Comments on: Changes on CBC 2

By: taibhsearachd

taibhsearachd — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:34:04 +0000

But that’s the thing that upsets me so much Peter…this attitude that ‘people will come around’. Why do they have to come around? What was wrong with continuing to provide them with a service that so many clearly loved?

By: petercook

petercook — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:58:34 +0000

Hi Janet

I’m sure there will be tweaks to the shows. But there will be no turning back to the old shows or old format. This has been in the works for years. I personally don’t think they’ve executed very well. Despite those years of strategizing and getting the huge ship turned around, they chose the hosts and teams very late. They had very little prep time and most of the programmers and 2 of the 3 hosts are brand new. It was a bit silly to throw them in the deep end like this.

The truth is we have very few resources and huge ambitions. Right now, I think it shows. They’ll get it together eventually but it’s going to take a while for the audience to come around.

By: taibhsearachd

taibhsearachd — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:59 +0000

Peter, is there any chance that CBC will re-think some of the changes to CBC 2? I can’t help but feel sorry for Tom Allen. It must be tough for him to do the show with so much negative feedback from the public.

By: petercook

petercook — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:57:13 +0000

Hi Janet. Yup, lots of people upset and in mourning. No question.

We’ll miss some (not all) of the shows in our house.

And we’re enjoying some (not all . . . not yet) of the new shows.

Glad you like the “channels”. They’re streams of course but upper management were afraid of using too geeky a word. I’m actually hoping we can make them sound even better but I’m very pleased to have pushed them this far.

I think between the new streams, Concerts On Demand, and the Canada Live podcast we have a pretty incredible offering.

By: fawnahareo

fawnahareo — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:51:10 +0000

*sigh* What’s the point of a Radio One and a Radio Two now? Radio Two was my gentle-waking-up-in-the-morning alarm clock setting. No wonder it sounded strange this morning.

By: Lucca

Lucca — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:03:25 +0000

I feel the same way. I even liked listening to Jurgen Goth with his quirky comments. In fact, the classical music was pretty much the only radio I ever tuned in to. The rest I get in podcasts. I’m grieving.