tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post2945088994799213661..comments2023-06-26T04:55:25.194-07:00Comments on Podium Speak: Speak out Against CBC Radio Two Programming ChangesJohn Broughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10836876751710988224noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-73889263874591877532010-08-09T14:49:06.545-07:002010-08-09T14:49:06.545-07:00I'm sorry to be so late in the commenting game...I'm sorry to be so late in the commenting game but I've been listening to CBC2 the last two weeks, having recently left Ontario where I used to listen to a dedicated classical station (albeit kind of a 'greatest hits' classical) and I'm ready to throw my radio out the window. It's awful. Paul Simon just finished warbling a tune I heard in high school and now it's the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin's pseudo jazz-blues. It's pop music however you label it. Please will someone tell me this wretched experiment is nearly through.Lois Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-35460374683054786392008-10-03T07:53:00.000-07:002008-10-03T07:53:00.000-07:00Radio 2 had no doubt lost many listeners. My wife...Radio 2 had no doubt lost many listeners. My wife and I tune in less and less every day it seems. And putting classical only from 10am - 3pm !? Sorry, but that just doesn't work for me.<BR/><BR/>I loved the way it was just before the final blows were inflicted on it. You had wonderful classical music from 6am right through to 3pm. After which was a blend of classical, folk, jazz, skiffle, country, whatever. That was, of course, Yurgen Goethe. And then I was getting into Tonic for a while. It was a nice shift of moods for the early evening.<BR/><BR/>The CBC have taken something so great and just destroyed it.<BR/><BR/>Is there any hope of reversing things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-25692493969619342572008-10-02T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-02T13:00:00.000-07:00I have been listening to the new radio 2 for a whi...I have been listening to the new radio 2 for a while. I wanted to give it a fair hearing.<BR/>I can only conclude that it is not working. Radio 2 has lost its identity. Rich Terfry is earnest enough but Drive just sounds like everything else. The true test ios to cruise the dial. Radio 2 used to have a distinctive sound. Now it sounds like all the other stations.<BR/>10am to 3pm is an oasis in the desert. It quenches the soul. As for the rest... What were those high-paid executives thinking?<BR/> The station has no brand. You can't build a brand with "a little of this and a little of that". You will have no loyalty from your old listeners and you won't get many new ones with this hodge-podge.<BR/>I feel as if I had been abandoned by an old friend. <BR/>Please reconsider and bring back the old format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-64358870625548784842008-10-02T12:39:00.000-07:002008-10-02T12:39:00.000-07:00I think what they have done to CBC Radio 2's liste...I think what they have done to CBC Radio 2's listeners is downright cruel! I have loved some of these programs for many years. Yurgen Goethe and Eric Friesen are totally irreplaceable. I can't believe they just did away with those shows. And I loved the morning show full of beautiful requests and letters from people.<BR/><BR/>I will particularly miss Friesen's comments on the music he played. And I will truly miss Disc Drive.<BR/><BR/>And Tom Allen's expertise with Classical music was unfathomable.<BR/><BR/>And to think the CBC has changed all this.<BR/><BR/>Now, they play new music, and yes, much of it is great stuff. But its music you can get in a thousand other places! CBC Radio 2 used to be what public radio is supposed to be. It preserved certain genres that have almost completely fallen by the wayside because they are not market driven.<BR/><BR/>Its just sad.<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry for all the other listeners out there, many of whom relied on CBC Radio 2 to bring warmth into their homes each day.<BR/><BR/>Just wait... a few years will pass and they will play even less classical music. And then one day that will be it. No more.<BR/><BR/>And i think its terrible that they think they can replace it with some sort of endless internet streaming channel. That's not radio!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-70231033320007217522008-08-29T16:50:00.000-07:002008-08-29T16:50:00.000-07:00Over the border in Seattle we aredismayed, distrau...Over the border in Seattle we are<BR/>dismayed, distraught over the loss<BR/>of this treasure...CBC-2 has been<BR/>an important part of my life for<BR/>years. The remarkable hosts gave<BR/>us so much more beyond just spinning discs. <BR/> As has clearly been argued, publc radio is not there to compete for body count with commercial stations. It is there to serve an important and worthy minority. CBC management should be sent to music school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-58303038506654871122008-08-28T10:46:00.000-07:002008-08-28T10:46:00.000-07:00I realize that there are a number of excellent cla...I realize that there are a number of excellent classical music stations available on the internet, but with CBC 2 going to pot, one station I would highly recommend to try is King 98.1 from Seattle Washington, USA. My wife and I had the opportunity to tune in to this station on a recent visit, and the very knowledgeable programme hosts played an excellent mix of classical music with very few interruptions, (including advertising or dj comments).Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875575608346097475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-88980577714905703272008-04-11T16:00:00.000-07:002008-04-11T16:00:00.000-07:00I'm a US listener to CBC Radio 2. My day at the o...I'm a US listener to CBC Radio 2. My day at the office goes better with "Here's To You" & "Studio Sparks." Catherine Belyea & Eric Friesen are national Canadian treasures. The proposed changes in CBC Radio 2 are horrendous. Thankfully, should this train wreck occur, I'll be able to turn to the Internet Streaming of Classic 102 from Johannesburg, South Africa. CBC don't be this foolish!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-79942790968771305692008-04-09T06:50:00.000-07:002008-04-09T06:50:00.000-07:00As a British journalist who spends a lot of time i...As a British journalist who spends a lot of time in Vancouver, I had found new Canadian friends in Tom Allen, the much-missed Shelley Solmes, and Rick Philips. CBC 2 put me in mind of the BBC Radio 3 but better! Understated, unpretentious, but with a profound understanding of the value of great music. And yes, sorry, but I think Beethoven is better than Diane Krall. Call me old-fashioned...<BR/>I am reading about this change from the UK and feel so dismayed, so distraught. Listening to the CBC taught me that your vast and beautiful country is also small and cosy. Now Ms McGuire is turning it into a stroll through a shopping mall. Who is this woman? How can she be allowed to transform the quality of daily lives from Halifax to Victoria?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-85398244615421862822008-04-02T19:23:00.000-07:002008-04-02T19:23:00.000-07:00Thanks for the tip Peter - I will seek this out he...Thanks for the tip Peter - I will seek this out here in EdmontonJohn Broughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836876751710988224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-86177854984274848042008-04-02T19:07:00.000-07:002008-04-02T19:07:00.000-07:00Just to let you know. A national Day of Action to ...Just to let you know. A national Day of Action to protest the Radio Two changes is being planned for Friday April 11th all across Canada. A 10am demonstration is planned for Calgary at the CBC as well as one in Edmonton at the same time. See the Facebook event page called "Raise a Ruckus for Radio Two" for more detailsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-84033973404609895062008-04-01T18:01:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:01:00.000-07:00CBC 2 is a distinguishing mark of Canadian culture...CBC 2 is a distinguishing mark of Canadian culture-the programming links and enriches those of us Canadians who appreciate both musical roots and creativity as expressed in the Baroque works as much as in Bernstein. However, if the bottom line is to make access to harmonically complex music equally complex, and replace it with the mundane that sells!! then let the government privatize yet another corporation! It matches their agenda. We will be all the poorer for loosing access to musical beauty, cultural richness a "classical" radio station can provide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930988849407292582.post-68323473712922206692008-03-24T11:28:00.000-07:002008-03-24T11:28:00.000-07:00Excellent article by Russell Smith.It captures the...Excellent article by Russell Smith.<BR/>It captures the core of this debate.<BR/>But don't kill CBC 2! Save it!gpophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769999297697696890noreply@blogger.com