The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Liberals want to nearly double CBC funding

**Posted by Dale Patterson** February 20, 2025 7:53 pm

The $1 billion or so they get a year apparently isn't enough...

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/liberals-want-to-nearly-double-cbc-funding-as-an-investment-in-national-security/ar-AA1zt9CX

Last edited by Dale Patterson (February 20, 2025 7:58 pm)

**Posted by Chrisphen** February 20, 2025 8:28 pm

It's fair. Bell and Rogers are regressing.

**Posted by RadioAaron** February 20, 2025 8:36 pm

Chrisphen wrote:
It's fair. Bell and Rogers are regressing.

I agree, but...

The LPC are so bad at messaging. Surveys usually show that Canadians largely support funding CBC, but when the party favoured to win the next election are running on "Privatize the CBC," it's a gift to counter with "We won't."

The promise to double the funding is only going to turn off those whose support of the CBC is lukewarm.

**Posted by cash** **Online!** February 21, 2025 12:23 am

I would keep the news channel and radio. The main channel has lived out its usefulness.

**Posted by Radiowiz** February 21, 2025 2:29 am

cash wrote:
I would keep the news channel and radio. The main channel has lived out its usefulness.

CBC television is fine.
I honestly don't know if people would watch if Marketplace could be a full hour program, but it is one example of how CBC is doing a great job of sticking around and making itself useful.
There are other great examples if one really stops and has a closer look.
Family Feud Canada is great, but a Canadian original game show would be nice.
Heck, I'd even be happy just with one that models after a successful BBC (or UK) gameshow that the States has not yet picked up on.

**Posted by mace** February 21, 2025 7:28 am

PP says "Almost nobody watches CBC Television" He should have said English Television. That is the service that is rejected by many Canadians. Radio Canada is highly viewed in Quebec and Radio One is top rated in a number of major Canadian markets. If the Government transfers the funding from the English network to Radio Canada and Radio One, that will satisfy the "Defund" crowd. It looks like a cut and there is no need for a funding increase. The Government should concentrate its spending on where the viewers and listeners are. Clearly that is not CBC English Television.

**Posted by Plate Voltage** February 21, 2025 12:46 pm

It's an expensive plan from the final days of an unpopular government that's been released with parliament shut down and no time left on their current mandate to see it through and re-election unlikely.

I honestly think this is about as stillborn as the high speed rail line they also announced the other day.

**Posted by Leslieville Bill** February 21, 2025 1:29 pm

I try and not get political, however, I will say that the high speed rail line, CBC funding and whatever the PM comes up in the next two weeks is dead in the water. The new Liberal leader will become PM and an election called. Trudeau is grasping for a political legacy that he should planned for years ago.

Last edited by Leslieville Bill (February 21, 2025 4:42 pm)

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** February 21, 2025 3:07 pm

Hope that funding will be used for making real use of HD radio by launching new radio networks.

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** February 21, 2025 3:12 pm

Radiowiz wrote:
cash wrote:
I would keep the news channel and radio. The main channel has lived out its usefulness.
CBC television is fine.
I honestly don't know if people would watch if Marketplace could be a full hour program, but it is one example of how CBC is doing a great job of sticking around and making itself useful.
There are other great examples if one really stops and has a closer look.
Family Feud Canada is great, but a Canadian original game show would be nice.
Heck, I'd even be happy just with one that models after a successful BBC (or UK) gameshow that the States has not yet picked up on.

Asspecialy when it comes to radio.
BBC has lots of radio networks.
We only have 2.
BBC also keeps the uk's ded languages like gailic alive with seperate radio networks.
We nead a national radio network only in indigines languages.
CBC tv should be more like pbs with mostly unbiused news, documentaries, kids programs and classical music.