Yup, it's college radio.
We're doomed to be run by adult children
who have a small think-alike social circle.
Doomed!
CBC Radio 2 unveils hip new image
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by GUY DIXON
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail August 20, 2008 at 5:16 AM EDT
It was a most un-Radio 2 moment.
At the CBC's reception in Toronto to unveil the schedule for the revamped
Radio 2 hitting the airways Sept. 2, R&B singer Divine Brown, hips
swerving on
the small stage, let out a soul-diva shriek and in one fell swoop
indicated
just how far the network is moving away from its formerly reserved image.
The splashy reception - in a CBC studio festooned with graphically
stylized
number "2"s - was a formal launch to announce the hosts and names of the
new
shows. For instance, Tom Allen's weekday classical show Music & Company
from 6
a.m. to 10 a.m. will now be the pan-musical-genre Radio 2 Morning.
But for those predicting a playlist of endless Joni Mitchell and other
middle-of-the-road favourites, note that a producer of the show is writer
and
critic Helen Spitzer, widely known as a tastemaker in discerning
indie-music
circles.
It's a point that Susan Mitton, interim executive director of CBC Radio,
candidly stressed prior to the reception: That for all fears among
listeners
of a dumbed-down Radio 2, the same career CBC producers involved in the
old
Radio 2, along with fresh talent, are involved in the revamp.
The CBC executives and on-air hosts at the reception also emphasized the
network's continued commitment to classical music. The newly named weekday
program Tempo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., hosted by mezzo-soprano Julie
Nesrallah,
is all classical and scheduled during Radio 2's peak listening hours. And
in
addition to the stalwart Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, there is Sunday
Afternoon in Concert, entirely dedicated to classical.
The CBC is also increasing its budget for commission compositions by
$50,000
to $170,000.
In addition, the CBC noted that shows such as the weekday
singer-songwriter
program Radio 2 Drive from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. hosted by Rich Terfry (also
known
as alt-hip hop artist Buck 65), are being billed as a premier destination
for
new Canadian talent not normally played on highly formatted, commercial
radio.
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* Still a money black hole, we can do without.
* Too bad about CBC two. They are replacing programming...
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