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CBC Takes a Hit
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts,
humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." The Harper Conservative government has a large number of neo -con members who would like to do away with the CBC altogether and give the airwaves over to their wealthy members. This new programming is a step on the way as the CBC will have lost their solid core of arts and humanities listeners and will not attract the 18-35 demographic who are well served by private stations. For all the horrible details see the Toronto Star for Apr 8. Support PBS: that's all we have left. |
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CBC Takes a Hit
On Apr 5, 11:04 pm, "ve3..." wrote:
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." Well, that bloody bites. There are two anglophone CBC stations: Radio One and Two-FM (or whatever it's called now). Radio One has always been the news/talk full-service station, while Two-FM has always been a music & fine arts station. The Francophone counterpart used to be called the "Chaine Culturelle" (Cultural Network). I always thought it was the ideal use of the two stations. So you're saying they dumped the music from the music station???? stephanie |
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"Stephanie Weil" ) writes:
On Apr 5, 11:04 pm, "ve3..." wrote: The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." Well, that bloody bites. There are two anglophone CBC stations: Radio One and Two-FM (or whatever it's called now). Radio One has always been the news/talk full-service station, while Two-FM has always been a music & fine arts station. The Francophone counterpart used to be called the "Chaine Culturelle" (Cultural Network). I always thought it was the ideal use of the two stations. So you're saying they dumped the music from the music station???? No, no, they've just rearranged some things, and refocused others. "Radio One" which used to be CBC AM, is still talk. They've taken out some of the more arty things (which may be because they were coming from the other network and are no longer on the other network), and added some repeats of weekend shows in the late evening/night. "Radio Two" which used to be CBC FM (or more specifically CBC Stereo), is still music. They haven't dropped classical music, they've just made it less important. They've added more jazz, though I don't know yet (since I've not listened to the show) what sort of jazz it generally is. I don't believe they've dropped the weekend opera. Now the debate is whether the changes are a good thing or not. I happen to only listen to classical music if there's nothing else on and I don't feel like putting on a CD (or record). So putting a daily jazz show is a good thing from my standpoint (with the caveat that it may not be the type of jazz I like). At the very least, I am tasting "Radio Two" a fair amount since the changes came into effect two or three weeks, because I want to know what's new. I'm not the "younger" audience, unless they have a wide definition of "young". Michael |
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"ve3..." ) writes:
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." This schedule is at least two weeks old. They may have issued an updated schedule, I think some things were previously indefinite, but "Jazzbeat" has been missing for a while, replaced by the daily "Tonic" (still with Katie Malloch). Michael |
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ve3... wrote:
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." The Harper Conservative government has a large number of neo -con members who would like to do away with the CBC altogether and give the airwaves over to their wealthy members. This new programming is a step on the way as the CBC will have lost their solid core of arts and humanities listeners and will not attract the 18-35 demographic who are well served by private stations. For all the horrible details see the Toronto Star for Apr 8. Support PBS: that's all we have left. Everyone misses "Music for a While" the late evening classical programme with Danielle Charbonneau. Tonic, the early evening, (much too early) jazz show has no theme, and seems to be a lucky dip into their MP3 pool. But nothing too edgy, nothing too old, nothing very unfamilar. Dull. There is no place for long form classical. As with the remake of the SRC French Chaine culturelle (now Deuxieme chaine, they've dumbed the whole thing down to a light muzak level. Many many repeats over the week on both Radio One and Radio Bugaloo. -- -\_,-~-\___...__._._._._._._._._._._._. For real Dxing, see]http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/index.html |
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CBC Takes a Hit
On Apr 5, 11:04 pm, "ve3..." wrote:
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" These program changes are for the fall schedule and do not affect current programming. There is a lively discussion in the Globe and Mail forum. |
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ve3... wrote:
The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." The Harper Conservative government has a large number of neo -con members who would like to do away with the CBC altogether and give the airwaves over to their wealthy members. This new programming is a step on the way as the CBC will have lost their solid core of arts and humanities listeners and will not attract the 18-35 demographic who are well served by private stations. For all the horrible details see the Toronto Star for Apr 8. Support PBS: that's all we have left. Will this new policy also affect TVO? |
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CBC Takes a Hit
On Apr 6, 6:35 am, Tommy Tootles wrote:
ve3... wrote: The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. No classical music, no opera, no lectures by people who know their subject, no plays. Instead, they are changing their programming to appeal to the "younger generation." The Harper Conservative government has a large number of neo -con members who would like to do away with the CBC altogether and give the airwaves over to their wealthy members. This new programming is a step on the way as the CBC will have lost their solid core of arts and humanities listeners and will not attract the 18-35 demographic who are well served by private stations. For all the horrible details see the Toronto Star for Apr 8. Support PBS: that's all we have left. Will this new policy also affect TVO? |
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CBC Takes a Hit
On Apr 6, 6:35 am, Tommy Tootles wrote:
ve3... wrote: The CBC announced its new schedule today. For those who like the arts, humanities, and sciences it is a disaster. Will this new policy also affect TVO? """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """"""""""' Oops. Screw up on previous post. TVO will not be affected by the CBC. TVO is an Ontario institution. Other provincial public tv's include SCN (Saskatchewan)and Alberta Access. They all are independent of Ottawa and operate with a tiny fraction of the CBC's one billion dollars. In spite of this, they often show more creativity in programming than is seen coming from the CBC's bloated bureaucracy. |
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CBC Takes a Hit
"ve3..." wrote The Harper Conservative government has a large number of neo -con members who would like to do away with the CBC altogether and give the airwaves over to their wealthy members. This new programming is a step on the way as the CBC will have lost their solid core of arts and humanities listeners and will not attract the 18-35 demographic who are well served by private stations. Spoken like a true Neo-Socialist - LOL! |
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