Do you want to work for George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight?

I am following That Eric Alper on twitter and he has a tendency at night to tweet jobs posts in the Arts and Entertainment field among other interesting subjects. Tonight he is listing a number of positions at CBC some specifically for George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.


This is what they are looking for... 


Video Journalist, Video Producer, Creative Researcher, and  Headline and Promo Producer.


If you are qualified go for it!
Be creative, professional and show 'em your moxie!

If you are interested check out all jobs at CBC here

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Love and Black History Month

The Strombo Show 

CBC Radio 2 Sunday Nights 8pm- 11pm 

Feb 13/2011
We celebrate Valentine's day Strombo Show style.    

CBC Radio 2 Morning's Bob Mackowycz follows up last week's Break Up segment with classic love songs. Ottawa Songwriter Jim Bryson stops in to talk about his favourite high school memories of Valentine's Day, which we will follow up with a High school Dance version of the 80's Dance Party . The G12 Countdown brings you our best new music of the week, and Skratch Bastid contributes the special Valentine's Day edition of The Blend. 
http://www.strombo.com

Darby
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George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

 

Monday Feb 14

Suzanne Somers

Actress and Author of Sexy Forever How to fight fat after 40

How romantic.  

 

Tuesday Feb 15

Professor and Author Angela Davis

Wednesday Feb 16

Beloved Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent 

Thursday Feb 17

Author, Boxer and Advocate of the wrongfully convicted  

Rubin Hurricane Carter

 

Friday Feb 18

Up and coming Canadian filmmaker Ed Gass-Donnelly

This picture was borrowed from BlogTO

Canadian Indie Artist Peter Elkas 

In other news... 


CBC announces 2011-2012 season
The Great news is CBC is renewing George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight for another season!
The bad news is the CBC is giving Gerry Dee his own show...

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Love, Hate and Propaganda

prop·a·gan·da [prop-uh-gan-duh]

- noun

1 The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.

2 Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.

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Starting tomorrow night (March 4), be sure to check out the six-part CBC documentary

Love, Hate and Propaganda,

narrated by The Hour's George Stroumboulopoulos.

Check out the series promo .

From the documentary's website:

"Love, Hate and Propaganda...will bring the most important war (WW II) in history into sharp focus through the lens of propaganda. This was the first modern war in which all combatants bombarded their citizens with messages: through newsreels and posters, radio addresses and songs, speeches and rallies. The great - and the evil - minds of that era knew propaganda could awaken powerful passions: love, devotion, anger, and hatred. They employed truth, half-truths and sometimes outright lies, used powerful symbols and persuasive words to sway entire populations. Today's viewers, familiar with every kind of messaging, will discover how war was sold around the world by these early practitioners of mass propaganda. Every movie house, school, newspaper and radio became a forum for persuasion and manipulation."

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If you are creative secondary or post-secondary school student, there is a contest associated with the doccumentary! Pick a cause you strongly believe in and create either a poster or video to support it...generate your own propaganda! Click here for more information.

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This Week's Eclectic Line-up: Roses > Rodeos > Crosses..

The 3rd installment of The Strombo Show starts at 8 pm tonight up until Midnight on CBC Radio 2 http://www.cbc.ca/radio2 (To listen online) . So far, for anyone unable to catch the show, they have been posting their songs played, on their Strombo Show Facebook Page, here: The Playlist

This week on The Hour:

Monday, 23rd

Michael Chabon - Pulitzer Prize of Fiction Award winner with his new book: 'Manhood for Amateurs'.
Aren't they all?! (Hee hee)


Eugene Levy - Starring in a soon to be released: 'American Pie Presents: The Book of Love'.
Oh lordy, what teachings will his character bestow in this one?

Tuesday, 24th

Steven Levitt - A 'rogue' American economist & chosen by Time magazine as one of 2006 '100 People Who Shape Our World' with his second book: 'Superfreakonomics'.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of super freaks...so should be good.


Anika Noni Rose - An award winning actress & performer, creating history by becoming Disney's 1st black princess, as the lead voice in the upcoming animated feature: 'The Princess and the Frog'.
Granted, Disney brought forth the cultures of Mulan & Pocahontas, but I mean, really....could this not have happened before Obama came into office? Just sayin'.

Wednesday, 25th

Naomi Klein - the author & activist regarding global profiteers & deregulated Capitalism in her books: 'The Shock Doctrine' & 'No Logo' visits The Hour for her 2nd appearance on the show.
Really looking forward to this interview!


Blue Rodeo - Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor, promoting their new album: 'The Things We Left Behind'.
OMG, OMG, OMG....I have a concert ticket to see them on Thursday! I'm totally hoping Jim Cuddy will be sporting his HABS jersey to make my experience complete!

Thursday, 26th
Not sure why, but it looks like our Canadian late night show will not be live and will be observing the American Thanksgiving......so anyhoo, in it's 'absence' they are offering us some great recent interviews with the following:

Michael Moore, Peter Sarsgaard, Juliette Lewis.

Friday, 27th
And to round off the week.....

Morgan Freeman, David Cross, John Irving.

Have a good week, all.......and Happy Thanksgiving to our neighbours of the South!

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The Week According to The Hour

Fully enjoying Season Six & enjoying the subtle differences, myself, I wonder if you are too? Some of you have commented on some of the changes....are there things you enjoy more; wish they still did; or are you just going with the flow?


The Hour's upcoming guests:

MONDAY OCT 19

Leaf's GM - Brian Burke
'The Cider House Rules' author - John Irving

TUESDAY OCT 20

Canadian journalist, broadcaster & novelist - Linden MacIntyre
Actor - Peter Sarsgaard
+ Battle of the Blades eliminated pair.

WEDNESDAY OCT 21

Microsoft CEO - Steve Ballmer
The one & only - Snoop Dogg

THURSDAY OCT 22

Real Time's - Bill Maher
Actress - Vivica A. Fox

FRIDAY OCT 23
Catherine O'Hara, Nick Hornby, Drew Barrymore

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It's Doors Open at the CBC in Toronto

This weekend marks the 10th Anniversary of Doors Open Toronto!

If you are not familiar with Doors Open, basically it an opportunity for visitors to explore architecturally, historically, or culturally significant buildings in and around Toronto. This event is part of the much larger Province-wide Doors Open Ontario.

Access to all buildings is free of charge!!

Once again, the CBC Broadcast Centre (250 Front Street West) will be open this Saturday (May 23rd) from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. The following studios will be available for tour:

The Hour

GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS and the show's Executive Producer

will be available from 12-1 to answer questions! As well, you can have a 'behind the scenes' look at The Hour's control room!

CBC Radio One's Q

CBC Sports Weekend

CBC Radio Two Drive

Also, many CBC personalities will be on hand (from 11-2) for a meet and greet. Among them, cast members of The Dragon's Den, The Border, Little Mosque on the Prairie, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and hosts from various CBC News, Sports and Current Affairs Programming.

In addition, there is also a photography exhibition taking place in the Broadcast Centre from May 20-31st. Be sure to check CONTACT: Beyond the Broadcast...a collection of behind-the-scenes shots taken by CBC employees in a nationwide photo competition from two perspectives - Beyond the Broadcast and From the Field.

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Coming this Fall to the CBC...

Yesterday the CBC announced its fall-winter line up yesterday, and we are happy to announce that The Hour is among the shows returning to the CBC next fall. This will be The Hour's sixth season on the CBC.

Other shows returning to CBC this fall include: The Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Tudors, The Border, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Dragon's Den, Heartland, Coronation Street and last season's breakout hit Being Erica. Four of these seires (Little Mosque, Being Erica, 22 Minutes and The Border) will return with shorter seasons.

The CBC also announced three new shows that will premiere in the fall:

The Ron James Show, which is set up as a showcase of the famous comedians observational humour.

Super Speller: a spelling competition hosted by CBC personality Evan Solomon.

Battle of the Blades: which teams up Canadian figure skaters with Canadian hockey players in an elimination style contest.

Two more shows will debut in the winter:

18 to Life: a comedy about a couple who marries at 18.

The Republic of Doyle: a dramatic comedy following a dysfunctional father-son private investigator team set in St. John's.

Show that are not returning to the CBC in the fall season include Wild Roses, Sophie, Fashion File and The Steven and Chris Show, which is currently on indefinite hiatus. CBC also reports that there are no plans for a third edition of The Week the Women Went or new editions of Test the Nation.

The CBC says that its summer schedule will not be change at this point and that further announcements are coming.

We want to hear from you! Leave us a comment and let us know what you think about the new season...

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The CBC

If you have ever attended a taping of The Hour, then you have likely heard George Stroumboulopoulos prompt bashful audience members, in his own unique way, to ask questions by commenting "you're paying for this s**t". As taxpayers, we do indeed fund our public broadcaster. Yesterday a story on the CBC's website noted that the broadcaster receives approximately $33 annually per taxpayer. From my perspective, I am getting a great return for my investment. However, there are some people who would disagree. It's hard to please all of the people all of the time.

Equally hard is facing the reality of the current economic climate. Our public broadcaster is not immune to a problem many Canadians currently face: simply not being able to make ends meet. Reports over the last few days suggest that the CBC is facing a massive budget shortfall as a direct result of reduced advertising revenue, combined with increased operating costs.

In reading about the CBC's woes, one thing that has been glaring to me, is the contrary comments of our Federal Heritage Minister James Moore. In one statement, Moore says "I don't like it when I see the CBC cancelling Canadian content, and we see Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune". In another he points out that he feels that the CBC should have to work out it's own problems like broadcasters in the private sector, remarking that it is not for him "to tell the CBC how to run itself". I'm confused Mr. Minister, which is it?

The fact is that the advertising revenue generated by hugely popular US-origin shows such as Jeopardy! (hosted by a Canadian Alex Trebek) can help subsidize the homegrown efforts. Producing relevent and fresh Canadian content costs money. The government holds on tight to the purse strings and has for well over a decade. Few taxpayers would be willing to see that annual $33 substantially increase. In a recent Harris-Decima poll overall "a bare majority believe the government should provide bridge funding to the CBC". This issue is indeed complex and coming up with a solution will not be easy.

So, what do think?

Should the government extend additional funding to help the

CBC through the current financial crisis?

Is it wrong for Canada's public broadcaster to generate advertising

revenue using some US programming?

If the CBC has to make programming cuts, what should go? What should stay?

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October 20-24...We're going GREEN!

The week begins with a LIVE edition of

The Strombo Show,

starting at 5 pm EST on these Corus Radio stations:

The Edge 102.1 (Toronto)

The Fox 99.3 (Vancouver)

Power 97 (Winnipeg)

Y108 (Hamilton)

FM96 (London)

Scheduled to appear on The Hour this week...

Monday, October 20th

John Bul Dau survived what could only be considered Hell on earth. At thirteen he became one of the thousands of "Lost Boys of Sudan", who fled their homeland when troops were sent in to kill all black Christian males. He survived the pursuit of armed soldiers, crocodiles, dehydration, starvation and disease, all while aiding younger boys in the escape. After arriving in the US and completing his education, he now heads the John Dau Sudan Foundation, on a mission to develop and sustain health clinics in southern Sudan.

When you think of ThighMaster, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For some it would undoubtedly be excruciating pain. For others, it may be the very successful entreprenuer Suzanne Somers. While many will remember her four year stint as "Chrissy Snow" on Three's Company, for the past several years, Somers has built a huge community of followers (known as "Somersizers") who have a shared interest in her various wellness, beauty, jewellery and houseware products. Last month, this breast cancer survivor released her latest book, Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness.

Tuesday, October 21st

This day marks the kick-off of a very special initiative between the CBC, The Hour and Cisco, among others. One Million Acts of Green..."a massive, nationwide environmental movement with the goal of changing how we live and how we treat the planet, one act at a time. It’s not about overhauling your life; it’s doing one single acts."

Long-time friend of the earth, David Suzuki will be stopping by...

...as will Canadian music icon Alanis Morrisette...

...and THIS guy...Oscar the Grouch! I can hardly wait :-)

Wednesday, October 22nd

In keeping the GREEN theme, Canada's favourite handyman, Mike Holmes, will be paying another visit to The Hour. This visit Mike will be offering tips to make your home more green.

Thursday, October 23rd

To quote Bob Dylan, "the times they are a-changin'"...as we are all too aware by watching the the downward spiral of the world's economy on the nightly news. If you have not already made a plan for your financial future, then Phil Town may be able to help. Billed as "not your typical Wall Street guy", this former Green Beret Vietnam vet, Harley riding, river guide turned a borrowed one thousand dollars into one million in five years. In 2007 he published his secret in the best-selling book, Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week!

John Stephens' grandmother began teaching him gospel piano at the age of three. A few years later he was singing in the church choir. As an adult, John Legend has made his grandma proud. Not just for his achievements in the music industry as a multi-award winning soul singer and songwriter, but also for his philanthropic work to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina and AIDS sufferers in Africa. Legend contributed his talent to the moving Yes We Can and performed at the Democratic National Convention. His new CD, Evolver, hits stores at the end of this month.

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Rockers and reruns...it's the week starting August 10th

The week starts with a LIVE edition

of The Strombo Show!

Listen starting at 5 pm (est) via the web or conventional radio on these Corus Radio stations:

The Edge 102.1 (Toronto)
The Fox 99.3 (Vancouver)
Power 97 (Winnipeg)
Y108 (Hamilton)
FM96 (London)

Guests to include...

American metal band (and mask enthusiasts) Slipknot.

(Update...George has announced that Slipknot will be on NEXT Sunday)

South African rock band Seether.

The band and their record label Wind-up Records are involved in a unique project to benefit The Kids Help Phone. Click here to learn about the project. Better yet, click HERE, watch the video for Rise Above This and help raise money for a truly worthy cause.

AND it just keeps getting better and better...

the return of Alex Liu to The Strombo Show!!!!

Coming up on The Hour...

As you are undoubtedly aware, the CBC is providing indepth coverage of the

2008 Olympic Games from Beijing and their schedule reflects this.

Therefore, things may not be as they usually are...keeping this in mind...

...according to The Hour's website,

the following interviews will be re-broadcast this week:

Author Naomi Klein

Actor Jeff Goldblum

Musician Kylie Minogue

Actor Alan Alda

Canada's Favourite Contractor Mike Holmes

Actor Nicholas Campbell

Hip Hop performer Wyclef Jean

Chef Jamie Oliver

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The 1st week of August what's on

The studio at The Edge is all nice and renovated now and look nothing like in the picture I took of George on air this winter... Can't wait until George is back in that studio.
Not this Sunday though, there will likely be a Best of The Strombo Show... Last I heard George was still on the road heading back to TO.

Sunday August 3

The Strombo Show is Live(?) from 5-8Pm EST on 102.1 The Edge (Toronto), 99.3 The Fox (Vancouver), Power 97 (Winnipeg), Y108 (Hamilton), and FM96 (London)


What's on The Hour the week before the Olympics take over ?

Monday August 4
Look back at the interview with writer/comedian Ricky Gervais on The Hour.
Ricky is starring in, Ghost Town coming out this September.
Also on the show
Sebastian Horsley

Tuesday Aug 5

Alan Alda is timeless , I think MASH is as funny today as it was when it first aired.


Look back at Richards Branson talking with George, now see what he just revealed a few days ago...

This a song called 'Pick Yur Nose' from Ani DiFranco who is on The Hour this night.

Wednesday Aug 6
On the show
Michael Pollan Author of In Defence of Food
and

Mike Holmes

Thursday Aug 7
George interviews

Vicente Fox
and
Wyclef Jean

That's not all
There will be a post about a Simple Plan special CBC is airing Wednesday night and we will tell you more about it soon.

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Hockey Themes

This editorial cartoon appeared in the Globe and Mail on Saturday the 7th 0f June

Because it has George Stroumboulopoulos in it, we decided to talk about the HNIC theme drama.
I don't have any comments about the cartoon itself except to say I have heard George play piano
but never heard him play the pits before.

Na na Na na Na naaaa!
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I thought hockey season was over when the Habs were out of the series. For me there was no need to focus on it until next season right? Wrong, because there was hockey contest happenings at The Hour to get you in box seats with George at a Leafs game (won by Stephanie Page of QC, Congrats to Stephanie and if you need a fourth person I am not doing anything that night) Also there was another hockey contest being announced by the CBC. A contest for composers to create a new Hockey Night in Canada theme song.
Lots of drama that involve music, money, and lack there of, sports, national pride and egos.

The story changes every day. Wikipedia seems to have it covered best though.

The theme was written in 1968 by Dolores Claman, the composer that laid a golden egg by creating the Hockey Night in Canada Theme music. Good for her. It's a very stirring piece that evokes a lot of emotions for hockey fanatics and hockey casuals alike. No question it stirs excitement and pride in the hearts of many Canadians and may make some Canadians thirsty for beer...

I like to peruse the non traditional news sources like insidethecbc for their take on the growing story. On the 5th of June they reported HNIC Theme use still being negotiated
On June 6 th they reported that It's Done: Hockey night in Canada theme is gone.
On June 9th it was being renegotiated and then the same day CTV just comes out like a sugar daddy and offers the musician what she wants. A ton of money honey. What was it 2.5 to 3 Million ? Yeah thanks CTV ! You saved it for all Canadians (that have cable and get TSN). Now each time I hear the theme I will remember what it cost, and what CBC lost. To me it feels a bit tainted now. But to be honest I don't know how I will feel hearing the new theme brought about by a music contest.

You can let us know what you think of this musical drama or you can let the CBC or CTV know your views.

Now back to hockey The Hour style... no HNIC theme needed.

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Doors Open Toronto ~ The CBC Broadcasting Centre

If you happen to be in the Toronto area, you may wish to check out the very awesome Doors Open Toronto event taking place this weekend (May 24 & 25). If you are not familiar with this event, bascially it is an opportunity for the public to visit 150 buildings that are of architectural, historical or cultural relevance to the City of Toronto. One of the reasons that I love this event is that visitors can access buildings that are typically not open to the public. Admission to all buildings is free.

As in previous years, one of the buildings available for viewing will be the home of The Hour, the CBC Broadcasting Centre. Event details indicate that the sets of both The Hour and Steven and Chris will be available for tour. So if you have never been able to make it to a taping, here is your opportunity to at least check out the studio and other behind-the-scenes goodies.

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Confirmed... Season Five!

In a media release late last Friday, CBC confirmed that The Hour will return in the 2008/2009 season for its fifth season "with A-list interviews and his take on world events".

CBC's new dramas The Border, Heartland and The Tudors will return with their second seasons.

Also returning to CBC next season, our favourite Canadian comedies: The Rick Mercer Report, Air Farce Live, Little Mosque on the Prarie and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

And for the Steven and Chris fans, they will continue to "to add a little bit of fabulous to daytime programming" next season!

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