CBC Radio Two listeners opposed to the changes to the network, specifically the reduction of classical music, are planning to march on the CBC Vancouver building Tuesday morning.

On Friday morning, a similar group is planning to protest at Maison Radio-Canada, the CBC Montreal building.

“The CBC has been taken over by a group of people dedicated to removing nearly all Classical Music,” the Vancouver group’s description reads. “They feel it is old fashioned and irrelevant to the ‘new demographic’ that they wish to attract. We feel this is misguided at best, suicidal at worst.”

Another group has been started to launch an email campaign campaign.

UPDATE: It is reported that the Music School at UBC is asking faculty to cancel classes and go with their students to the demonstration.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it odd that the artwork hanging outside CBC Vancouver’s Regional Operations Centre (note the expensive signage) is of a hand unplugging some kind of connection? (Or, I suppose, if you’re not an under-caffeinated grouch like me, perhaps it’s plugging it in…)

As Vancouver continues to move ahead on its myCBC rollout, the new CBC News at Six set has now had a full week of on-air use. Similar in design to the Calgary newsworld set (large space, red and white primary colours), the Vancouver set includes a large weather centre fro which recently moved CBC meteorologist Clare Martin does extended forecasts.

Photos by CBC’s Mike Hennigar.