Why I love the CBC and hate it too!
The CBC is a charm, a wonderful experience. If you don't think so go to the website and download the Remembrance Day podcast for the Vinyl Cafe, as an example. Stewart McLean's readings of submitted recollections were dreadfully funny, on topic and very moving and not a tale of battles either. But the network drives me nuts. As with every other radio station in the Country it is really only working half the time, the other half of the day is a repeat of the daily stuff. The other bane is that when events happen every program in the network has to have a story . Consequently, as an example, the Berlin Wall commemoration was pounded to death by every producer in Front St. this week . Driving down the 401, in the middle of the night is a very boring occupation. Miles of miles of white line watching is only relieved by what you hear on the radio. There are five different wavelengths between Toronto and Montreal. After punching the frequencies into the presets you can get seamless broadcasts. But if you listen during the day you have nothing to listen to at night. So love the content hate the repeats.
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The Berlin Wall commemoration: I gave a pass to Michael Enright`s kick at the can. From those of you who listened, How was itÉ
I guess you missed Mark Kelley interviewing Christine Munro, mother of the 32-year old mentally ill man (by the mother's description) beaten to death im The Don Jail. Yeah, okay, it was TV not radio but it stunk to high heaven. At some points it was almost as bad as Jian Ghomeshi's best or nearly as awful as Brent Bambury's 'GO' -which, more than anything, I wish it (and Brent) would.
I now rate CBC, radio and television, by Cringe Factor. On a scale of 1-to-10 the Mark Kelley interview was a 9.5. Astonishing. Breathtaking. So bad it was almost good. Bob and Ray's 1950's 'Kimodo Dragon' sketch is the closest thing I can think of that compares.
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