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Saturday, August 9th, 2008CANON FIRE: RADIO WARS
Why the show may, in fact, go on
In the last of a three-part series, critic Robert-Everett Green talks to the Montreal venture capitalist determined to save the CBC Radio Orchestra - and explains why it may not be the only CBC venture to survive a death foretold
By Robert Everett-Green
*All three articles can […]
Remake Radio 2 or watch it die - Globe and Mail
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008CANON FIRE: PUSHING THE MUSICAL ENVELOPE
In the second instalment of a three-part series, critic Robert Everett-Green lauds CBC’s decision to devote more airtime to innovative, non-classical Canadian music. The alternative? The decimation of Radio 2’s audience within a decade
By Robert Everett-Green
Earlier this week, I attended a lecture by composer R. Murray Schafer, who once wrote […]
CBC Radio increases its support for Canadian composers - CBC press release
Monday, July 14th, 2008Attention News Editors:
CBC Radio increases its support for Canadian composers
TORONTO, July 14 /CNW/ - CBC Radio is building on its legacy of
commissioning original works from some of Canada’s most talented
musicians and orchestras with today’s announcement of a $50,000
increase in its commissionsbudget, bringing 2008’s allocation up
to $170,000 in total.
“We are excited to be putting more money […]
Radio 2’s June 11 Programming Announcement means a loud OFF click in the fall
Monday, June 30th, 2008This is a copy of a letter sent to CBC Management for Radio 2 offering listener feedback to their announcement today regarding the changes to Radio 2’s programming for the fall. It seems that they are not listening to all the excellent protests to these changes that have been sent their way.
11 June 2008
To […]
CBC Radio widens its net - Globe and Mail
Thursday, June 26th, 2008CBC Radio widens its net
Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail
June 26, 2008
A higher-profile morning time slot for host Jian Ghomeshi and a youthful-sounding current-affairs program in the afternoon on Radio One are two of the major changes coming to CBC Radio this fall.
In a festive presentation - one part public announcement of the changes and […]
‘Diversity’ is behind Radio 2 changes? What a bunch of twaddle - Globe and Mail
Thursday, June 26th, 2008BROADCASTING: CLASSICAL MUSIC
Russell Smith
June 26, 2008
Because of the groundswell of protest against the proposed changes to CBC Radio 2 and the elimination of the CBC Radio Orchestra, the House of Commons recently held hearings into the CBC’s plans. The standing committee on Canadian heritage heard, over the past month, from representatives of all interested parties: […]
Killing the Canadian in the Canadian - Canada Free Press
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Full article is here.
Our CBC, which also sees itself as a social engineer, has no reservations about denouncing Canada’s past. The CBC should be a forum for national discussion of Ms. Abella’s work as well as of other far-reaching immigration issues. But it has been turned into a virtual propaganda arm for the immigration […]
Heritage committee asks CBC to reconsider orchestra’s demise - The Georgia Straight
Monday, June 23rd, 2008By Jessica Werb
The House of Commons standing committee on Canadian heritage has concluded in a June 18 report that the CBC’s management and board of directors “should review the decision to disband the CBC Radio Orchestra”.
“Even though it’s in kind of gentle language, it’s quite a slap on the wrist to the board and […]
CBC/Radio-Canada’s Strategy undermined by Feds
Friday, June 20th, 2008CBC/Radio-Canada’s Strategic Direction Undermined
from Broadcastermagazine.com, June 20, 2008
The Government’s decision late yesterday not to endorse the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage’s report on CBC/Radio-Canada is a missed opportunity to enhance the accountability and transparency of Canada’s national public broadcaster, the CBC says.
The report, CBC/Radio-Canada: Defining Distinctiveness in the Changing Media Landscape contains recommendations linking CBC/Radio-Canada’s […]
Heritage Committee Report on the CBC and CBC Radio Orchestra
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008The report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage released their report today on
REPORT ON THE DISMANTLING OF THE CBC RADIO ORCHESTRA, ON CBC/RADIO CANADA’S COMMITMENT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE CHANGES TO CBC RADIO 2
You can download the entire report at the Government of Canada web site.
One recommendation was made to the Government of […]