Thursday, March 26, 2009
CBC recently announced a number of programming changes in light of their recent budget shortfall. Highlights (for me):
Changes on Radio One include:
- Cancellations of The Inside Track, Outfront and The Point.
- Reduction of regional noon-hour programs to one hour.
- Reductions in drama.
This is the best thing to happen to CBC in awhile. No more Afghanada? No more Outfront (a.k.a. the pointless depressing story show). Ontario Today will be limited to just one hour of random people phoning in with incoherent observations or questions about how to keep pests off their rose bushes? I may just end up listening to CBC Radio One even more!
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Imagine me commenting! and about the ceeb no less! Crazy!
Anyway, I agree... but I wonder what they will put in that 1-3pm time slot? Rumour is that it will be repeats of weekend programming, which might be odd. I am hopefull that something interesting will get the 1:30 on Sunday slot - as I tend to turn off the The Inside Track and end up forgetting about Tapestry at 2.
I am also interesting in what they mean by "consolidating" some of Radio Two with Radio 3.
I kind of liked The Point, though I didn't often listen to it because I only have the radio on during the week in the afternoon when I don't go in to the school to work.
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