Reimagine CBC web site launched
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012http://www.reimaginecbc.ca/ The CBC is under intense pressure. Good public media is good for our democracy and culture, and we all have a say in its future. So today, we are launching a new campaign to “Reimagine the CBC,” and make Canadian media better for all of us.
CBC prepares for 75th birthday
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Tara Bradbury/The Telegram Two years ago, the CBC was dealing with a budget shortfall of $171 million by cutting jobs and selling assets. The public broadcaster has recovered in a big way since then, and is now expanding its services across the country as part of a new five-year plan, and preparing for its 75th [...]
CBC’s back-to-basics plan to save itself
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011By John Doyle, The Globe and Mail Well, lookee here – the CBC just woke up and recalled that it is, in fact, a public broadcaster. Tuesday’s announcement of a five-year strategy plan, called Everyone, Every way, is, essentially, CBC president Hubert Lacroix’s life-saving, interventionist plan for the corporation. It is also, at last, the [...]
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, [...]
CBC lovers strike back: Merriam
Friday, December 10th, 2010By Jim Merriam My recent tirade against the CBC has left one of my cherished stereotypes shattered. No longer does the genteel listener tune into CBC radio while settled comfortably in a Queen Anne armchair, intelligence in the “on” position. A number of the dozens of readers who dropped me a line might still fit [...]
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 [...]
CBC should emphasize service, not ratings, says former chair
Thursday, March 19th, 2009IAN BAILEY AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO From Thursday’s Globe and Mail March 19, 2009 at 4:00 AM EDT VANCOUVER and TORONTO — The crisis facing the CBC offers the public broadcaster a chance to refocus and separate itself from private stations, making it less reliant on ratings, the network’s former chairwoman says. “Because we have reached [...]
CBC seems bent on its self-destruction
Friday, October 31st, 2008The Ottawa Citizen Monday, October 27, 2008 Re: CBC has gone too far by letting reporters go, Oct. 23. I very much agree with Bernard Sigouin’s letter that the CBC may end up in trouble so that the government decide to cease public funding of the CBC. I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear [...]
Most voters support public funding for CBC, poll finds
Friday, October 31st, 2008Group wants Harper to clarify position on ‘commercialization of CBC Radio’ Chris Cobb The Ottawa Citizen Thursday, October 02, 2008 Arts and culture, traditionally invisible topics during Canadian federal election campaigns, bounced back onto the campaign agenda again yesterday, fuelled by ongoing fears that a majority Conservative government would slash funding to cultural programs and [...]