A 60-minute show on a 30-minute budget is

ST. JOHN's – The CBC plan to expand its supper hour news programs from 30 to 60 minutes without increasing local news budgets is a bad idea, says TV watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting."We know from the St. John's experience that you can't produce a 60 minute news program that people will want to watch on a 30 minute budget. CBC management in Toronto should know this well," said Noreen Golfman, chair of Friends' Steering Committee, in a press release today. The CBC regional TV news show in St. John's was expanded from 30 to 60 minutes in November...