CBC: What do you think of the new CBC Radio season?
What do you think of the new CBC Radio season?
Monday marked the beginning of the fall season on CBC Radio. The launch of the fall season means some changes to the Radio One schedule, originally announced in the spring:
* Spark expands to one hour and moves to a new time-slot following Vinyl Café at 1 p.m. (in most of the country) on Sunday afternoons.
* White Coat, Black Art returns with new episodes in a new slot at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings.
* The Debaters & Wiretap move to 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoons
* Afghanada returns for its fourth season, with stories about the real situations Canadian soldiers face daily in Afghanistan.
While the most significant changes to the weekday afternoon schedule were made at the end of June, some additional changes will begin next week. In the Field, hosted by David Gutnick and featuring some of CBC Radio’s best documentaries, will continue this fall, airing Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Sunday nights at 8 p.m.
Some new programs being added include:
* The Story From Here, featuring local Canadian stories from CBC Radio morning and afternoon shows, will be heard on Wednesdays at 1 and again at 11 p.m.
* Living Out Loud, a show that provides a place for personal storytelling, will air Friday afternoons at 1 p.m.
* Tuesdays at 2 p.m. is "Your DNTO," blending highlights from Definitely Not the Opera with stories sent in by our own listeners.
These new programs join the existing weekday afternoon lineup—which includes well-known CBC Radio programs such as The Next Chapter, Ideas, Writers & Company and Dispatches. For full program descriptions, visit www.cbc.ca/radio.
Says Chris Boyce, “In addition to adding new shows, we’ve programmed our new afternoon block to be as dynamic as possible.While we’re finding creative ways to expose our programming to new audiences, none of the programs heard between 1-3pm will be a direct repeat of a program that's already been heard earlier that week.”
It’s also a very exciting season ahead on Radio 2. In June a number of changes were introduced to make the schedule more listener-friendly. An exciting new project—SongQuest—has just been launched to give Canadians a chance to nominate what locations matter most to them and commission 13 new songs to be written about those places. For more information on Song Quest and Radio 2 fall programming, visit www.cbc.ca/radio2. Also, to learn about the new Radio 2 Facebook official fan page, click here.
In addition, soon Canadians will be introduced to a new version of the CBC Radio 3 website.
* Spark expands to one hour and moves to a new time-slot following Vinyl Café at 1 p.m. (in most of the country) on Sunday afternoons.
* White Coat, Black Art returns with new episodes in a new slot at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings.
* The Debaters & Wiretap move to 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoons
* Afghanada returns for its fourth season, with stories about the real situations Canadian soldiers face daily in Afghanistan.
While the most significant changes to the weekday afternoon schedule were made at the end of June, some additional changes will begin next week. In the Field, hosted by David Gutnick and featuring some of CBC Radio’s best documentaries, will continue this fall, airing Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Sunday nights at 8 p.m.
Some new programs being added include:
* The Story From Here, featuring local Canadian stories from CBC Radio morning and afternoon shows, will be heard on Wednesdays at 1 and again at 11 p.m.
* Living Out Loud, a show that provides a place for personal storytelling, will air Friday afternoons at 1 p.m.
* Tuesdays at 2 p.m. is "Your DNTO," blending highlights from Definitely Not the Opera with stories sent in by our own listeners.
These new programs join the existing weekday afternoon lineup—which includes well-known CBC Radio programs such as The Next Chapter, Ideas, Writers & Company and Dispatches. For full program descriptions, visit www.cbc.ca/radio.
Says Chris Boyce, “In addition to adding new shows, we’ve programmed our new afternoon block to be as dynamic as possible.While we’re finding creative ways to expose our programming to new audiences, none of the programs heard between 1-3pm will be a direct repeat of a program that's already been heard earlier that week.”
It’s also a very exciting season ahead on Radio 2. In June a number of changes were introduced to make the schedule more listener-friendly. An exciting new project—SongQuest—has just been launched to give Canadians a chance to nominate what locations matter most to them and commission 13 new songs to be written about those places. For more information on Song Quest and Radio 2 fall programming, visit www.cbc.ca/radio2. Also, to learn about the new Radio 2 Facebook official fan page, click here.
In addition, soon Canadians will be introduced to a new version of the CBC Radio 3 website.