CBC

This page looks at public sector broadcasting in Canada.

     the organisation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), dates back to the first third of last century when public broadcasting in the British Empire was modelled on the new British Broadcasting Commission (BBC).

     studies

Marc Raboy's Missed Opportunities: The Story of Canada's Broadcasting Policy (Toronto: McGill-Queens Uni Press 90) presents a picture of uncertain mission, bureaucratic capture, political interference and ongoing crisis at Canada's national broadcaster. Sounds familiar? There's a more detailed treatment in When Television Was Young: PrimeTime Canada 1952-67 (Toronto: Uni of Toronto Press 90) by Paul Rutherford and Frank Peers' The Politics of Canadian Broadcasting 1920-1951 (Toronto: Uni of Toronto Press 69).

Knowlton Nash's The Microphone Wars: A History of Triumph and Betrayal at the CBC (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 95) and Wayne Skene's Fade to Black: A Requiem for the CBC (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre 93) are conventional laments about public broadcasting in crisis, useful as points of reference for criticisms of the Australian ABC and SBS networks.



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