6 Responses to “Welcome aboard, Mr. Chairman. Here’s your microphone.”

Barry Rueger says:

I live in a city in a half million people that is completely ignored by the CBC. We have no CBC outlet, no local reporters, no coverage of our city on any of the CBC TV and Radio channels that reach us.

We do not exist.

Earlier this month it was reported that The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is considering a plan to beef up its presence in 15 areas across Canada it considers “underserviced.”

Will Hamilton finally be acknowledged by the CBC and get the bureau that we deserve? (even I am not crazy enough to expect a local morning show that doesn’t provide three hours of Toronto news and traffic.)




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Joe Clark says:

I suppose there might possibly be some issues at work in compliance with a certain human-rights ruling, and why CBC reacts in one of two ways to criticism – as flinchers or as rat bastards.




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Anonymous says:

I think there’s a lot of doubt that he’s particularly qualified for this position, having little cultural background to speak of. I think it has to be addressed – don’t softball him.




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John Jacobson says:

1) Will CBC Management re-organize its funding (and thereby allow for Program Expansion) for Radio in Canada and Quebec when budget time comes? 2) Is there a formula- or just pablum- for proportional allocation of funding for Radio/Television budgets? 3) Is Shortwave Radio Canada also grouped in with CBC Radio… or does it fall within CBC’s aegis? 4) Do Foreign State Shortwave Radio Corporations manage content and control in the same way as the Canadian Government in Radio Canada International? So many questions- so little time.




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CBCworker says:

You should ask him about the regular labour disputes at the CBC. It’s a non stop cycle– every few years the CBC gets into a cat fight with its unions and workers get thrown on to the streets. The last time it seemed that the Corp decided to lock out CMG staff just to save money. There is no accountability and no consequences for VPs who make audience killing decisions to impose lock outs. It destroys morale and the credibility of the CBC every time it happens. What will he do to make sure it doesn’t happen again?




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Bill Lee says:

Since he talked glowingly about listening to CBC (really Radio Canada Interntional, a separate enitity only sharing some Montreal digs) will he co-operate with RCI, ask for more RCI funding, increase the broadcast times and language choices and stop letting RCI do simple patch cord feeds from CBC but, with the increased funding, make more of their own Spanish, English, Chinese, French, etc. programming, and then share it with the CBC?

Can we have a CBCOvernight channel 24 hours a day also?




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