Comment 71090

By Bumper Music (anonymous) | Posted November 07, 2011 at 10:48:46 in reply to Comment 71077

I like the CBC well enough, but my fondness is tinted by nostalgia. That commentary was just to suggest that the mothership is uneven in the way it executes its mandate. CBC's great for news, but its ratings tent pole is HNIC, and they live for the Olympics.

If you were to compare all BBC programming with all CBC programming, I would imagine they might each excel in their way. BBC has certainly turned more than its share of great cultural material, to say nothing of reflecting that country's own culture.

I wish that Hamilton was getting radio, even digital-only radio, but this seems to be for the moment at least a hyper-local website that you can access on your smart phone, which will doubtless add to the media mix albeit with in-built challenges for broad listenership.

As an entirely new experiment for the CBC, I'm interested to see what comes of it, but I'm not expecting it to turn the city on its ear. My guess is that this initiative aims to satisfy its mandate and squelch political liabilities, thereby bulletproofing its funding feed. And with Harper at the helm, unserved western markets may be more top-of-mind.

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