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CBC bracing for lockout on Monday...

>
> Keep in mind that staff in Quebec and Moncton, N.B. belong
> to a different union so there'd be no problems there.
>
While it's likely that local news, programs and (in TV's case) ads will continue in those areas, there will still be some schedule juggling, as the network schedile will still be altered by the strike.

When the CBC had a strike in 1998, CBMT in Montreal still showed their hour-long newscast at 6PM, but, I think, they showed their 11PM newscast at 10:30PM (back when the CBC still had local news at 11PM), since the CBC's national 10PM newscast (not called "The National" during the strike, but rather, simply "CBC News") was shortened to a half hour.

Today, with the late local news eliminated at CBC's O&Os, there'll be little change in Montreal, except that Montreal's local "Canada Now" will probably be replacing whatever the CBC will be airing at 6:30PM during the strike.

CBC's private stations will also not be affected, though there might also be some local schedule juggling on those stations, as well.

One thing I'm curious about -- is CBMT's master control still in Montreal, or has it moved to Toronto like all the rest? If it's the latter, then CBMT won't escape the possible technical glitches.
 
> >
> > Keep in mind that staff in Quebec and Moncton, N.B. belong
>
> > to a different union so there'd be no problems there.
> >
> While it's likely that local news, programs and (in TV's
> case) ads will continue in those areas, there will still be
> some schedule juggling, as the network schedile will still
> be altered by the strike.
>
> When the CBC had a strike in 1998, CBMT in Montreal still
> showed their hour-long newscast at 6PM, but, I think, they
> showed their 11PM newscast at 10:30PM (back when the CBC
> still had local news at 11PM), since the CBC's national 10PM
> newscast (not called "The National" during the strike, but
> rather, simply "CBC News") was shortened to a half hour.
>
> Today, with the late local news eliminated at CBC's O&Os,
> there'll be little change in Montreal, except that
> Montreal's local "Canada Now" will probably be replacing
> whatever the CBC will be airing at 6:30PM during the strike.
>
>
> CBC's private stations will also not be affected, though
> there might also be some local schedule juggling on those
> stations, as well.
>
> One thing I'm curious about -- is CBMT's master control
> still in Montreal, or has it moved to Toronto like all the
> rest? If it's the latter, then CBMT won't escape the
> possible technical glitches.
>
That is a good question. I'd assume that it's in Toronto.
Montreal does master control for the Radio-Canada network.
I guess that the Toronto Radio-Canada is in Montreal.<P ID="signature">______________

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CBC's ultimate nightmare is that any labor dispute continues until October 8th, which could cancel what would otherwise have been a triumphant return for "Hockey Night In Canada".

Consider the irony: HNIC is off the air for the 2004/2005 season due to a lockout of NHL players. HNIC ends up being off the air for the 2005/2006 season due to an employee lockout at the CBC.
 
PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

Well, it looks like BBC World will make several appearances this week. In fact BBC News will replace CBC News airing at 6:30am, 6pm and 10pm in place of national programs, BBC World will be shown.

Lots of reruns, a block of comedy programs will air in daytime. Lots of movies and they still intend on broadcasting a CFL game on Saturday night. TSN possibly producing? There probably won't be any commentators.

Over on Newsworld, BBC World News will be shown at 7am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 6pm, 9pm and Midnight ET. It seems as if theres a rotation being used in some parts of the day.


Even though this is Canada TELEVISION, On Radio ONE:
BBC programming will make it's way over from 6-7pm local. A national morning show will be produced and music will air during overnights. Programming like Sounds Like Canada, The Roundup will still remain.

Radio TWO: This text is taken direct from their schedule grid:

"THERE WILL BE 6 MINUTES OF NEWS, WEATHER AT THE TOP OF EACH HOUR 6AM-6PM."
Classical music all day with interruptions at the top of each hour.

The CBC.ca website is very scaled down. In fact, even cbccountrycanada.ca is redirecting to CBC.ca so I can't post highlights from their schedule because the CBC site says 'click here to visit Country Canada' at cbccountrycanada.ca.
Local sites are down also! I tried the Calgary site and got:

"CBC is currently experiencing a labour disruption, which means some of the information we normally offer you is unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience.

In 30 seconds, you will be automatically redirected to the CBC.ca homepage.

Or, you can:

Go to the homepage now
Send your feedback to CBC Audience Relations
Click here to view on-air schedules for all CBC services
Click here to go to the CBC negotiations site"

Even though I have many feelings both positive and negative for the CBC, I might tune in a bit more often with all that BBC influence!<P ID="signature">______________

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> CBC's ultimate nightmare is that any labor dispute continues
> until October 8th, which could cancel what would otherwise
> have been a triumphant return for "Hockey Night In Canada".
>
> Consider the irony: HNIC is off the air for the 2004/2005
> season due to a lockout of NHL players. HNIC ends up being
> off the air for the 2005/2006 season due to an employee
> lockout at the CBC.
>
NO...that is incorrect...scab or not, the away games will be covered without any problem, and the local games will still be picked up the same way hockey is always carried durring a CBC dispute...but it'll all be settled by then...won't it?
Remember, Quebec and Moncton NB are on a seperate union contract, so AWAY games(ie Leafs VS Montreal Canadians)at least, are guaranteed to air.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
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Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

Because of Quebec and Moncton being separate unions that are not locked out, viewers can still catch Dennis Trudeau anchor local news on CBMT, and Le Telejournal will still air on CBFT, CBVT, and CBAFT. Although CBAT's local news for all of New Brunswick is produced out of Fredericton, could they improvise with the production of NB English news from the CBAFT studios?
 
Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

> Because of Quebec and Moncton being separate unions that are
> not locked out, viewers can still catch Dennis Trudeau
> anchor local news on CBMT...

I wonder if the Montreal news will still be called "Canada Now", since its parent show is off the air? Maybe unearth the last "News Watch" graphics?

> Although CBAT's local news for
> all of New Brunswick is produced out of Fredericton, could
> they improvise with the production of NB English news from
> the CBAFT studios?
>

I don't think so -- I think it's the Radio-Canada's union's policy not to get involved with the English CBC's unions.
 
Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

> I wonder if the Montreal news will still be called "Canada
> Now", since its parent show is off the air? Maybe unearth
> the last "News Watch" graphics?
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It has been posted on another forum that there is no local news airing on CBMT. I have no idea why.

> I don't think so -- I think it's the Radio-Canada's union's
> policy not to get involved with the English CBC's unions.
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Moncton has English CBC radio station CBA though, so if they wanted they could use CBA announcers for a New Brunswick newscast. I don't think the CBC has the brains to figure that out though.
 
Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

> Moncton has English CBC radio station CBA though, so if they
> wanted they could use CBA announcers for a New Brunswick
> newscast. I don't think the CBC has the brains to figure
> that out though.
>
There are some union issues around that. Yes? No?<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
 
Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

> > Moncton has English CBC radio station CBA though, so if
> they
> > wanted they could use CBA announcers for a New Brunswick
> > newscast. I don't think the CBC has the brains to figure
> > that out though.
> >
> There are some union issues around that. Yes? No?
>
As I mentioned before, Radio-Canada's unions (which includes CBC in Quebec and Moncton) are reluctant to replace CBC's workers during the latter's lockout.

I recall during the 1998 CBC lockout that they had to hire an outside crew to put on a Toronto-Montreal game on "Hockey Night", as Radio-Canada did not want to fill in for the locked-out tech staff, nor did they allow the CBC to carry SRC's feed.
 
Re: PROGRAM details this week on CBC Television...

> > > Moncton has English CBC radio station CBA though, so if
> > they
> > > wanted they could use CBA announcers for a New Brunswick
>
> > > newscast. I don't think the CBC has the brains to
> figure
> > > that out though.
> > >
> > There are some union issues around that. Yes? No?
> >
> As I mentioned before, Radio-Canada's unions (which includes
> CBC in Quebec and Moncton) are reluctant to replace CBC's
> workers during the latter's lockout.
>
> I recall during the 1998 CBC lockout that they had to hire
> an outside crew to put on a Toronto-Montreal game on "Hockey
> Night", as Radio-Canada did not want to fill in for the
> locked-out tech staff, nor did they allow the CBC to carry
> SRC's feed.
>
I heard they took a clean feed from ESPN.
It was the opening of the Air Canada Centre and they even got a restraining order out on the CEP for at least 2 blocks from the building.
Apparently, Bob Cole and Harry Neale were in Washington, DC where another game was happening (not sure if a Canadian team was involved in the game. Perhaps using the site as a backup game in case something happened to the feed) doing commentary while watching the game on a television set in the broadcast booth.<P ID="signature">______________

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