I was contacted by Sheila Peacock and wrote:
CBC
Radio is and important part of Vancouver's arts and political
community. The move to FM will greatly enhance how it can serve the
Metro Vancouver community. When CBC radio was locked out - it was a
terrible blow to the local arts community, and stopped the
dissemination of information for many small organizations who could not
otherwise reach the broad audience that CBC AM reaches.
To further enhance and develop the benefit of Canadian culture, we need a stronger CBC. We need to provide our national public radio with the best reach possible to ensure the best use of our tax dollars and to fulfill it's mandate - especially "be made available throughout Canada by the most appropriate and efficient means and as resources become available for the purpose, and reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Canada.
No other radio station is able to specifically transcend the multicultural hodgepodge of isolated language groups into an effective post-multicultural and interculturally inclusive community in the way that CBC 690 Radio does and can do.
As Todd Wong, creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner, we are an example of that new and developing Canadian culture that recognizes 1) our Canadian heritage 2) our ancestral heritage and 3) the unique fusion as we combine, evolve and create.
Through CBC AM radio - we have shared our vision and activities not only locally in Vancouver on shows such as Early Edition, BC Almanac, North By Northwest and On the Coast, but also nationally through shows like Sounds Like Canada, Richardson's Round Up, and Freestyle.
It is therefore imperative that CBC 690 AM be allowed access to FM radio.
Todd Wong
To further enhance and develop the benefit of Canadian culture, we need a stronger CBC. We need to provide our national public radio with the best reach possible to ensure the best use of our tax dollars and to fulfill it's mandate - especially "be made available throughout Canada by the most appropriate and efficient means and as resources become available for the purpose, and reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Canada.
No other radio station is able to specifically transcend the multicultural hodgepodge of isolated language groups into an effective post-multicultural and interculturally inclusive community in the way that CBC 690 Radio does and can do.
As Todd Wong, creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner, we are an example of that new and developing Canadian culture that recognizes 1) our Canadian heritage 2) our ancestral heritage and 3) the unique fusion as we combine, evolve and create.
Through CBC AM radio - we have shared our vision and activities not only locally in Vancouver on shows such as Early Edition, BC Almanac, North By Northwest and On the Coast, but also nationally through shows like Sounds Like Canada, Richardson's Round Up, and Freestyle.
It is therefore imperative that CBC 690 AM be allowed access to FM radio.
Todd Wong
Sheila wrote back today:
Thanks Todd - this is fantastic! We exceeded our 1000 letter goal - thank you so much for all your support!
cheers, Sheila
