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Say NO to ads on CBC Radio

Faced with deep budget cuts, our national public broadcaster plans to become more commercial, including placing unlimited ads on some of its radio networks. Canadian media is already saturated with commercial advertising messages. That’s why CBC Radio stands out as such a welcome contrast, a commercial-free oasis. If CBC is allowed to place ads on…

Canadian cellphone rates among world’s worst

You think it will change? http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/11/canada-cellphone-rates-expensive-oecd.html?ref=rss The average Canadian cellphone user is paying among the highest bills in the developed world, according to a new international study.

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AM is still alive in some places! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/15/whse-cbc-tower.html?ref=rss The CBC’s top official in the North says the Yukon government’s move to extend the CBC’s lease for its AM transmitter in Whitehorse does not necessarily mean the broadcaster will scrap plans to switch from AM to FM.