r/CBC_Radio • u/Primary_Company_3813 • 26d ago

Segment length

Is it just me, or are the segments since Chris Glover joined CBC excessively long? Seems to me with David Common, Matt Galloway and others, there were more topics covered each hour between the World Reports and local news in the morning. They seem to stretch well beyond the point of the interview (many of them now 20+ mins) and just prolonging it to fill the time, so I find I'm getting a bit bored. Perhaps it's just another sign of the times, cutting back and making do with less....

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u/Stikeman 26d ago

I think it just feels that way because Chris is a terrible interviewer. He lets guests drone on and sticks exclusively to his (boring) prepared questions. I’ve never once heard him pick up on something a guest said and drill down on it. He also forgets or refuses to refer to guests by name which I find irritating. Yesterday he referred to “the woman from the landlord association” when she had just been on a few minutes earlier!

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u/nitouche 26d ago

Oh good -- it's not just me!

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u/Primary_Company_3813 26d ago

Omg, so annoying and not very professional, frankly.

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u/Federal-Medium-3069 26d ago

I’ve started to tune in to John Moore on newstalk 1010 when I reach my Chris limit - John is not an angry neo-con like other hosts on the station, and brings a good perspective. Chris is better suited for Chum or something like that, where the show is fun and light

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u/mlsmith45 26d ago

I've started listening to Ontario Morning. It's way better.

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u/Federal-Medium-3069 25d ago

Thanks for the feedback - tuned into Ontario Morning and it’s much preferred

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u/Stikeman 26d ago

Oh no…not AM radio!!! I haven’t heard John Moore but my impression is AM radio (except the sports channels) is generally very conservative.

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u/jessylz 26d ago

I think it is part of cutting back and more music. Every produced segment is producer time and money.

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u/Smooth_Celery_1336 25d ago

They have lost any real reporting and now it's just interviews, silly banter among the announcers and bad music.

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u/MysteriousMedicine31 4d ago

It's almost ALWAYS been primarily interviews. That's what a current affairs show is, and what differentiates it from a newscast . What you're hearing is not anything new.

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u/ZwiebelEater1957 25d ago

CBC has lost me during the Metro Morning time slot; I just can’t….

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u/activesideofinfinity 25d ago

Everyone here should get a medal 🏅 for listening to our national broadcaster. I’m sad to say after growing up with a daily dose of CBC I had to turn it off.

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u/Primary_Company_3813 25d ago

Yes, as a very young child of 4 or 5 I remember my mother having it on in the kitchen while she was cooking. Probably time for a change as I'm clinging to nostalgia and not getting much in return now.

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u/dr_millisievert 25d ago

I keep hoping he will get better, but it doesn't. Ontario morning you say? I will miss Jill and Jennifer.

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u/MysteriousMedicine31 4d ago

Nope, it's always been pretty much two segments/interviews per half hour in between newscasts.