Irrelevant Show to spotlight Edmonton talent

The Irrelevant Show is set to debut on CBC Radio One on June 26. This Edmonton-based show will showcase local talent and offer listeners Pythonesque sketch comedy that shows that Alberta is about more than oil sands and cowboys.

The show has commissioned 120 sketches, which calls for a lot of funny from Edmonton’s hottest comics and sketch comedy writers. It will air Thursdays at 7:30pm.


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  Email this Posted at 10:39 am (14 May 2008)



Alberta government bans CBC reporters

Is this even legal?

CBC reporters have been denied access to any embargoed media events held by the Alberta Legislature until after next year’s budget is handed down. So says government p.r. director Roxanna Benoit

Benoit says a CBC reporter “breached the trust” of the legislature’s budget lock-up system by talking about embargoed budget info before Finance Minister Iris Evans began her legislature speech.

In a letter to CBC regional director Don Orchard, Benoit wrote that “All CBC personnel are immediately denied access to embargoed media relations events by the Alberta government.


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  Email this Posted at 11:36 am (08 May 2008)



CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming

The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular.

Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta.

At the same time, however, the CBC said it would move to Toronto the two hours of programming for CBC Newsworld, which are currently being produced in Calgary.

Actually, no, the CBC didn’t actually say it would “move” the programming from Calgary. The news release actually said it would “reconfigure to Toronto.” Wha?! “Reconfiguring” is the new corp-speak for “move?”

I guess it’s the same as executives not being able to ever say a show was “cancelled,” when, in fact, it was. The closest they seem to come up with is “Moved off the schedule.”

Really, who the hell is writing this stuff?!


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  Email this Posted at 2:39 pm (03 Apr 2008)



Behind the Scenes at CBC Edmonton

Note to other regions: I’m hoping to travel to four more CBC bureaus around the country to do a similar behind-the-scenes tour. Please email me in Groupwise (TOD MAFFIN) if you’d be willing to do a tour for the blog! It takes only an hour. :)


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  Email this Posted at 4:38 pm (15 Jun 2007)