Please sign petition to save CBC Radio recordings archive
Friday, February 24th, 2012Petition to save the CBC music archives The CBC is getting rid of its physical music collections in Vancouver and other sites across the country, a treasure trove of over 100,000 artifacts amassed over decades. Valuable, rare and historic recordings on vinyl and tape will be destroyed or dispersed, lost to all of us forever. [...]
CBC Appoints Executive Director Radio and Audio
Saturday, July 9th, 2011CBC today announced that Chris Boyce has been appointed executive director, Radio and Audio. Reporting to Kirstine Stewart, executive vice-president, CBC English Services, Boyce assumes responsibility for the operations of CBC Radio and the execution of its strategic plan, in addition to his existing duties leading radio programming. This appointment is effective today and reflects [...]
CRTC Online Consultations on CBC’s Radio and Television Licence Renewals
Monday, June 27th, 2011Welcome to CRTC Consultation on CBC’s Radio and Television Licence Renewals The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issues and renews licences for all Canadian broadcasters. In September 2011, the CRTC will hold a public hearing in order to renew the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) radio and television licences. Welcome to the CRTC online consultation [...]
CBC radio to start Kamloops-based bureau, morning show
Thursday, May 26th, 2011CBC fans in Kamloops will soon hear new voices — local voices — from 94.1 on the FM radio dial. Senior management announced Thursday plans to open a CBC bureau in Kamloops and launch a morning show, similar to one broadcast from Kelowna. Currently, local listeners must tune into the Kelowna-based morning show to hear Interior news. [...]
CBC’s new five-year plan to emphasize local and regional coverage
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011CBC’s management unveiled a broad five-year plan on Tuesday to increase its local and regional news, make its prime-time TV lineup more Canadian and enlarge its digital presence with new services and websites. This isn’t a move to change the services CBC currently provides or the feel of its shows, emphasized Hubert Lacroix, president and [...]
Eliminating CBC would be a tremendous loss
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Dorothy Turcotte/A small drop of ink Jan 11, 2011 – 12:44 PM For as long as I can remember, CBC Radio One has been my radio listening station of choice. Occasionally I switch to the only remaining classical music station, but as a rule, our radio dials remain at 99.1. As far as I’m concerned, [...]
Don’t touch our CBC, local supporters say
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011By Greg Mercer, Record staff Thu Jan 20 2011 WATERLOO REGION — Local CBC fans have a message for the federal government: keep your hands off our public broadcaster. They’re circulating a petition they want to send to Ottawa in advance of the upcoming Parliamentary session, where the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s budget will be on [...]
Kirstine Stewart appointed CBC Executive Vice-President
Monday, January 10th, 2011KIRSTINE STEWART APPOINTED CBC EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Canada NewsWire TORONTO, Jan. 10 TORONTO, Jan. 10 /CNW/ – CBC/Radio-Canada announced today that Kirstine Stewart, since August 2010 the interim executive vice-president of CBC, has been appointed to the position, responsible for the national public broadcaster’s English Services. The change is effective immediately. “The broadcasting landscape continues to [...]
CBC a needed national voice
Thursday, December 16th, 2010Turfing the CBC, as suggested by columnist Jim Merriam ( The Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 27)? My foot. The CBC is the only national radio connection this huge sprawling country has, at a bargain price of $1.3 billion, when we are spending $125 million just entertaining our government departments and guests, all the while pretending to [...]
CBC less like a luxury and more like an essential service
Thursday, December 16th, 2010I want to commend Sean Purdy for his excel-lent letter to the editor ( CBC Radio Without Equal, Dec. 2) in response to Jim Merriam’s CBC turfing commentary (Let’s Save Money by Turfing the CBC, Nov. 27). For seven decades, I have listened to CBC Radio. When I was a youngster in Kapuskasing, CBC was [...]
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