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Saturday, September 24, 2005

IT CAME FROM THE MIND OF STEVE BAXLEY
By Steve Baxley
A VIEWER LOCKED OUT BY CBC MANAGEMENT


THREE WEEKS..AND NO END!
As you can see by my artwork I am PRO CBC EMPLOYEES!
what the management has done is now all but complete...THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CBC!
First-Distroy their news credibility: DONE LONG AGO
Second-Distroy local programming: DONE
Third-Lose key programming: DONE, Juno's and the olympics to CTV, NOW the Geminis to GLOBAL
Fourth:Distroy their sports coverage: DONE,Say goodbye to the CFL,Olympics and ..possibly HOCKEY

And the blame dear brutus, lies with the only man who just dont seem to rasp what he has totally done
DISTROY THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY !!! ROBERT RABINOVICH

By locking out your employees,by not LISTENING to the public,you have all but made the CBC totally redundant!

Now here is what I would do if I ran the CBC:

Restore ALL local programming to the stations,that means,for example for those of us here in the border :

CBET 9 Programme Schedule
Mornings/Afternoons
6 to 9- WINDSOR NOW a simulcast with CKLW AM
9 to NOON-CBCam for kids
NOON to 1pm-Midday Windsor /CBC MIDDAY
1 to 3- Coronation Street/East Enders
3 to 4- Movie
4 to 5:30-CBC Afternoon line up

Evenings
5:30 to 6:30-WINDSOR TONIGHT
6:30 to 7pm-CBC CANADA NOW
7 to 7:30-CBET SPORTSNIGHT
7:30 to 8pm-WINDSOR ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE
8 to 10pm-CBC Programming
10 to 11pm-The National
11 to 11:30-NEWSFINAL
11:30 to Midnight-CBET SPORTSFINAL
Midnight to 2am- CBET LATE NIGHT VARIETY:Mon-thur Movies / Friday "VARIETY TONIGHT"
2am to 6am-CBC NEWSWORLD

Weekends would be a combination of How to shows,local and canadian sports,news local and across canada
and sports or regional entertainment programming

I would build the CBC around the viewers needs,wants, and suggestions and NOT on what the government wants from the CBC,the CBC would FINALLY be a PUBLIC telecaster!

Somewhere someone is listening...