cbc drops the ball and ctv picks it up!!!

v.hansen.DeleteThis@sympatico.ca wrote:
> the "hockey night in canada" theme song on CBC is now officially DEAD!
>
> http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=240196&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
>
> I give it less than 5 years (when is cbc's current coverage of NHL
> hockey up for renewal?), hockey on CBC will be a thing of distant
> memory....sad really (Bob Cole aside).
>
> Vic
>
Can you imagine the outrage from right-wing conservatives yelling about
the millions of dollars spent by a taxpayer-funded institution buying
the rights to a song that doesn't even have words?
 >> Stay informed about: cbc drops the ball and ctv picks it up!!! 

I believe a few years back...they did a report that showed that HNIC is
self supporting

Jon-202 wrote:

>>
> Can you imagine the outrage from right-wing conservatives yelling about
> the millions of dollars spent by a taxpayer-funded institution buying
> the rights to a song that doesn't even have words?
 >> Stay informed about: cbc drops the ball and ctv picks it up!!! 

davehx <nospampleasesplooch29 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in news:48508468$0$4093
$9a566e8b@news.aliant.net:

> I believe a few years back...they did a report that showed that HNIC is
> self supporting
That doesn't mean it would not be a foolish waste of money to buy an over-
priced jingle. Besides, if people love the song so much, now they'll have
to watch the Habs to hear it ;)

> Jon-202 wrote:
>
>>>
>> Can you imagine the outrage from right-wing conservatives yelling about
>> the millions of dollars spent by a taxpayer-funded institution buying
>> the rights to a song that doesn't even have words?
>
 >> Stay informed about: cbc drops the ball and ctv picks it up!!!