
It is CBC/Radio-Canada, not Canada’s federal government, that so severely cut the budget and services of Radio Canada International. But it is the government that can step in, stop the cut, and protect RCI.
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It is CBC/Radio-Canada, not Canada’s federal government, that so severely cut the budget and services of Radio Canada International. But it is the government that can step in, stop the cut, and protect RCI.
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Full Story »Radio Canada International management will be meeting this morning with the Arabic, French, and Spanish services to give more details about the more than 80% budget cut at RCI announced last Wednesday, April 4. This afternoon it will be the turn of the Chinese and English services.
Tomorrow, the RCI Action Committee and all RCI employees [...]
Our first media interview about the RCI budget cuts with Montreal radio station CKUT this morning (April 8).
I talk to hosts Sheldon Harvey and Janice, of the station’s “International Radio Report”, had a lot of good questions. They were also shocked by the enormity of the RCI budget cut.
You can hear our conversation [...]
Sad day at Radio Canada International today (April 4, 2012) as Canada’s national public radio and television broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada announced the impact of budget cutbacks on RCI.
The main points:
Radio Canada International’s $12.2 million dollar budget will be slashed by 10 million, leaving only $2.2 million. [Revised April 5: $12.3 and $2.3 million]
Two thirds of [...]
Today was a tough day. Tomorrow we expect to hear how we will be affected by last week’s federal budget cuts. We know that about 10 per cent of the budget of our national radio and television public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada will be cut over the next three years. We don’t yet know how those cuts [...]
Full Story »Last week was tough for Radio Canada International employees as we finally found out the impact of the $500,000 budget reduction because of the station leaving Sirius Satellite Radio. RCI’s new director Helene Parent had warned employees back in February (See Update from the new RCI Director ) that because of the drop in revenues, [...]
Full Story »Twenty years ago today on March 25, 1991, hosts and staff, in English, French and seven other language services said goodbye to listeners as they signed off, after a massive cut was announced on March 22, 1991.
Cut were numerous employees from the French and English services, as well as the entire staff of the Czech, [...]
This morning, Helene Parent, RCI’s new director, called staff into her second staff meeting since becoming director December 22, 2010, to update the employees on the latest developments.
She reassured them that the financial situation of the French service of CBC/Radio-Canada (which has responsibility for RCI) was reasonably good, given the context of federal funding which [...]
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