Dragon Done – Richard Stursberg’s controversial tenure at CBC
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Excerpt from an article written by Trevor Cole for The Walrus: ‘Since the shift away from classical music, the audience for Radio 2 was down 20 percent. Robert Rabinovitch considers this one of the places Stursberg failed, calling Radio 2 “a disaster.” “Oh, we can talk about Radio 2,” Stursberg said, dismissing it. “Radio One’s [...]
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:52 PM ET Comments475Recommended224 CBC News from cbc.ca CBC English Services plans to cut up to 80 positions from its news division and a further 313 from sports, entertainment, current affairs, sales and support across the country as part of its efforts to make up a $171-million shortfall [...]
About the ruin that is CBC Radio 2
Monday, November 24th, 2008by Robert J. Mulvaney As a part-time resident of Canada, and a listener for many decades to CBC2, I have watched the revolution taking place at the station with alarm and profound disappointment. Now that the housecleaning seems to be complete, and as I move south for the winter, let me make a few observations [...]
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 verbalize the revelatory [...]