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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, more commonly abbreviated CBC, is Canada's government-owned television network and radio network. In French, it is called the Société Radio-Canada, or SRC.
Maison de Radio-Canada in Montreal The CBC was founded in 1932 when the federal government set up the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, or CRBC. The CRBC took over the radio stations formerly set up by the government owned, Canadian National Railway. In 1936, the CRBC became a full Crown corporation, and gained its present name.
For the next few decades, the CBC was behind all broadcasting innovation in Canada. In July 1958, CBC TV was linked from coast to coast. They introduced FM radio to Canada in 1946, television in 1952, and colour television in 1966. Since the 1970s, the CBC has not dominated broadcasting in Canada like it formerly did, but still plays an important role.
Today, the CBC operates several television and radio networks, in both English and French:
- two national broadcast television networks, one in English and one in French. Both sell advertising, and are otherwise similar to the privately-owned networks, but still rely more heavily on Canadian-produced programming than the others.
- three national cable news channels: Newsworld, Réseau de l'Information (RDI), and Cross Country
- the Northern Service, television programmed for viewers in the far north
- four national radio networks, two in each language. In english, CBC Radio One provides mostly news, information and general entertainment programming -- although historically on the AM band, many stations (especially in larger cities where RF interference affects AM radio reception) are moving to FM. CBC Radio Two airs arts and culture programming, normally on FM. In french, these services are replicated by La Première Chaîne and La Chaîne Culturelle networks respectively. The radio networks do not accept advertising.
- an international broadcasting service, Radio Canada International (RCI)
- a domestic shortwave service for northern Quebec
Programming
CBC Television
CBC television programs include:
- Hockey Night In Canada
- Kids CBC
- ''The X (A teenage version of Kids CBC)
- The Fifth Estate
- The National
- Spynet
- The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
- Royal Canadian Air Farce
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Monday Report
- Marketplace
- Street Cents
- Disclosure
- ''The Red Green Show
Former shows
- Four on the Floor
- Made in Canada
- Canada: A People's History
- Front Page Challenge*
- Sesame Park
- Midday
- Mr. Dressup with Ernie Coombs
- Morningside with Peter Gzowski
- CODCO
CBC Radio
CBC radio programs include:
- As It Happens evening current affairs and human interest stories.
- Cross-Country Checkup Nationwide phone-in on current affairs
- The Current morning current affairs
- Quirks and Quarks discusses new developments in science.
- Ideas
- Finkleman's 45s
- Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
- The Vinyl Cafe with Stuart McLean.
- Definitely Not The Opera pop culture magazine that airs opposite the Saturday opera.
- C'est La Vie English language programme about Francophone culture
External links
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation website
- Société Radio-Canada (CBC French) website
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation."
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