I waited to watch the news last night and like Aytononline said, there wasn’t much to report, even online there wasn’t many details. I’m just getting pieces of it this morning, like most Canadians. Can’t believe the BS we’re being put through as a nation, by our neighbour no less.

He neads out, and not by killing, those guys who want to kill him are stuped, but by an election right now!
But, who would be the normal option for the usa?
Both parties are to far, 1 far-left and 1 now far-right and violent.
They nead a normal centre-left or centre-right leader.
But back to broadcasting, Don't blaim ctv or cbc, I would'nt want to hear any of the american politisions talk on air, nither the demicrats and that mamdani destroyer of new york, or the republicans and trump the destroyer of the usa.

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Not sure how they failed.  Trump's announcement came across on Truth Social which both CTV and CBC covered.  As did BBC, CP24, Global etc.  All had the 3 day delay on tariffs and  Trump's announcement of a DEAL at 11pm as the lead.  The Canadian networks had analysis based on not a lot of detail or information. 

CTV, CBC, CNN and BBC news networks all had the failed trade negotiations as breaking news at midnight.  All but CNN had analysis with the story.  I was impressed that BBC gave 5 minutes off the top right after midnight.  CTV updated at 12:30am with Vassy Kapelos with Graham Richardson.   

paterson1 wrote:

CTV, CBC, CNN and BBC news networks all had the failed trade negotiations as breaking news at midnight.  All but CNN had analysis with the story.  I was impressed that BBC gave 5 minutes off the top right after midnight.  CTV updated at 12:30am with Vassy Kapelos with Graham Richardson.   

That's why the bbc is the best and most investigative newssource worldwide.

PM Carney speaking right now. The CBC, CP24,CTV news networks have three of the top 5 trending channels on Bell Fibe.   Hang on folks, this could get very messy. 

The reduced tariff talks wouldn't be a big story in the US.  But the breakdown of those talks is getting some traction.  Although Trump's ballroom is getting a lot more airtime..

Former CFRB asset Jamil Jivani out there prostituting his shitty opinions again. What a catch he was.

Worth noting that Carney's speech was carried on both CFRB (which used the CTV News feed) and 680 News, which interrupted a report on the CNE to go to the speech in progress. They took that feed from CityNews 24/7 and unfortunately, it did not have the translation that CTV did. So every time Carney went to French, it was totally lost on English speakers. 

CFRB interrupted the Greg Carrasco Show for it, and had Bill Carroll - now of the 9 AM weekday hour - come on and analyze what was said. Given that Carrasco is part of the automobile business, it was actually a pretty good discussion. 

But the most egregious and perhaps surprising omission came elsewhere. CBC Radio 1 not only did not carry the speech, they didn't even break in with news about what the PM was saying. Instead we heard a rerun of the very unfunny "Because News" (ironic, considering what they should have been airing) followed by a repeat of "Under The Influence" at 11:30 AM.

You might think Canada's national broadcaster would have found a way to do a special radio report on this historic development, even taking CBC News Network audio as a last resort. But apparently, they just weren't prepared. But if 'RB and CFTR can find a way, surely the Corp. with all its resources should have been on the air with it. Instead, they were AWOL on one of the biggest Canadian stories of the year.

Shame on them. 

RadioActive wrote:

But the most egregious and perhaps surprising omission came elsewhere. CBC Radio 1 not only did not carry the speech, they didn't even break in with news about what the PM was saying. Instead we heard a rerun of the very unfunny "Because News" (ironic, considering what they should have been airing) followed by a repeat of "Under The Influence" at 11:30 AM.

You might think Canada's national broadcaster would have found a way to do a special radio report on this historic development, even taking CBC News Network audio as a last resort. But apparently, they just weren't prepared. But if 'RB and CFTR can find a way, surely the Corp. with all its resources should have been on the air with it. Instead, they were AWOL on one of the biggest Canadian stories of the year.

Shame on them. 

That's surprising, usually CBC Radio is on top of these things.
 

RadioActive wrote:

ED1 wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

But the most egregious and perhaps surprising omission came elsewhere. CBC Radio 1 not only did not carry the speech, they didn't even break in with news about what the PM was saying. Instead we heard a rerun of the very unfunny "Because News" (ironic, considering what they should have been airing) followed by a repeat of "Under The Influence" at 11:30 AM.

You might think Canada's national broadcaster would have found a way to do a special radio report on this historic development, even taking CBC News Network audio as a last resort. But apparently, they just weren't prepared. But if 'RB and CFTR can find a way, surely the Corp. with all its resources should have been on the air with it. Instead, they were AWOL on one of the biggest Canadian stories of the year.

Shame on them. 

That's surprising, usually CBC Radio is on top of these things.
 

I was surprised, too. I know a computer controls everything that airs on CBC Radio in terms of timing (which is why if a newscast goes on too long, it will just get cut off) but surely someone has the power to interrupt it for special programming if needed. Plus they have a huge newsroom. so it's not like they would have had to call someone in. 

This was a historic moment concerning Canada's economy. If the CBC's main radio service didn't have it, that's a major oversight. 

 
Let’s face it, the CBC screwed up royally with which is quite possibly the biggest Canadian news story of this year so far. If CFRB and AM680 can both get Carney’s address on the air, on a Saturday morning no less, then Radio One should have done so as well. The CBC is bloated staff wise but can’t get the PM on the air? Pretty pathetic, and we pay for it, in more ways than one.

ED1 wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

I was surprised, too. I know a computer controls everything that airs on CBC Radio in terms of timing (which is why if a newscast goes on too long, it will just get cut off) but surely someone has the power to interrupt it for special programming if needed. Plus they have a huge newsroom. so it's not like they would have had to call someone in. 

This was a historic moment concerning Canada's economy. If the CBC's main radio service didn't have it, that's a major oversight. 

 
Let’s face it, the CBC screwed up royally with which is quite possibly the biggest Canadian news story of this year so far. If CFRB and AM680 can both get Carney’s address on the air, on a Saturday morning no less, then Radio One should have done so as well. The CBC is bloated staff wise but can’t get the PM on the air? Pretty pathetic, and we pay for it, in more ways than one.

With CBC Radio One, my only guess is that they got caught flatfooted because everyone was expecting this deal to be signed by Friday night... and who can they get on air at the last minute? I guess if they were really desperate, management would have asked the Ontario weekend morning show (or Ottawa's weekend morning show) to go national and cover this news event.

Or they could have just taken a direct audio feed from CBC News Network. Problem solved. 

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

ED1 wrote:

With CBC Radio One, my only guess is that they got caught flatfooted because everyone was expecting this deal to be signed by Friday night... and who can they get on air at the last minute? I guess if they were really desperate, management would have asked the Ontario weekend morning show (or Ottawa's weekend morning show) to go national and cover this news event.

Or they could have just taken a direct audio feed from CBC News Network. Problem solved. 

 
I wonder if the CBC would even be concerned about this.

I can't see why they wouldn't. It's one of the biggest national stories here in years, if not decades. It puts the entire Canadian economy at risk. If that's not a job for the taxpayer-funded national broadcaster, I can't imagine what is. It's practically the reason they exist.

paterson1 wrote:

Yes missing the PM's speech was a big mistake.  However it is what Radio One is doing right now that matters.  Cross Country Check Up was excellent yesterday.  Ian Hanomansing was at his best.  Two hours of great radio, with informed guests like Erin O'Toole.  The callers for the most part were thoughtful and Hanomansing did a great job keeping the show on track and moving along. 

I heard Checkup on Sunday and agree, they did a very good job with the story, even allowing some pro-Conservative callers on the air, which isn't always the case. That's the kind of thing Canada's national broadcaster should be doing more often, especially in a time of crisis. They were asleep at the switch on Saturday but I expect everyone there is on it now.