Re: why is the CBC doing this anyways?

["David W. Harris" <dwh@totalnetnh.net>]

Martin J. Waters responded to Kevin Vahey about the CBC abandoning MW:

> I wrote to the CBC a couple years ago making your argument about
> the good will factor, etc.--that some Americans get Canadian news and
> entertainment that they otherwise would not get. The reply said the
> programming would still be available on SW. Period.
>
Yeah, right.  When was the last time Finkelman's 45s aired on
shortwave?  I'm sure the stock reply these days would be that the
programming is readily available through Internet streaming.  I have
tried on a couple occasions to listen to Ideas online and found the
transmission quality to be wretched.  I could make out just enough to
know I was missing out on a good program.  Perhaps this streaming stuff
is a revenue enhancement scheme carefully calculated to induce me to
send the CBC $8 for a transcript or $18 for a cassette of the program.

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