[Swprograms] CBC: Protesting "Freestyle"

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

In today's Toronto Star, embedded in an article about Sirius satellite
radio, was this item:

"Elsewhere, a storm of protest is looming over programming changes
made in November at CBC Radio One, with the abolition of the popular
and longstanding post-lunchtime music program Round Up, and its
replacement by Freestyle.

The show is hosted by the chatty team of Kelly Ryan and Cameron
Phillips and is billed as "water-cooler fodder at its finest."

Its not-necessarily-Canadian, pop-lite tone and fizzy music play list,
and its insubstantial, gossip-friendly information content have
offended many public radio supporters, who see the hour-long program
as yet another attempt to dumb down the CBC with non-original, ad-hoc
programming in an effort to make it more hip and competitive in an age
of shortened attention spans and abundant entertainment choices.

They've mounted a national Internet petition at
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/stopcbcpop.";

See http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1135723812679&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630
or http://www.shorl.com/godryjatravyve

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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