I have to say, I'm a full on CBC radio junkie. I wake up to the Early Edition with Rick Cluff, get my culture fix listening to Q with Jian Ghomeshi, end of the day on my way to pick up my daughter it's On the Coast with Stephen Quinn, and if I'm lucky, on the weekend I'll get a little DNTO with Sook-Yin Lee. All these great hosts and shows, and this is only on Radio One - There are many more stations to this fine Canadian network.

Tuning into these great shows is easy and while CBC/Radio-Canada serves the second largest and most diverse country in the world, it would be such a loss to loose this important commercial free, national broadcaster–not to say that we would but, we need to show support when needed.

Anyone wanting to broadcast on radio or television in Canada needs a licence from the CRTC to do so. With that licence come terms and conditions to broadcast particular types of programming. In short, CBC's broadcasting license is up for renewal and needs the support of Canadians to chime in on what they think the role of a public broadcaster should be. CBC has developed a new strategy promising to provide even more Canadian content and to improve and expand it's digital platform to ensure it's growing and changing with the times. This is one of those important actions that needs the support and interest of fellow Canadians to ensure stable and predictable funding for years to come.

If you've never gotten into CBC I urge you to tune in for a week straight; you might get as hooked as the rest of the nation and learn something new, broaden your political outlook or simply find a local restaurant gem you never new existed.

Links: CBC / Support CBC/Radio-Canada