Could there be any more embarrassing reason to maintain what used to be a worthy national institution until it got so boringly self important?
"We do have some concerns about [the decision], notwithstanding fact that it happened on the French-language side," Ian Morrison, spokesman for Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, told CBCNews.ca Arts on Friday. According to the watchdog group, CBC Radio holds the attention of about 13 per cent of the total radio listening audience across the country. This audience includes elite groups such as executives and supreme court judges, Morrison said. "CBC Radio is what it is because it is so distinct," Morrison said. "Subsuming it underneath and part of the much larger English television network raises a number of troubling questions."Executives and judges. Good lord. Better fall in line, then, hadn't we?
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Gordo - November 23, 2007 10:09 pm
And geeks. I know a huge number of technical people who listen.
Sean Liddle - November 24, 2007 7:59 am
And slightly right of center geeky consultant types. I have almost zero interest in stories about feel good local affairs tales in Kingston (well, any local news really) but throw up a radio show about a one armed guy building a house from beer cans in Iqualuit and I'll listen to it as I drive on the 401. CBC is awesome if I do say so and there is a certain je ne sais what about fellow CBC listeners - we tend to find out we have similar personalities, likes etc BEFORE we find out that we both listen to CBC.
Sean Liddle - November 26, 2007 9:56 am
Laurie Brown is 6 years younger than my mom. Methinks the CBC could do better in an attempt to win the ever elusive "youthful demographic".
Funny, as an aside about coffee chains. I noticed the other day that Starbucks parking lot (well, the two I visit on a daily basis) seems to be mostly full of cars built by WWII axis powers whereas Timmy's is filled with good 'ol 'merikan made veeeehickels.
Long live the Emperor.