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title: "The End of Radio on CBC"
description: "CBC is running a great 3-part series right now on the shifting landscape of media entitled, The End: The End of Radio The End of TV The End of Print I watched the first segment, The End of Radio, on..."
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date: 2006-06-08
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "James Sherrett"
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# The End of Radio on CBC

CBC is running a great 3-part series right now on (http://www.cbc.ca/theend):

1. The End of Radio
2. The End of TV
3. The End of Print

I watched the first segment, The End of Radio, on the web and really enjoyed it. (Sidenote: Finally (!) the CBC has moved away from the awful Real Player.) The topic is presented in a snappy flow, with enough detail and first-hand interviews to satisfy my geek tendencies while at the same time remaining accessible to a general, non-geek audience. I recommend it to get a great snapshot of what’s happening in audio production and distribution: radio, satellite radio, iPods and podcasting.

I learned the following items:

- The CBC can still do some damn cool multimedia graphics.

- Top 40 = 40 song playlist

- Classic / Album rock = 150 song playlist

- “Jack” format-less format = 400 song playlist

- Internet radio = 1,000 – 3,000 song playlist

- *What is a podcast?* Answer: Episodic audio programs you can subscribe to and receive over the Internet, then listen to on any digital audio player (your computer, an MP3 player, an iPod, a CD player playing a CD burner from the digital file).

- *What is satellite radio?* Pretty much the same as current conventional radio, with the following differences: no advertising in the programs, over a hundred channels to choose from, costs to purchase a receiver unit and monthly subscription costs to maintain connection, global reception of signals (no more driving out of range).

- *What is DAB radio?* Digital Audio Broadcast radio (DAB) is high-definition, 2-way radio.

- How MySpace can fit into the music discovery cycle.

All that and a great closing from host Jian Ghomeshi. I’ll be watching the next two episodes later today.