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Toronto – The current senior management of CBC has turned back the clock almost 15 years when it comes to presenting Canadian programs during prime time on CBC-TV in 10 cities across Canada, according to new research about what's on TV released today by the broadcast watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
"This is further evidence that the current management of the CBC is adrift with no vision. It's time for Canadians to have their say through a CBC mandate review the government of Canada should launch quickly," Friends spokesperson Ian Morrison said.
A "Canadianization strategy" adopted by previous CBC management teams resulted in a steady increase in the presentation of Canadian programs during prime time on CBC-TV between 1990 and 2000.
"CBC-TV's success at shedding foreign programs from its prime time schedule through the 1990's has been almost completely undone by President Rabinovitch and his senior management at CBC," said Friends spokesperson Ian Morrison.
