By David Farrell
Quoted
The new Board hopes for your continuing support |
Dear listener, I am writing to you as the new Chair of JAZZ.FM91. As you are probably aware, on February 15, 2019 a new Board was elected at a Special Meeting of donor members. It was a very close vote, signifying that some members would like the station to make changes in how it operates, from music to governance and reporting to members; others are content with the way things were. Your new Board is very conscious of this, and we will move cautiously and respect that. The former Board led many changes at the station over the past year with an objective of adding diversity and breadth to the music JAZZ.FM91 presents. This is a good thing, and one of our immediate initiatives is to review all the station’s programming. This will include reaching out to donors and other listeners to hear their views. advertisement We have also committed to more regular reporting on the station’s performance and other matters that affect and are of interest to members. On behalf of the new Board, I would like to thank all of you for your passionate support of JAZZ.FM91. There was never any doubt that all of us – the former Board and the new one – want only success for the station. I hope we have your continuing support, and we will do our best to meet and exceed all your expectations. Sincerely, Brian Hemming |
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The CBC is just a tool for left-wing social activists
The CBC's biased focus contrasts with other countries that have radically changed the bias of their national broadcasters. For example, the Danish Ministry of Culture, on September 18, 2018, issued a new set of guidelines which require the national Danish broadcaster to bolster Denmark's native cultural heritage, as well as emphasize the foundational role of Christianity in Danish society. By doing so, it has conspicuously dropped the network's previous emphasis on multicultural integration, radical sectarianism, globalism and feminism. – Real Women of Canada
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In a scathing new report from some of the nation’s most influential feminists, the media is being ripped for largely remaining a boys' club that doesn’t give women their fair share of jobs and voice.
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As in other debates over the surveillance of public spaces, targeting, scale and cost all matter. Few people would object to police tracking known or even suspected criminals online; more would agree with Matt Cagle, the ACLU-NC’s technology and civil-liberties lawyer, that “government should not be conducting suspicionless surveillance of First Amendment-protected activity.”
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Anyone looking to get publicity needs to leverage social media. If you have aspirations of achieving national press, you had better be active on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and/or Facebook because national media typically doesn’t cater to the unknowns. – Michelle Mekky, Forbes
