Comments on: CBC radio cuts anger classical music lovers

By: Sue Winslow-Spragge

Sue Winslow-Spragge — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:44:46 +0000

I find this news very distressing.
When I travel in the US, there is virtually NO classical music anywhere on the dial. It drives me nuts to listen to all the other drivell all day long.
Take a lesson from the station ClassicFM in Britain (you can listen on-line.) Their programming is suberb and they play things we have never even heard of on CBC!!! Can you imagine… people phone in while driving home from work on a Friday night and request CHORAL music and ORGAN music. It’s fabulous and shouldn’t just be kept for “Sundays”.
Get your act together guys - you need to reconsider your plans…. FAST!!! Once you lose your Customers, it’s pretty darn difficult to get them back. You’re selling a service, just like Avon sells lipsticks and once the people go to another brand/station, you will be a long time getting them back.
Sue Winslow-Spragge
Hudson/St. Lazare Gazette
Hudson, Quebec

By: Nova Scotia Edward

Nova Scotia Edward — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:13:14 +0000

CBC management claims it is not hostile to the classical repertoire. How else is one to interpret the elimination of the CBC Symphony Orchestra, funding for CBC records, and the young performers competition, to say nothing of the reduction in air time for classical music? As a nation Canada can be proud to have nurtured more world class classical musicians than Olympic medal winners. Most, if not all, made their professional début under the aegis of the CBC.

By: Jem Hadar

Jem Hadar — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:13:34 +0000

doesn’t affect me for a nanosecond even if I lived there

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:49:30 +0000

^^ Nope. It’s “hundreds of thousands of Canadians”. Or don’t you think that many classical music lovers will be affected?

Cheers!

By: Jan Karlsbjerg

Jan Karlsbjerg — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:31:28 +0000

Small, but important typo in the article:

To the disgust of hundreds of thousands of Canadians, the CBC has decided classical music isn’t where it’s at.

Should have read:

To the disgust of hundreds or thousands of Canadians, the CBC has decided classical music isn’t where it’s at.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:33:10 +0000

As an enthusiastic listener to CBC Radio 2 for many years, I want to add my voice to those objecting to changes made in programming. I have no idea who makes these decisions; however, there is more than enough jazz and other kinds of programming. Please keep the classical music.