I'm not sure whether I've written about this on here before, so I will write about it now.
The radio entity known as UCB Canada sucks.
When they first came on the air in Belleville in 2003, I was so excited. I thought, "Finally we're going to hear things from a Christian point of view and this station will win so many people to the Lord." However, nearly seven years on, I'm here to say that UCB Canada is horrible.
First and most importantly, they don't do anything to confront the problems of the local community. They just have a bunch of American preachers on there who mostly just talk about grace and love all the time. They don't have any local preachers on there crying out against the most prevalent sins in Belleville and the surrounding area. They should at least have round table discussions about these kinds of issues. For instance, I hear Wica is big in Belleville. Why not have a dialogue between a local pastor and a Wiccin priestess about why Wica is wrong.
The second reason UCB is so terrible is very similar to the first. They don't have any local preachers or even really any Canadian preachers on their station: just a bunch of big-time American preachers, as I said before.
Third, their news coverage stinks. Not only do they not have local news, but the newsfeed they do have is horribly biased. It is all this "let Israel blow all the Arab nations off the map, let's permanently ban from the airwaves anyone who says anything off-colour, George W. Bush is the greatest politician there's ever been, etc. etc." They supported Fred Thomson in the 2008 election, for cripes sakes! Yeah, the station in Chatam-Kent will sure win over Detroit's large Moslem population with news coverage like that.
The music is all laid-back ballads with not enough emphasis placed on big-time Christian artists.
Oh well, at least The Edge is gone. That's one good thing.
2 comments:
Just a question. Have you actually listened to the station recently? It sounds to me like you're passing your judgement on what the station was like over a year ago when they have recently really improved! Especially their news!
And surely as Christians we should all be showing grace and love and not always just telling people what they're doing wrong?
Actually, the station has gotten worse. Except for the morning show, everything is voice tracked now. According to one former employee I talked to, in a somewhat recent ratings book they were number seven in a six station market. Granted, the music is not as layed-back as it used to be, and I listened this morning and noticed that they now get their news from the Canadian Press, so that's a couple good things at least.
They still aren't doing anything to confront the problems of the local community and they still don't have any local preachers on the station.
Ah, the old grace and love ploy, which is really code for, "Only say positive things and never point out that anything is wrong with anything." If I expose the problems the station has, hopefully they can improve. If they're willing to hire me as a consultant, I'd be more than happy to graciously and lovingly help them be a better station.
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