SaggyBalls Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 "Good call voting NDP and Green hippies."Whatever, Huxxy - if the Libs were the real answer for Canadian Media we'd be in a far different position now from smarter decisions and better past funding.If you're going to turn this into a political discussion, then discuss how we can improve it on a more local scale and also demand more from our Conservative reps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipzoso Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 i hope they leave Radio 3 aloneI know a great many of you have been following CBC’s financial difficulties closely and have been concerned about the effect on CBC Radio 3. Today' date=' everyone at Radio 3 found out that, contrary to previous reports, we are NOT being sold and we are NOT being shut down.However, like the rest of the company, we are undertaking a significant cut to our budget next year. There are two primary impacts for us, one of which will be felt strongly and the other of which many of you may not notice.The first impact is that CBC Radio 3 will be recording significantly less live music in the coming year. Our recording budget is being merged with the recording budget of CBC Radio 2, which in turn has been reduced by 50%. We will still be recording musicians from across the country, but how much we can do and whether those recordings will be live concerts or studio sessions we don’t yet know. I will be working with CBC Radio’s head of music, Mark Steinmetz, in the coming weeks to create a new live music strategy between Radio 2 and Radio 3. This is very painful – I know how much all of you appreciate our live recordings and I also know how much it means to the many amazing Canadian musicians we record every year. The second impact is related to our radio stations. Many of you may not know this, but CBC Radio 3’s Sirius satellite radio station (channel 86) broadcasts a separate and often distinct set of programming from the streaming radio station on our website. Yes, some of our programs are simulcast on both, but many are not. Moving forward, we will have the exact same programming on both Sirius and web radio. Very sadly for all of us here, this will very likely mean an impact on our staff. We won’t know what that impact will be until mid-May at the earliest, as it depends on a number of factors such as the internal take-up on a voluntary retirement incentive plan and discussions with our union colleagues about how to minimize staff reductions.This is a bad day for CBC Radio 3. There is no doubt about it. However, it could have been much worse and for that I think we are all thankful. We are moving forward with a very strong radio station, a brand new version of the website coming within a couple months, and a powerful, passionate community of artists and music fans. Despite today’s bad news, I’m personally very confident that Radio 3 will continue to grow and prosper in the future and that impact of the cuts to our budget has been minimized at best as humanly possible.I would personally like to thank each and every one of you who raised awareness online about the risks to Radio 3 since the infamous ‘unload Radio 3’ quote was seen in the media. Your support and the visibility of that support was heard loudly inside the company and I hope was a factor in making today’s news considerably less than it might have been otherwise.Steve PrattDirector, CBC Radio 3[/quote']FUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 If anyone wants to see how Harper's Heritage Minister responded to some questions yesterday on CBC News check out this video. Comical, yet irritating;http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/vsu/wmv-hi/moore-intvu-090326.wmvAnd here's one of the slimeballs at the top of the corp who will be receiving bonus money for all his "fantastic" decision making around here (he's reviled almost unanimously at the CBC)http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/vsu/wmv-hi/stursberg-intvu-090326.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 FUCK?? i read that article as good news, keeping in mind what the possibilities were... did you want CBC to shut R3 down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 On the upside all of these former CBC employees can probably get jobs at the Employment Insurance Offces, I hear they're having a good run right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 It's a damn shame that The Inside Track got the axe. It's a fine show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 on the other hand, i couldn't be happier that The Point was cancelled. Garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Amir seems like a good guy but that show was crap.What are they gonna replace it with though, replays of other garbage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 maybe they can put some Radio3 programming on the main channel. probably not gonna happen in that timeslot, but things could get shuffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Q used to have that time slot. That is kind of edgy.Radio 3 programming could fit in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Q is a good show, even though I hate Moxy Fruvous with an unholy passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 good thing they broke up 9 years ago. irrelevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I'm okay seeing The Point go.As for The Inside Track - well, let's just say we have a game around here that involves making sure we turn the radio off right after Wiretap before the first note of the Inside Track theme can annoy my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 good thing they broke up 9 years ago. irrelevantReally? Thanks for the history lesson. I'm not always serious when I post. I know they broke up. I've never cared for Jian Ghomeshi and Moxy Fruvous has a lot to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipzoso Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 FUCK?? i read that article as good news' date=' keeping in mind what the possibilities were... did you want CBC to shut R3 down?[/quote']Yeah your right, I guess its good news. Im just soo soo sad the the R3 is cutting the live sessions and recording, which imo, is THE best part about them.Also R3 is like my favoritisteque thing about CBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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