Stop the Commercialization of the CBC
Published December 14, 2005
The CBC is currently broadcasting a significant quantity of mainstream popular music on Radio One, such as Madonna, Elton John, and other Top 40 music, with the intention of attracting listeners with background music "at work, dentist offices, and retail outlets” (Kelly Ryan, host of Freestyle as quoted in "CBC Radio revamp aimed at offices", The Globe and Mail, 1 November 2005). In doing so, our only national public broadcaster is significantly reducing the Canadian cultural content on our airwaves, thereby diminishing its integral role in expressing and supporting our unique Canadian identity and failing to provide the high level of program content of which it is capable. The talents of many dedicated and world-class Canadian writers, composers, producers, and artists are being further replaced by commercial content that can be found on any number of mass audience radio stations.
We, the undersigned, believe this new programming on CBC Radio One (i.e. Freestyle, the National Playlist) offers little alternative for those Canadians who feel the airwaves are already supersaturated with popular entertainment. We believe that the CBC, as a publicly funded corporation, must provide imaginative, balanced and evocative discussion and music of imagination and substance to the Canadian public.
Furthermore, we believe that the CBC is neglecting its responsibilities as a public service essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity and cultural sovereignty, minimizing educational and community programs, and violating the following conditions as stated in the CBC/Radio-Canada mandate listed in the Broadcasting act of 1991:
- to be distinctively Canadian
- to reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions
- to contribute actively to the flow and exchange of cultural expression
- to contribute to a shared national consciousness and identity
- to reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Canada
We demand that the CRTC completes an extensive investigation to determine if CBC Radio One is currently pursuing commercial and not public interests and is in defiance of both the CBC mandate and the broadcasting act of 1991.
We, the undersigned, believe this new programming on CBC Radio One (i.e. Freestyle, the National Playlist) offers little alternative for those Canadians who feel the airwaves are already supersaturated with popular entertainment. We believe that the CBC, as a publicly funded corporation, must provide imaginative, balanced and evocative discussion and music of imagination and substance to the Canadian public.
Furthermore, we believe that the CBC is neglecting its responsibilities as a public service essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity and cultural sovereignty, minimizing educational and community programs, and violating the following conditions as stated in the CBC/Radio-Canada mandate listed in the Broadcasting act of 1991:
- to be distinctively Canadian
- to reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions
- to contribute actively to the flow and exchange of cultural expression
- to contribute to a shared national consciousness and identity
- to reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Canada
We demand that the CRTC completes an extensive investigation to determine if CBC Radio One is currently pursuing commercial and not public interests and is in defiance of both the CBC mandate and the broadcasting act of 1991.
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