I think it would be terrible to lose this program. We need a venue for new Canadian composers, and this seems to be the only program with this focus that is currently available. Please don't cancel it!
As soon as these changes were announced I immediately wrote to Robert Rabinovich, but have yet to receive an answer. I have sent several other letters as well, and in return have received only what I would consider to be form letters. It is beyond belief that the CBC I once knew and loved has been destroyed in such a manner. Who gives these people the power to make these changes? As far as I am concerned the programming is now only suitable for morons. From having hosts with beautiful voicesand intelligent approaches to programming, the current hosts all seem to have foreign names and are about 16 years old. What happened to adult programming? For me, the absolute worse change was removing most of the Gardeners' Questions program with its gentlemanly gardener, Ed Lawrence. To my way of thinking, there isn't a more beautiful voice anywhere on radio, yet he has been relegated to a simple half hour every Monday (when I am working). The removal of the marvelous Eleanor Wachtel from her usual time frame of 10:00 to 11:00 has been a blow from which I am sure no one has recovered.
The dumbing down of CBC Radio 1 and 2, not to mention CBC TV is a flagrant betrayal of the founding ideals of the public broadcaster. It is tragic to witness CBC disembowelling itself in vain hopes of building a mass audience.The loss of 2 New Hours and other quality music, drama, and arts reportage to nattering airheads and pulp entertainment is shameful and painful. CBC is evidently eager to join other unlistenable/unwatchable mass media outlets at public expense.
AS a regular CBC Radio 2 listener, I am outraged that CBC would cancel such excellent programming. Is the present programming staff trying to damage CBC radio? It has been a privilege to be able to hear concerts from across Canada; I hope these programs will be reinstated soon.
In rural areas we don't get a multitude of Radio or TV programming choices. The News and diverse programs offered by CBC2 make it a treat to listen too. I wouldn't be a loyal CBC fan if I wanted to hear generic pabulum for the massess (which can be found on other stations). To me, your current progam changes are a step backwards into mediocrity. Shame on you.
I fully support excellent arts, and especially music, programming that has been a trademark of CBC Radio 2. Management will be well advised to turn their attention and re-organizational zest to CBC News Radio to assure unbiased and honest reporting in place of muted political correctness.
I have been a dedicated listener of CBC Radio 2 for over 20 years and am very disappointed with the changes in programming over the last 2 months. Until now I had always been very proud of the CBC and its ability to provide radio programming that was stimulating and informative to a diverse audience.
I don't always like what I hear, but I listen, I learn, and mostly I enjoy. That is more than I can say for the kind of homogonized pap that I hear on most commercial radio stations. Keep people thinking.
I have been devastated by the evening program changes to Radio2. My radio is now silent from the end of Tonic to Nightstream. Please restore the former programs.
...and I just threw out my TV In January because I thought I could count on the CBC. Now it either sounds like elevator music or strange jazz or just plain boring. I've been switching my dials alot. Maybe it's time to go back to books.
There's nothing wrong with change...as long as it's for the better. This recent change to the CBC is most definently a change for the worse; please restore the CBC to it's pre-March 19th glory.
Much of the new hotchpotch with its meaningless slogan and yakking plugs is a disgrace and an insult to CBC Two's once-loyal listeners, who are being sidelined with such apparent contempt. Howard Dyck for one should be brought back before any more damage is inflicted on Sat. Afternoon at the Opera.
Rabinovitch has been and will always be an enemy of the CBC . You only have to look at his record during the last Lock out and subsequent parlimentary reprimand to see what this mans goals are. He seeks only total dismemberment of a once proud company whose purpose is to serve all Canadians.
I detest programming that mixes classical with other forms of music, I spend more time switching off CBC these days, its so irritating when a non classical piece comes on after some wonderful classical music
It's not only the changes, but their progressive nature that worry me. A year ago we lost two classical hours from Take Five to the world muusic of Studio Sparkes. This year we've lost Music for a While as well as those mentioned. Next year what more?
Once again the CBC has not done its homework. There is never any point in revising your schedule to attract people who are already getting what they want elsewhere. Worse, they run the risk of losing the people they already have. Of course, those people are an unwanted demographic, consisting mainly of older people who don't matter even though they often pay the most taxes!
Please bring back the Arts Report! I miss the valuable information given by Gilles Cummings and the equally delightful reparte between he and Tom Allen.
CBC Management :To reconsider the decision to cancel this excellent programming would defintely be the RIGHT course of action. Please give it a chance to continue !!Carolyn GossageThe Writers' Union of Canada (1978-2007)
CBC should not be trying to undercut other excellent stations such as Jazz fm which already provide excellent jazz programming for jazz enthusiasts. Additionally, exactly what audience is being targeted in the CBC electronic music broadcasts? Certainly not the majority of faithful CBC 2 listeners. I miss the evening classical music and have STOPPED listening to CBC 2 in favour of my own cd collection. Please restore the programmimg expected by your audience.
Since the early 1970s, when I was in my teens, I have had the opportunity to be exposed to classical music. There was bo classical music in our household so the only way for me to learn about classical music and listen to it was on CBC. It is a tragedy and disaster that young people can no longer be exposed to such beautiful music nor learn about it because you are reducing such programming. I am terribly saddened by this decison and hope it will be completely reversed.
I think that CBC Radio 2 needs to seriously reconsider its audience, and the vital function/role it serves in bringing Canadian artistic content to people across Canada.
