Today I attended the superglamorous “launch†of the “new†CBC Radio 2, which shall début to howls of geriatric outrage on September 2. (Full photos.)
The graphic-design approach was not original, but was typographic and well-executed.
The event was held in Studio 41 way up on the top floor.
You had to walk though a (very effective, symbolic, also well-executed) smokescreen to get there. It’s the Red Pill of CBC Radio.
Various CBC nabobs and new hosts read from a Teleprompter, often uncomfortably or woodenly.
Radio 2: Classical… and untucked shirts! (This guy almost made it in minor-league baseball?)
Some hosts could be seen giving “standups†to reporters in the anteroom.
Whenever I visit Fort Dork, I always take a conspicuous walk through the lair of the in-house captioners, TV Broadcast Services on the sixth floor. I see they’ve moved most of the young girls with liberal-arts degrees out of the bullpen. (Peggy’s still got her office!) I am occasionally noticed when I do this, but not today, sadly.
(«Servizes»?)
And a network can hardly launch a new season without the attendance of its president, now, can it?
Hubie!
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“high up on the top floor” Why? To symbolize how remote the service has become? An event to announce a bunch of disc spins to yourself. The end is nigh … oh wait, it just happened.
The signs in the building mean dick. Do they still have “Radio New Media?”
Oh right. The transformation into the BBC building, minus a few zillion dollars, is coming real soon.
I hear the bidness development area’s new boardroom will look like an episode of Hello Larry.
I looked at the photos for your “Radio 2” gala and I’ve got to tell you, I’ve seen happier looking funerals. Who’s responsible for coming up with all the different ways to present the number “2” ? The CBC looks to be dead creatively and otherwise. What a bore.
*sigh*
still no Brave New Waves.