Impacts of the cuts announced in March 2009
  Updated June 22, 2009
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.
   
Maritime Noon    
  • 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.
   
Sydney    
  • 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.
   
Saint-John and Moncton NB    
  • 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.
   
Windsor    
  • 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.
   
Sudbury    
  • 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.
   
Thunder Bay    
  • 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.
   
Thompson/Northern Manitoba    
  • The station will not be closed! (May 15, 2009, announcement by CBC management.)
   
LaRonge/Northern Saskatchewan    
  • The station will not be closed! (May 15, 2009, announcement by CBC management.)
   
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