Tara Mora gets new role at CBC

By Connie Thiessen Tara Mora has been appointed to the newly-created role of senior director of radio, talk and music programming at CBC. Mora will lead the strategy, programming and development of the unscripted team’s audio content and schedules for CBC Radio One, CBC Music and CBC Listen, in addition to overseeing CBC Music, CBC Books, q, Now or Never, and Under the Influence. She’ll also lead development for new unscripted audio content, excluding CBC News and Current Affairs and CBC Podcasts. She will report to Jennifer Dettman, executive director of unscripted content. Mora has been with CBC since 2013, starting as an account manager with CBC’s digital operations team, before quickly...