From first thing in the morning to late at night CBC was my only choice when I had the opportunity to tune in. And there were very few programs that would not hold my interest. Now things have reversed. I have dropped Radio 2 except for Sundays, and find myself only tuning in to Radio 1 for an occasional newscast or the noon and early afternoon programming. Beyond the previously mentioned and As It Happens in the evenings, my radio is off more than on.

Programs are being repeated – in the same week no less. The 7 am news world report that I receive in my area borders on silliness. Is it necessary to dramatize the newscast by inserting comments such as ‘ breaking news! ‘ , or ‘ this just in! ‘ .

And as for the National. well there is no sense in repeating what others have said before me. No one is against change. From time to time everything needs a new coat of paint to help freshen things up. The real issue is that underneath all the new glitter, it is the quality of the product that is disappearing alarmingly fast. I have no interest in a diet of sugary slop. That I can get anywhere and anytime.

If the ratings are up thats not a bad thing. I just have a feeling that many new listeners may not stick around for the long term. A diet of syrup and cotton candy can only hold ones interest so long. Maybe management thinks the loyalty the CBC has built up over many years is nothing but an old boys club and needs to be swept away. I just feel that the CBC is severing that invisible thread that connects many of us together around our country.

In an era of struggling labels that put forth the foundation of all music we listen to today, your lack of dedication and grace to this genre is sad. I was a great supporter of public broadcasting and classical music. Now I will find that elsewhere, irrespective of nation or source (downloading from internet etc).

By the way, I am 25 and the younger generation you are trying to target, and you have absolutely lost me. Classical music if the foundation of everything we have today, and it is the responsibility of public institutions such as yourselves to promote that.

I am your target audience and you have lost me completely.

They are cows to be milked, rather than supporters who should be thanked.

It’s a shame that at a time when editorial and curatorial voice is being lost in the whelter of on-line do-it-yourself offerings, the CBC has not seen the opportunity of becoming THE source for in-depth, stimulating, high quality programming. Instead, they’ve confused public (non-commercial) broadcasting with that strange form of “democracy” expressed in advertising ratings. Democracy has nothing to do with advertising and neither should public broadcasting. The whole situation would be clarified if there were no ads on the CBC. I wish the corporation’s executives would apply themselves to that task rather than making the CBC indistinguishable from commerical networks and supplying politicians (and dismayed viewers) the argument for eliminating its funding all together.

Your attitude to your audience shows the major problem with todays CBC. I don’t really care whether Mr. Mansbridge sits or stands. He can be as uncomfortable as you wish to make him. That’s between him and you. What I expect is sound intelligent coverage of news that is important. I do not need twenty second sound bites. I do not need a background with continual sensory overload. Inform me don’t nauseate me. If I want the other I can watch Music TV with the children who never watch your news and never will.

You will no doubt continue to lose your audience with attempts to attract those who will never have an interest in what you offer at the expense of those have been loyal for years..

I left CBC radio years ago and now have left CBC Newsworld. I will continue to read the “pathetic” newspapers which provide the information I desire.

I am waiting for the day I can check on my tax return whether I wish to continue to support the CBC. That will be the last day you receive a paycheck.

Best of luck with your ever dwindling audience.

I don’t have a TV but I saw a few clips from the new National . I was gob smacked.

Radio 2 was decimated, then came Radio 1, and now the assault on the National. One wonders if perhaps the fate of other programs of excellence such as As It Happens will be kissed with a sledge hammer.

A pox on arragant top dog suits. May they leave soon and may their pockets be empty.

This sounds like what the CBC is becoming, under the “leadership” of people like Mr. Stursberg. Anyone so quick to arrogantly dismiss feedback from (previously) loyal viewers should not be in that job.

I am sure there are still dedicated members of the CBC team struggling to make the CBC an effective and vibrant public broadcaster. They also deserve better than this.

Over to BBC for world news and CTV (reluctantly) for local news from now on.

I don’t care if the anchor is standing or sitting, but the moving backdrop during the morning news, and very quick coverage of various issues, with some fluffy content mixed in with true hard news is a strange mix.

I truly hope this is something Stursburg will take seriously – that the taxpayers supporting CBC TV and radio are concerned and troubled by these changes, and that it’s reducing the high level of credibility that CBC News once had within the media.

Shame on you for dismissing us.

he is an arrogant ass, and serves no purpose as a vice president of CBC. He should be fired! his words and actions hurt a national broadcasting institution

If the howls of protest are subsiding, it can only be because viewers who value sober, intelligent, in-depth news coverage have switched off the CBC and gone in search of alternatives.

Thank you, current leadership, for not only ignoring the taxpayers, but for your disdain.

No doubt you will put the decline of the CBC on your collective resumes. I hope it will be soon.