Please, May the CBC Lockout Continue Forever!
Shortly after I began listening to CBC FM back in the late 1970s or early 1980s, there was a strike or lockout or something. I loved it. There was no talk. All that happened was some manager would show up and play music. I can't recall for sure, but I think they did announce what was being played.
We have a similar situation now, roughly 25 years later. The CBC has locked out its employees. The result is that we have much less talk and much more music on CBC-2 (which has replaced CBC-FM).
Sadly, there are some problems with this lock-out:
We have a similar situation now, roughly 25 years later. The CBC has locked out its employees. The result is that we have much less talk and much more music on CBC-2 (which has replaced CBC-FM).
Sadly, there are some problems with this lock-out:
- The CBC is still attempting to present news. They should shut down the news arm of the corporation now, too.
- They don't announce what music they are playing. My recommendation: take the managers out of the newsroom and have them do some minimal DJ work.
- As is typical during a work stoppage, the managers are still working. In fact, there is a good chance the managers will earn fat overtime bonuses when the work-stoppage is over. Not that I hold a brief for the employees; it's just that I don't hold one for the managers, either.
Meanwhile, Alan Adamson wonders why it appears that French CBC is not included in the lockout.
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