Radio 2 Finds Some New Fans
“Hi, I’m Laurie Brown. Welcome to The Signal.”
These are a few of my favourite words. And I can hear them six nights out of seven on what just might be the best show on Canadian radio.
It’s The Signal, like the lady said, on CBC Radio 2. Therein, Brown presents an array of evocative sounds, from the simply pretty to the esoteric and experimental, all with a fluidity and grace that can take you to unexpected places.
Much like Radio 2 these days. The dust has settled following the station’s controversial makeover 16 months back, when it completed the transformation from an almost all-classical format to a more varied programming featuring everything from indie-rock to folk, jazz, world and pop, with a little classical thrown in for good measure. The overarching emphasis is on Canadian content
T’Cha Dunlevy, the Montreal Gazette’s Music Critic, comments on CBC Radio 2, now that the dust has settled on the controversial makeover. The full article is available here.
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piece is a handjob.
10 percent less listeners, 3 years later.
of the coveted younger male listeners, they don’t
say this of course, but they don’t stay very long
with the service.
some real analysis of the numbers might have been nice.
so. when is a fail, a fail?
it’s my favourite show too – trult eclectic. It’s almost as good as the community radio show I used to do in the 90s
Wow! Hire that columnist for the PR department. As a long time and formerly loyal CBC Radio 2 listener I can handle the programming between 9:00 and 3: 30 but as soon as Rich hits the airwaves, I switch to satellite radio. Unless it has changed since the early days, there is nothing to recommend some of the most amateurish, self-indulgent, and frankly bad music that is the mainstay of Drive. The fact that the CBC continuously promos this show out of proportion to the rest of the schedule also tells me that the show tanks in the ratings. Advertisers don’t normally advertise the successes-they advertise to move the dogs.
The Signal was on the air before the “New Radio 2″ came along.
So, since the PPM meters catch radio among its 5000 holders in 5 minute blocks, how are the changes at CBC being noticed.
Does everyone turn off Q at any time of the day unless there is a guest host, but especially after The Currant Bun? Has CBC lost all its supposed elderly listeners? We read that Radio 2 has not gained in gross numbers at all, but what do the 5 minute logs say?
Does the World at 6 have more than 6 listeners now?
What is the breakdown within the measured CBC listenership?
hi ghurley.
the signal was phase 1 of the new 2.
nice try.