CBC Radio in Vancouver is on the hunt for a Host for its afternoon program, On The Coast. Guest hosts like CBC Television reporter Belle Puri and civic reporter Stephen Quinn have been filling the role until now. Priya Ramu, formerly a senior CBC Radio producer, has held the position after moving to Vancouver several years ago. She will stay with CBC as a local reporter in radio news.
This position hosts a daily current affairs program, including doing interviews, introducing segments, and shaping the program on air. The host is also responsible for writing scripts and continuity, booking interviews, selecting music and sound effects, and researching. This… wait for it… a contract position. (Does anyone actually get a full-time job at the CBC any more?)
Look for the position on the CBC’s job web site.
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CBC Radio in Vancouver has become so boring that no one wants the job. Doesn’t it almost seem like that? And who can blame them. You and I both know what makes for good radio, don’t we Tod? And you won’t be getting that on the CBC. I can’t really believe that management is so cheap that the host has to book their own guests. Astoundingly cheap. No room for interns? Unbelievable.
I suspect the job description leaves out the two most important conditions of the job:
(a) must submit to having all blood drained from system
(b) must never ever ever offend anyone. Not people, not animals, not things, not ideas. Discuss only topics that will keep the public’s minds on recipes and square dancing.
In 1968 I produced the second highest rated radio show in Vancouver (2nd because nobody could beat Jack Webster), and today, a radio show with you and I, Tod, and Jesse Hirsh and Maggie Cassella would blow the competition into oblivion. And you know it. But that won’t happen because we’re talking about the CBC, a broadcaster which is about ratings and not about ratings. Good luck! There’s no room for people who are dangerous and edgy, like we are. People who would rather be poor and relevant and listened to, than be Strursberg or Strombo. People who would rather make history than money. and who won’t submit to being spayed and neutered like our friend George.
Instead, we’re in the age of stupid, meaningless shows like “Maria”. It’s not even good television production. But it works for Stursberg. Silly, pointless crap.
Imagine if we could get the BBC as readily as we get the CBC. Goodbye 90% of the audience for domestic broadcasting. Because the CBC can’t cut it. And that day is coming. Even you can see that, Tod, but not your bosses. These pinheads see the internet as a photocopy machine of what already exists, instead of the third media that it is, superseding all others. An unregulated new home for those with courage and vision.
The kind of leadership we’ve gotten from the Corps these last few years means that it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.
I suspect that Mr. Strombolopoulos will not take well to the “neutering” charge. I remember the cover feature on his work to date from the Ryerson Review of Journalism last year, and if there’s anything he didn’t believe himself to be at the time…well, “neutered” would have very nearly topped such a list.
Allan, if you are relevant, dangerous and edgy, take your act to coop radio and prove the corp wrong.
It wouldm however be interesting to head a post mortem on the Afternoon show in recent years. I presume that Priya’s recent tenure ended for a reason - let’s hear from the Afternoon show producer and BC regional director what that was…
What were the journalistic and content objectives of the Afternoon show? Were there any ratings objectives?
Let the producer be held accountable.
What do you mean, “if”?
“When” implies too long a wait.