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Impacts of the cuts announced in March 2009 |
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Updated June 22, 2009 |
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The CBC announced in March
that 800 jobs would need to be cut to address a budget shortfall of $171
million this year. The shortfall is due to a steep drop in advertising
revenue, on top of regular cost increases that are not covered in the CBC's
annual budget from parliament.
Here is a snapshot of
how the cuts will affect various locations:
Newfoundland
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- Half of the
radio production staff will be cut in the Gander, Grand Falls, Labrador and
Corner Brook stations, gutting information for and about rural areas in
Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Private broadcast
media have very little presence in Labrador, where the CBC cuts will
cripple radio newsgathering and current affairs coverage.
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The noon-hour show
serving the three Martitime provinces is being cut to one hour and losing
five staff, including the correspondents from each of the provinces. There
will now only be two people working on the show, trying to cover the three
provinces, and fewer reporting resources for CBC Radio in the Maritimes.
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Sydney |
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- Slated to lose
one-quarter to a half of radio production staff, impairing the popular
station's ability to cover this part of Nova Scotia.
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Saint-John and Moncton NB |
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- Slated to lose about
half of the English-language radio production staff in news and current affairs.
The skeleton crew left in Saint-John will have to produce the local
morning show and newscasts as well as the province-wide afternoon show.
Coverage of the province will be diminished.
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Windsor |
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- The French-language
radio station is Windsor is slated to close, eliminating regional
programming altogether for francophones in Southwestern Ontario.
- The English-language
radio station will lose half of its radio production staff, reducing
coverage of Southwestern Ontario.
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Sudbury |
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- Half of the radio
production staff at the only English-language news and information station
serving all of northeastern Ontario will be lost. The award-winning
station provides morning and afternoon current affairs shows as well as
seven daily newscasts.
- The cuts mean it will
be even more difficult to cover and serve the vast and diverse area
outside of Sudbury, including the Cree communities along James Bay, and to
break the kinds of stories that, in the last year alone, have led to
policy changes on the use of wireless cameras at health clinics and to
make the results of restaurant inspections public.
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Thunder Bay |
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- The planned cuts
create serious doubts about the ability to continue the local afternoon
radio show Voyage North. There would only be five or six people
left in radio production to put on the morning show and the award-winning
six local daily newscasts.
- The cuts would also
greatly reduce coverage of events and issues across Northwestern Ontario,
an area the size of France. As well, Canadians will hear less about what
is going on in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario.
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Thompson/Northern Manitoba |
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The station will not be closed! (May 15, 2009, announcement by CBC
management.)
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LaRonge/Northern Saskatchewan |
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The station will not be closed! (May 15, 2009, announcement by CBC
management.)
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