The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / CBC Expands Local And Regional News Coverage Across Canada

**Posted by RadioActive** November 12, 2024 4:01 pm

It's mostly online and mostly in western Canada, but some will see additional late news shows. Perhaps a hedge against coming cuts in the event of a new government?

CBC Expands Local And Regional News Coverage Across Canada

**Posted by pinto** November 12, 2024 4:40 pm

Or maybe just living up to their mandate?

**Posted by MJ Vancouver** November 12, 2024 4:54 pm

On the TV side it looks like it’s mainly adding new late local news in each of the four Atlantic provinces, replacing a regional newscast.

**Posted by RadioActive** November 12, 2024 4:55 pm

Well, the timing is certainly interesting if they're worried about the mandate. Why now?

It's harder to take away a service once it's added than to never let it happen at all.

**Posted by Binson Echorec** November 12, 2024 5:28 pm

This expansion couldn't have been what Catherine Tait meant by "bonuses" could it?

Sidebar: why isn't "couldn't've" more widely used? The only place I can recall seeing a double contraction in print was "The Catcher in the Rye", not to be confused with "Catcher in the rye Rye".

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**Posted by RadioActive** November 12, 2024 5:42 pm

Did you know J.D. Salinger once got a penalty while he was playing hockey?

Two minutes for Holden....

**Posted by Chrisphen** November 12, 2024 6:46 pm

No objection. Maybe they'll hire those laid off by the big private media conglomerates.

**Posted by Binson Echorec** November 12, 2024 7:02 pm

RadioActive wrote:
Did you know J.D. Salinger once got a penalty while he was playing hockey?

Two minutes for Holden....

That's terrible. Which is exactly why I will use it!

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**Posted by ED1** November 12, 2024 9:08 pm

The new regional CBC FAST news channels are a welcome addition. It'll be nice to have other options besides Global News and CityNews 24/7.

**Posted by RadioAaron** November 12, 2024 10:24 pm

ED1 wrote:
The new regional CBC FAST news channels are a welcome addition. It'll be nice to have other options besides Global News and CityNews 24/7.

Agree!

**Posted by ED1** November 12, 2024 11:39 pm

So I happened to check out the new 11 PM newscasts on CBC Nova Scotia, and unfortunately it turns out to be a cut down rebroadcast of the 6 PM CBC Nova Scotia News. I'm assuming this is the case for the late night CBC regional newscasts in New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland & Labrador.

That's kind of disappointing, considering these rebroadcasts replaced a live (but pan-regional) newscast.

**Posted by ED1** November 13, 2024 5:07 am

Upon closer inspection, the 11 PM newscasts on CBC Calgary, Vancouver, and Winnipeg also appear to be cut down versions of their 6 PM news.

CBC Toronto, Montreal, and Edmonton still appear to have a live 11 PM show, or at least a different one than 6 PM.

I guess in order for a bunch of these FAST channels to exist, most of the 11 PM newscasts on CBC TV had to be sacrificed.

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