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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008I received this email message this morning and have been given permission to publish it here. From: Philippe Labelle <philippe.labelle at … Date: September 23, 2008 7:53:23 AM PDT (CA) To: standonguardforcbc at … Subject: Follow-up on Robert Everett-Green’s Article… Hi, I’m Philippe Labelle, the businessman referred to in the August 9, 2008 Globe and [...]
Yann Martel and Wajdi Mouawad letters to Harper
Saturday, September 20th, 2008These letters are a must read during the period leading up to the Canadian federal election. The web site that you visit when you go to read these letters is a new site dedicated to new political theatre. It is called The Wrecking Ball. Wajdi Mouawad’s letter in particular is a wonderful articulate argument to [...]
Cam Trowsdale’s CBCR2 National Response Bibliography
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008If you prefer to download a single document that contains much of the information found on our web site, why not download the CBCR2 National Response Bibliography! Cam Trowsdale, (of CBC Vancouver Orchestra and Vancouver Opera Orchestra fame) has been collecting public commentary on changes at CBC Radio 2 since the announcement of the elimination [...]
Letters, commentary on the “New 2″ September 9-11
Friday, September 12th, 2008Blogs, newspapers buzzing with commentary on the New Radio 2 OFF THE BOARD: Radio killed the classical star By: Thomas Quail, McGill Tribune Posted: 9/9/08 EXCERPT: Radio 2 has become a confused station, with neither niche nor popular appeal. By worrying so much about alienating the audience they don’t have, the CBC has driven away [...]
Demise of the CBC: beware the influence of the National Citizen’s coalition
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008[original] Author is “lmcg1″ at the above link. As many of you were likely listeners to CBC Radio 2 in particular, possibly supporters of the CBC Radio Orchestra, and bought recordings made by CBC, you know that the arts and culture in Canada have taken a serious blow in the past few months. In the [...]
Today on CBC Radio 2 comments archive – Sept 2 to 7
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008The Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition provides copies of commentary that appeared on CBC.ca web site blogs during the first week of their New Radio 2 programming from September 2 – 7, 2008. Results: approximately 90% do not enjoy the new programming; approximately 10% are neutral or positive. You can find the index for the CBC Radio 2 [...]
Kaptainis: it’s “just plain bad.”
Sunday, September 7th, 2008SOURCE: http://communities.canada.com/MONTREALGAZETTE/blogs/wordsandmusic/archive/2008/09/07/radio-rant-new-2.aspx Radio Rant: New 2 Some of the debate over the massive makeover of CBC Radio 2 is undoubtledly an ideologicial matter of lobbing grenades over the classical/non-classical fault line. It would be easy thus to perpetuate the conflict indefinitely. But worthwhile comment is about content, not just philosophy, and whenever I sit myself [...]
Another US citizen mourns the death of Radio 2
Sunday, September 7th, 2008ORIGINAL IS HERE: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/09/07/104234.php EXCERPT “CBC Radio 2 is the national, commercial free radio station of Canada. I’ve often said that the one bright spot in living in Southeastern Michigan was the fact that we could get CBC Radio 2 in the car. The programming was filled with uniquely distinctive classical offerings, pieces that just [...]
Vancouver Sun readers say CBC has made a big mistake
Saturday, September 6th, 2008On Wednesday September 3, Vancouver Sun writer Nicholas Read wrote a followup piece to his first piece on the New CBC Radio 2 issue. This second installment recounted numerous responses he had received from readers to his first piece. This second article was responded to with even more volumes of responses online. Below is the [...]
Blog crawl response to New Radio 2
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Below we’ll keep track of – and update daily – links to blog activity and response to the new Radio 2, starting from August 29 to the end of the first week. The Horror Story that is CBC Radio 2 A broken switch, the empty airwaves and a five-year habit Requiem for Radio 2 Farewell [...]
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