Radio / Television News

CBC has “secret plan” for The National

TORONTO – Calling it "a closely guarded secret plan," Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says the CBC wants to relocate The National from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weeknights.According to the watchdog group, “(t)his would reduce the reach and influence of Canada's most important news program and compromise the CBC's mandate,” reads a press release.FCB says the Corp “may fill the 10 o’clock slot “with entertainment programming, possibly of non-Canadian origin,” adds the release."Funding cuts may have left the CBC struggling to make ends meet, but only someone who does not understand or care about the CBC's public broadcasting mandate...