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On December 3, 2020, Canada’s national public radio and television broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada announced “a major transformation” of Radio Canada International (RCI) titled “Modernizing Radio Canada International for the 21st century”. And if you didn’t know anything about the toxic relationship between the two, you would really think this was great news.
After all the [...]
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MONTREAL, le 3 déc. 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – Le syndicat des travailleuses et des travailleurs de Radio-Canada (STTRC) dénonce la suppression de 13 postes permanents et 3 postes contractuels à Radio Canada International (RCI). La Société Radio-Canada (SRC) invoque une restructuration nécessaire pour assurer la pérennité [...]
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Five years ago, Radio Canada International stopped being a radio station, and only an on-line web service.
On the last day of radio programming on June 24, 2012, some of the newsreaders and host/producers ended their last broadcasts and then shared their reflections on Radio Canada International in this series [...]
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That’s right, four years ago today on June 24, 2012, Radio Canada International (RCI) Canada’s Voice to the World broadcast it’s last radio programme. Live from our studios in Montreal, it was the Latin American section that said goodbye. Here’s a photo of the team during that last broadcast.
And here’s a link to a video [...]
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The flood of wonderful memories, fueled by the old and not so old photos of Radio Canada International’s 70 years, is now, as I write this, suddenly mixed with regret, lost opportunities, and missing colleagues.
In a way I dreaded this anniversary, not knowing how to deal with this important milestone.
RCI has survived all these years [...]
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Sixty-nine years ago today Canada’s Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King spoke the first words on Canada’s Voice to the World. There was so much hope about how our international broadcaster would serve our country.
As the service evolved and became a dependable, innovative source of Canadian news and culture, its worldwide audience grew.
In 2012, our [...]
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If you’ve forgotten, or just need an extra boost to remember, how amazing radio can be, do not miss out on this wonderful radio documentary by Garth Mullins that was broadcast on February 13, 2014, World Radio Day, by Canada’s national public radio broadcaster, CBC.
In 54 very radiophonic minutes Mullins takes us on an ride [...]
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February 13, 2014 is the UNESCO World Radio Day – a good day to remind ourselves how important radio and all kinds of communications around the world are. Turn on a radio – remind yourself what a neat wireless device it is. For more info on World Radio Day go here.
(P.S. – Yes, I know [...]
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Wednesday (May 15, 2013) Radio Canada International launched a mobile version of its website, after RCI director Helene Parent convened staff to a late morning meeting to showcase the new version, and to bring employees up-to-date on RCI news.
The presentation was almost cancelled, since the RCI website was off-line after the server hosting it (the [...]
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