tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162738000034202372.post5583832427338199961..comments2023-03-28T13:38:47.209-04:00Comments on CBC Radio Two & Me: The CBC: running madly off in all directionsJames Wootenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932289702872433813noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162738000034202372.post-46916552429697339332012-03-05T14:03:41.298-05:002012-03-05T14:03:41.298-05:00A very insightful and well-written post on your si...A very insightful and well-written post on your site, Mr. Kiefl! I encourage everyone to read this piece for an insider's view on how the CBC operates.<br /><br />As for whether we will every see CBC Radio 2 return to its glory days: sadly, I believe those days are over. As Mr. Keifl points out, CBC management are too obstinate to admit their mistakes, numerous though they may be.James Wootenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932289702872433813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162738000034202372.post-48516684109887467602012-02-28T23:05:42.679-05:002012-02-28T23:05:42.679-05:00Please see this piece on Radio 2:
http://mediatren...Please see this piece on Radio 2:<br />http://mediatrends-research.blogspot.com/2012/02/will-cbc-ever-restore-radio-2.htmlBarry Kieflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15758105644419847206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162738000034202372.post-9510064886990130802012-02-20T16:00:14.655-05:002012-02-20T16:00:14.655-05:00There was also Guy Dixon's article in the Glob...There was also Guy Dixon's article in the Globe and Mail about how the CBC is dismantling their library of CDs and LPs. I copied the article in a January post:<br /><br />http://cbcradiotwoandme.blogspot.com/2012/01/coming-to-garage-sale-near-you-cbcs.htmlJames Wootenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932289702872433813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162738000034202372.post-73147224160932125512012-02-20T05:19:11.771-05:002012-02-20T05:19:11.771-05:00This story has a likely link to the recent report ...This story has a likely link to the recent report about CBC dismantling its music library.<br /><br />http://www.toronto.com/article/713658--cbc-channels-40-online-stations-for-all-tastes<br /><br />Greg Quill's article on the CBC Music launch, in The Star, includes this key note:<br /><br />"What won’t be available on CBC Music is more than 60 years of recorded music stored in CBC’s own radio and TV archives, comprising millions of live and commissioned performances by Canadian artists, from Glenn Gould and R. Murray Schafer to Rob McConnell, Don Messer and Murray McLauchlan."<br /><br />Instead, CBC Music is apparently sourcing all the content for its 40 channels from a deal struck with the private company AVLA Inc. AVLA President Graham Henderson is also President of the CRIA, Canada's equivalent to the RIAA. (It's recently changed its name to Music Canada in an effort to distance itself from its reputation.) <br /><br />The motto for Henderson's CRIA/Music Canada is "Representing Canada's Major Labels". <br /><br />Now CBC Music/Music CBC is limiting its audience on its new channels to hearing only streaming tracks from the major labels and those "indies" who are naive or ignorant or greedy enough to not care who they're lying with to make a buck. (CBC Radio 3 will still host the music of tens of thousands of indies, but, only AVLA-licensed tracks will be heard on the new service.)<br /><br />That's the sound of a greatly diminished musical resource that belongs to Canadians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com