| | Well, I am surprised and grateful: the Vancouver Sun published my letter to the editor this morning.
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The Vancouver Sun has also featured a good deal many letters lately from disgruntled CBC Radio 2 listeners. CBC 2 has already changed their line-up quite a bit and more changes are in the works. Basically the changes come down to less classical music and more Canadian content. For instance, Disc Drive is being cancelled, so is Tom Allen's Music and Company.
I've almost totally given up on CBC 2. It all started going downhill when they cancelled After Hours, a jazz program that used to run from 10 till midnight. We ended up with "the Signal." What an insipid, stupid show. I tried to like it, but I can't. The odd time they'll place some cool electronica, but most of it is garbage that an uncultured Cretan like myself just can't appreciate. But yet CBC thinks I should just because it's Canadian. Two thumbs down for Canadian content laws and policies.
But all is not yet lost for public broadcasting in Canada. We still have a public broadcaster that plays quality classical and jazz and even throws in a bunch of electronica from time to time. It's called Espace Musique -- you can find it in the Vancouver area at 90.9 FM. Yes, this is the FM service of Radio Canada, the French equivalent of the CBC. If you're like me, you probably won't be able to understand 90% of what the announcers say, but who listens to radio for the announcers? I listen for the music and they play good music in French and English.
Besides all that, there are only two times that I really listen to the radio at all. That would be when I'm driving around and when I'm laying in bed falling asleep. Otherwise, it's all music off the Internet, either stuff that's streaming or downloaded.
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| | Posted 5/29/2008 9:21 AM - 84 views - 0 comments
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