A Facebook page devoted to the subject has over 16,000 members. Due to the sheer number of disgruntled listeners, its administrators have had to migrate away from the social network site to their own site. The Stand Guard for CBC Coalition has been posting articles, addresses for CBC executives (since there is a claim that angry email have been conveniently directed away), and continued updates.
As a resident in the US, I'm the first to admit that I am not familiar with the intricate workings of the Canadian government. Some have inferred that the current Prime Minister is behind the change. I do know that the old CBC Radio 2 was not only a national treasure for Canadians, but also an international jewel, one that I could enjoy simply by my proximity to the border.
As for me, I'm dusting off my CD collection while I add my two cents to the growing stack of mail directed at Canadian government and management at CBC.
Article comments
1 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Yea.. That does suck. I can totally relate! This happened to me here in Boston when 96.9 went from an awesome Jazz station that played some killer Modern Jazz (aka Mall Jazz) to a rambling Talk station. Granted,I do like a couple shows but I don't listen to that station as much as I used to. Actually, I hardly listen to it at all. The old 96.9 used to also report on upcoming concerts, new cds & play those artists music especially the non mainstream stuff.
Though I do agree that there we are lucky to have as many alternatives as we do nowadays, to lose a talented DJ that had such entertaining qualities is a shame. I felt the same way when Howard Stern went to Satellite. XM or Sirius(for me) doesn't have enough to make me want to pay for the service & new equipment. Same with HD Radio...
I now get my Modern Jazz for free from the internet @ Sky.FM & Verizon FIOS(2 channels).
2 - Unimpressed and smarter than you
Changing the station's format to showcase music that wasn't so boring and irrelevant was the best decision the program directors at CBC ever made.
The new lineup is an effort to attract a younger audience, just like opera houses and ballet companies are choosing to do world wide. If they hadn't done this in a few years the only people who would be listening would be corpses. P.S. It's working.
Oh, and Stephen Harper had nothing to do with the changes, you ignoramus, he's too busy trying to make our country suck like yours by cutting all the arts funding to have any time for CBC's lineup.
I don't know which is worse, Americans who think everything is their business or people who just won't branch out beyond classical.
It's pathetic.
I know your immediate response is to my pointing out what a moron you are is "don't you have anything better to do than blah, blah, blah...?" and the answer is yes, yes I do, but your whiny complaints when I landed on this page accidentally were simply too out of line (to be judging a station that ISN'T EVEN FOR YOU) to ignore passively.
So, stuff it.