Save CBC Orchestra
& Save Radio2 Activism

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• standonguardforcbc.ca
  The main activism site of the Ad-Hoc Committee to Save CBC Radio Orchestra
  a well organized group of concerned CBC Radio Orchestra supporters and CBC
  Radio2 listeners. Learn more about the issues, download materials for protests,
  learn how your community can support the continuation of the orchestra, and
  find out how we can take action, together. The site features: support and
  protest event announcements, actions, contact information for writing letters
  to CBC management and politicians. Read news, opinions, articles, and open
  letters from listeners, musicians, composers, and others, including John Kimura
  Parker, Alain Trudel, Giorgio Magnanensi, Jocelyn Morlock, Michael Horwood,
  Chris Paul Harman, Sara David Beuchner, John Oliver, Laurie Townsend, Karen
  Wilson, Organization of Canadian Symphony musicians and others.
• Save Classical Music at the CBC Facebook Group
  Facebook opposed to vast reduction of classical music programming on CBC Radio2. Find addresses and emails of many of the top brass at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The group has recently undertaken a massive letter writing campaign to register their discontent about the restructuring, demanding that CBC Radio2 listen to its large and diverse audience of classical music listeners.
• Restore CBC Radio2 Petition
  The petition signatories believe that: new programming is a retrograde step, one that duplicates material readily available on other stations and compromises the cultural integrity of our public broadcaster. The petition calls for the reinstatement of intelligent, provocative and informative programming that has long been a hallmark of Radio2.
• SaveTheCBC.ca
  Clearing house of information about the movement to restore the CBC RadioOrchestra and revitalize CBC Radio 2. Includes: photo galleries of protests, links to articles and press. Chronological list of the sweeping cancellations of popular CBC Radio2 programming. SaveTheCBC.ca believes in the CBCs contribution to the cultural education of all Canadians; supports the world class CBC Orchestra; opposes the commercialization and/or privatization of our National broadcasting Corporation; believes the Harper government and Lacroix are hostile to its intention and existence of the CBC as a National Public Broadcasting System and are stealthily working to privatize.
• Save The CBC Orchestra Facebook Group
  Started by composer and McGill University Doctor of Music in composition candidate, Alexandra Fol. The group urges Facebook users to sign up to the group to show support for the CBC Radio Orchestra. Highly organized, great resource for event information, articles, discussion, and open letters.
• John Oliver’s Stand On Guard for CBC Radio Blog
  Vancouver composer John Oliver writes frequently about the issues surrounding CBC Radio2: the abandonment of its listening audience and the disbanding the CBC Radio Orchestra. Read articles, letters, opinion pieces. Get the facts about Radio2 and the orchestra, read articles, letters, press and opinions.