Vice President
CBC English Services
PO Box 500, Station A
Toronto, Ontario
M5W 1E6
Dear Mr. Stursberg,
The changes to CBC Radio suggest misplaced priorities. According to a recent article in the Globe and Mail, you do not have prior experience in radio and television programming, nor have you dedicated your life to cultural issues […]
Classical Music Elitist? My Foot!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008From: MARINA PINTO
Date: August 6, 2008 5:51:51 PM PDT (CA)
Subject: [SOG4CBC:462] Fw: Classical Music Elitist?? My Foot! - And More!!
Hello Everyone
I’ve decided to share my thoughts on the Stand on Guard for CBC site, in hopes that people may take them and use them to write letters, to think up strategies, to form a picture […]
CBC changes based on old research: “classical” music is growing
Thursday, August 14th, 2008CBC Management appears to have based the rationale for making recent and proposed changes to Radio 2 in part on the following statement:
“But while Canadians maintain a broad interest in cultural pursuits, overall attendance and participation in “traditional” Arts activities has been flat, if not declining, in the 1990s and early 2000s.” - […]
Eric Ball: how can we listeners remove those executives?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008LETTER TO JOSÉE VERNER
29 July 2008
Hon. Josée Verner
Minister of Canadian Heritage,
Status of Women and Official Languages
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Josée Verner:
Re: CBC Radio Orchestra and CBC Radio One and Radio Two music programming
I’m writing with a specific question that I hope you can help me with, but first let me explain what my concerns […]