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Speaking specifically about the 'Podcast Playlist' show - while I don't disagree that it can be an interesting nexus for new information, I don't think it needs to be on the air at all. If the objective is curation, that could easily and more effectively be done via an online feed where the shows are actually hyperlinked, tagged, & made accessible. I'm not a radio producer so, grain of salt. But from my armchair, seems to me that the CBC should aspire to something higher than 'content aggregation' or rebroadcasting material from other stations. I expect that sort of thing from a donation funded campus & community radio station where maybe someone isn't in the booth at 2am, but not from a national broadcaster that receives funding from Canadian taxpayers.
With Writers & Company, I was referring to the host stepping down. I don't know about you, but in my opinion, she kind of was the show in a sense. AFAIK there won't be any new episodes, and that's a loss.
More broadly, I like that Canada has a national broadcaster, I just think it could be better.
Well, it is, just like every other CBC Radio program. Podcasts is the business they are in.
The OTA broadcast is there merely to stream the same content out to legacy devices which are not compatible with the modern feeds. If it were a campus/community run venture, even if it were a commercially run venture, they would no doubt only offer the feed, but as they have taxpayer support they are also able to accommodate those who are unable or unwilling to adopt newer devices.
Now, maybe there is a case to be made that the program isn't worth producing for any medium, but I don't have listenership data to delve into that. It would not surprise me if a lot of people enjoy it, though. It seems far less niche than Writers and Company. Assuming it is well received, that is a pretty good reason to produce it.
Fair. Hard to lament someone wanting to move on with their life, though. That show has been on the air seemingly forever. It is not like Podcast Playlist is displacing it. They have been produced in parallel. Its actual replacement is yet to come β and it might be even better!