CBC Radio’s ‘The Current’ now accessible to deaf, hard-of-hearing

TORONTO - CBC has unveiled a pilot project designed to make Canadian public radio available to the estimated 1-3 million deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians.With the help of a grant from the Broadcasting Accessibility Fund, CBC will make text transcripts of CBC Radio One’s The Current available to the public on CBC.ca on a daily basis, and will film, edit and post one American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted radio documentary from the program on CBC.ca each month, starting this week.Hosted by veteran journalist Anna Maria Tremonti, CBC’s award-winning radio program The Current reaches nearly 2.3 million Canadians each week. Programming includes a...