CBC Radio announced today the hosts for a number of programs slated to air this fall as part of the revitalized CBC Radio 2 schedule.
Tom Allen, Peter Togni and Jurgen Gothe will be returning to the network, to be joined by Julie Nesrallah, Molly Johnson and Rich Terfry.
- Monday to Friday from 6 to 10 a.m., Tom Allen will host CBC Radio 2’s new morning show, which will serve as the gateway to the new Radio 2 schedule and will feature a wide range of music.
- At 10 a.m., mezzo-soprano Julie Nesrallah will take the helm of the network’s new daytime classical show, airing until 3 p.m.
- Then at 3 p.m., Rich Terfry, better known as Buck 65, will host Radio 2’s new drive-time songwriter show until 6 p.m.
- On the weekends, Molly Johnson will host the new morning show airing Saturdays from 6 to 10 a.m. and Sundays from 6 to 8 a.m.
- Completing the weekend schedule, Peter Togni will be Choral Concert’s new host beginning in September, and Jurgen Gothe will host a new weekly show on Sundays from 5 to 6 p.m.
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So glad to hear that Tom Allen will be back, even if I’m a bit apprehensive about the new show’s format. I only ever listen to classical music in the morning, during my bus ride to work, so I’ll miss Music & Co.
So, can I expect more Brent Bambury and Patti Schmidt too? No?
Well done Radio 2. So the sky isn’t going to fall after all. I’m frankly looking forward to the new line up and a fresher approach. I’m liking what i hear.
I am looking forward to CBC-2’s new line-up. I enjoy listening to radio 2 while I’m home with my kids, because there aren’t commercials and I get a dose of news and a decent mix of new-to-me music - but sometimes it can be a bit old and drab. I am happy there will be a something for folks like me to listen to (at least when we can’t get internet radio).
Hurray! An extra morning hour with Tom Allen.
Apparently, the CBC Radio 2 blog posted this info, too. And apparently they hardly accepted any negative comments about the new schedule.
I’m glad that this blog is less censored than the CBC Radio 2 blog!
Jurgen Gothe reduced to one hour per week?
In a move designed to revitalize?
His time slot now filled with singer/ songwriters who already make up a fair chunk of the evening concert programming.
I can’t see this working very well.
Any thought to bringing back late evening jazz instead of the current experimental “offerings” ?
At low times it seems those who’re making the power decisions know the least about music.
Actually, Music and Company USED to be from 6 to 10 AM.
I for one AM NOT a fan of what’s happening to CBC Radio 2.
If I want popular classics, I listen to the Toronto alternative.
CBC Radio 2 used to be a real cultured window on the Arts in this country especially Classical.
I gained my appreciation of Classical music through the likes of Margaret Pachu & Bob Kerr
The lack of Classical music which is obscure & interesting will be sorely missed.
While nice to have Tom Allen in the morning, no Classical weill be a real dead zone
There are few places in the current culture for those of us who want to stay connected to the past while bridging space to the future can dwell. Those in charge are ignorant of the audience they court. Learning about classical music via the radio is as close as some people get!
I learned so much about classical music through CBC Radio 2.
If it weren’t for CBC Radio 2, so many of our current classical musicians probably wouldn’t've become so interested in music, and wouldn’t've chosen it as a career.
But nowadays, the CBC plays less classical music. Now less people will become interested in classical music. Less people will pursue it as a career.
Not that there’s as many classical music career opportunities anymore, since CBC has axed their radio orchestra and broadcasts fewer classical concerts, as well as not making classical CDs anymore.
I am looking forward to the new offerings. Radio 2 needs a fresh look, and this sounds very good indeed. I’m glad Tom Allen is back, though I hope he can speak just a wee bit slower in the new format. As for Jugen Gothe: give the guy a break, he deserves a well deserved rest, and so do the cats.
Yay, Tom Allen! Although I too will miss the classical format of Music & Company.
Over the years as popular entertainment grew ever trashier I retreated more and more to CBC radio, CBC2 in particular. The last bastion of dignified and intelligent entertainment, available to everyone who owned a radio. The quality has been declining - for instance I don’t appreciate the chirpy, often nonsensical commentary of the early morning program, and the evening live concerts are sometimes intolerable - but there was always Disc Drive, and Here’s To You, and Tonic. Living on the east coast, with a satellite receiver, Disc Drive has been available from 4pm to 10pm. Not infrequently I listened to it twice. I’m going to miss it in the worst way. I daresay Mr Gothe has had enough and would like a change, but if the decision was taken elsewhere, a pox on whoever is responsible, for they have robbed many many Canadians of something of great value. One hour on a Sunday evening is what you offer as compensation? Risible.
As for the promos, read by presenters for other programs - tacky and completely unnecessary; Radio2 listeners know what’s on and when.
People who want to hear the kind of stuff you are bringing on now can find it elsewhere. We who loved our CBC the way it used to be don’t have an acceptable alternative. There is the problem, you see.
Why does Radio 2 need a “fresh look” (or should that be “sound”?)? I thought it was great the way it was; that’s the reason I had my radio tuned there all day. Not in the evening, however. Somehow, it lost its charm right at 6 o’clock.
As I suspected, there goes Howard Dyck. At least Peter Togni is a potentially good replacement. (I don’t know how bad Bill Richardson is as Saturday Afternoon at the Opera replacement, but he’s unaccountably ghastly in his Sunday afternoon program.)
As for the rest….I used to listen to at least 10-15 hours of CBC-FM per week up to the first overhaul where Music for a While and Symphony Hall departed. Now I listen 5-10 hours per week, most of that due to Music and Company.
When Tom Allen switches from playing classical to the same singer-songwriter stuff that’s infected Weekender, I’ll be listening 0-5 hours a week. I mean, do I have to hear crappy blues or someone’s attempt at a mystical-folk-haiku-guitar-strum at 7 AM? Hey, no, I don’t! I can turn the radio off! Yay!
By the way, Jowi Taylor’s Nightstream is the worst “classical” program I’ve ever heard. It’s worse than Moses Znaimer’s station. Apparently Jowi takes fifty CDs that contain only sure-hit classic “pieces” under 3′30″, and puts the CD player on RANDOM.
What the CBC brass seems to miss is that broadcasters such as Mr. Dyck are knowledgable, enthusiastic, know more than the listeners, and are eager to pass their knowledge on to their listeners. Bob Kerr was another broadcaster like this.
Or maybe they don’t miss this, because all these good broadcasters are being turfed.
I enjoyed the old format of Radio 2 but with the changes now, I don’t listen to it anymore and instead turn to the television for entertainment…also I find the phrase ” everywhere music takes you” to be not only erroneous but irritating in its repetition, like the ads on television that I mute out, and as I can’t mute out that well worn phrasewhich is erroneous, I watch TV where I can mute out the annoying repetitious ads…I say erroneous as I wrote CBC once to ask for operettas to be played once in awhile but I did not receive a response to my letter nor were they played…so radio 2 does not take the listener everywhere as operettas are missing from the menu…and operettas represent a vast repertoire of beautiful music and songs that have withstood the test of time with the likes of Jeanette Mcdonald, Nelson Eddy and others that new generations of listeners will never hear.
The late great CBC2. What a shame. Were your loyal and grateful listeners yelping for change? On the way to work I to listen to Tom Allen. On the way home from work: Jergen Goethe. After work it was Music for Awhile. On Saturday, I Hear Music; Sunday it was Pearls of Wisdom. Now it’s Tom Allen. Period. I’ve given up on Weekender. Are we now going to be subjected to more soul searching cacophony on Tom Allen’s new show?
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The point of all this protest (this being the only protest I’ve ever joined to date) is to despair about the reduction of music that fits into the ‘classical’ definition.
Perhaps at some future date the new kewl rhyming-couplet-put-to-chords will qualify as classical music; the market only knows. I do know that my ears will bleed if I have to listen to even a small selection of earnest but el-lamo lyrics often offered up by cutting edge song-writers such as my brother-in-law. Even my 5-year old scoffs.
Meanwhile, I am able to hear all the hep-cat tunes I want ANYWHERE, including Ford truck and Depends TV ads.
Not having a expansive formal music education, I really appreciate the expertise of the dayside D-jays. With the unfortunate addition of Key of Charles, I’ve gone off the entire weekend listening habit. Not even Vinyl Cafe anymore, just Howard Dyck survives, then c-l-i-c-k.
I’m already tired of the oh-so-smooth attempts to integrate the new format. Please don’t make Tom Allen go on about Fiest.
Finally, The prominent role that Molly Johnson played in the nauseating paper ad campaign now makes sense…a job and pension!! Good for her, but really underhanded.
Run by gerbils,
I’m very disappointed that CBC2 is changing, and not in my view, for the better.
I listen faithfully to Tom Allen’s Music and Company and am quite content with the present format. I’m not convinced the new one will be as interesting or enjoyable for people who prefer classical music. I have to wonder what is wrong in this country that there is so little room for this type of music, even on national radio.
I will miss Jurgen Gothe’s daily afternoon program. While it was less classically oriented, it was an interesting mix of musical styles and his easy-going personality made it relaxing to listen in.
These two programs represented to me the main reasons for turning on the radio. Why do the CBC powers-that-be have to meddle? Are they determined to alienate everyone with any interest in classical music? I will give the new format a try,but they may well be losing another listener.