HOTSHEET Monday August 18
V.Wilcox
Please be aware that any or all of the listed programming may go into
the dumpster if the lights go out around here again.
HOT SHEET FOR MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2003
. HOME DELIVERY:
Home Delivery is a digital magazine featuring the best of
CBC Radio and Television. This week in Home Delivery...how
the descendents of Nepalese Gurkhas live as second-class
citizens in Hong Kong, why young boys in South Africa risk
their lives at initiation schools, and how a new website
matches up people who want to have affairs.
www.cbchomedelivery.com
-- RADIO ONE --
1. THE CURRENT:
This morning on The Current...the lights may be on again in
Ontario, but the blackout is casting a shadow of doubt on
emergency preparedness procedures. The Current will look at
how authorities reacted to this disaster and what lessons
should be learned. Also, why suds sales are sinking. That's
on The Current with Eric Sorensen this morning at 8:30 (9:00
NT) on CBC Radio One.
2. SOUNDS LIKE CANADA:
Today on Sounds Like Canada, how two Prairie farmers are
coping with yet another summer of drought. Guest host Terry
MacLeod also talks with the publisher of Vines Magazine
about his passion for rose wines. And Andrew Pyper's "The
Wildfire Season," a new book about the Canadian North,
forest fires and big black bears. That's Sounds Like Canada,
this morning at 10 (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
3. OUTFRONT:
Today on OutFront..."The Medium." A year ago, Quade
Hermann's mother died from a simple illness made lethal by
the accumulated damage of years of alcohol abuse. Quade is
angry with her mother and wants to finish a conversation she
can no longer have. Friends who have lost loved ones have
found solace through visits to a medium. Can Quade?
Find out on OutFront, heard at 11:45 a.m. (12:15 NT)
on CBC Radio One.
4. RICHARDSON'S ROUNDUP:
Today on the Roundup...the woman who's famous for her
portrayal of Shirley Valentine. Guest host Andrea Hunter
talks with Nicola Cavendish. Find out how Nicola mastered
the Liverpool accent, thanks to her hairdresser. As well,
the story of the woman who knew Kenny Rogers before he was
famous and how she reacted when she caught him wearing her
yellow bathrobe. this afternoon on Richardson's Roundup at 2
(2:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
5. CONNECTIONS:
Tonight on Connections...The Resurrection Drug: Sleeping
Sickness. For decades the only treatment for the fatal
disease has been a dangerous arsenic compound. Resurrection
Drug tells the story of how another, simpler treatment
became available in Africa. That's on Connections, tonight
at 7:30 (8 NT) on CBC Radio One.
6. WORKOLOGY:
Tonight on Workology, Jane and the gang take a look at
embarrassing moments on the job, including a rubber band
that went horribly off-target. It Slices, It Dices: a summer
job in high-pressure sales. Plus a look at what those
Communications folks do, anyway. Jane explains the Ins and
Outs of Benchmarking, and The Clockwatcher takes on The
Machine. Workology, tonight at 8 (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio One.
7. IDEAS:
Tonight on Ideas...Part Two of "In the Stalin Archive." In
1932 a Communist official in Western Siberia sent a letter
to Moscow enclosing a report on the appalling famine in the
villages - a famine that was not officially acknowledged.
University of Toronto historian Robert Johnson revisits the
Stalin era in the light of discoveries made since the
archives on Soviet history were opened. That's tonight on
Ideas at 9 (9:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. (CONCLUDES NEXT
MONDAY)
8. THE ARTS TODAY:
On The Arts Today...Michael Ondaatje and Walter Murch
discuss the art of editing film. That's The Arts Today, with
Eleanor Wachtel, tonight after the ten o'clock news (10:30
NT) on CBC Radio One
9. BETWEEN THE COVERS:
"The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" continues this week on
Between the Covers. It's wartime; Joey is becoming a radio
personality and Newfoundland is inundated with American
soldiers. That's on Between the Covers, in Hour One of
Richardson's Roundup, which begins at 2 (2:30 NT) and later
tonight at 10:40 (11:10 NT) on CBC Radio One.
10. NORTHERN LIGHTS:
(no advance info available)
-- RADIO TWO --
11. TAKE FIVE: ***unless otherwise noted, concerts begin at
1 p.m.****
Today on Take Five... the first of five concerts from the
Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Ontario. Today, guest
host Keith Horner presents the Gala Opening concert from the
new Charles W. Stockey Festival Performance Hall.
Clarinetist James Campbell joins the Elmer Iseler Singers
and the Brass Quintet from Hannaford Street Silver Band in
world premieres by Eleanor Daley, Gary Kulesha and Eric
Robertson. That's on Take Five, which begins at 10 (10:30
NT) on CBC Radio Two.
12. MUSIC FOR A WHILE:
Join host Danielle Charbonneau this evening for Music for a
While. She'll have a song cycle by Beethoven called To the
Distant Beloved, transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt and
played by Louis Lortie. That's Music for a While, this
evening at 6:30 (7:00 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
13. IN PERFORMANCE:
This evening on In Performance... Vancouver Early Music
presents Lutefest, with lutenists Robert Barto, Paul O'Dette,
and Stephen Stubbs. That's In Performance, with guest host
Robert Harris, at 8:00 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio Two.
--TELEVISION--
14. TAKEN:
Tonight on CBC Television, the conclusion of Taken, an epic
ten-part series presented by Steven Spielberg. Three
families embark on an awe-inspiring journey filled with
secrets of alien abduction, government conspiracy and
tangled familial relations. Taken, tonight at 8 on CBC
Television.
Bobcat
"V.Wilcox" <hots...@cbc.ca> wrote in message
news:3F3D38F5...@cbc.ca...
> Dear Hotsheet Subscribers,
>
> Please be aware that any or all of the listed programming may go into
> the dumpster if the lights go out around here again.
With her usual candour, Victoria sums up the problem of all broadcasters in
the blackout zone. Would that our politicians were that honest. And good on
you, Victoria, for showing up at the Broadcasting Centre despite the prez's
announcement (announced today by Andy Barrie on Metro Morning) that all CBC
folk not directly involved in daily live programming in the blackout combat
zones could take the day off because of traffic screwups etc.
C
What is Vicoria Wilcox's job at CBC? It can't be just posting Hotsheets.
Bobcat
My CBC Radio spy tells me that Victoria is a CBC Radio publicist, and the
Hot Sheet is just one of her daily tasks. I'm told it's a full-time job in
itself, and we see only a fraction of it here in this newsgroup. Victoria
collects audio "clips" from many network radio shows, edits them to time,
and writes announcements for them. What we see here is a version of that
copy. The first sentences are the intro to that clip, and the clip is
inserted just before the final sentence, (the "tag") - that's why that
sentence usually begins "That's [NAME OF SHOW...] The clips are fed to CBC
stations across the country for use in local programs, the copy probably
goes out on a special e-mail, and we get a condensed version of that copy.
(My spy doesn't know anything about the TV side of the Hotshot, or
Victoria's other duties.) Victoria's probably doing the job of more than one
person, typical in these days of cutbacks, and does it very well. Victoria,
you may want to correct anything my spy got wrong!
Bobcat
Dan Say
>"C" <n...@no.comm> wrote in message news:3F3E5EAD...@no.comm...
>> Bobcat wrote:
>> > "V.Wilcox" <hots...@cbc.ca> wrote in message
>> > news:3F3D38F5...@cbc.ca...
>> > > Dear Hotsheet Subscribers,
>> > >
>> > > Please be aware that any or all of the listed programming may go into
>> > > the dumpster if the lights go out around here again.
>> >
>
>
>My CBC Radio spy tells me that Victoria is a CBC Radio publicist, and the
and googling finds that she was also a farm service
writer.
V.Wilcox
Thanks for those kind words. Actually it was kind of fun around here. For one
thing, they have to keep the air conditioning going - presumably for the sake
of the equipment, not the staff. Also, it was a great excuse to take a walk on
the culinary Wild Side with a hot dog from a vending cart outside SkyDome.
Cheers,
V
Bob Haberkost
Angels, and the page referencing her link with Steve Goldberger and Sensible Shoes
says she's "the Canadian David Wilcox's little sister"....or then again, she seems to
gave spent some time in Australia...or New Zealand...or Rhode Island, but it was
later corrected that she was NOT the owner of the Holiday House near Atlanta, but
does seem to be an accomplished collie breeder in Myrtle Beach.
She's even been a character in a number of fictional works.
Bottom line, Dan, is I don't know that a google search will accurately reveal a
person's history, and while it just may be that our dear Victoria may have been a
writer for the farm service, it could well have been another Ms Wilcox. There are
two "V Wilcox"'s in Toronto alone, according to infospace.ca
Gee, with all this interest in what Ms Wilcox's role is at the Ceeb, maybe we should
form a fan club and get the real scoop.
--
For direct replies, take out the contents between the hyphens. -Really!-
"Dan Say" <Dani...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bhogcn$2cv$1...@morgoth.sfu.ca...
pete
Bob Haberkost <cbclistener-really!-@canada.com> sez:
` According to google, she's also a drummer who's played with the likes
` of Strange Angels, and the page referencing her link with Steve
` Goldberger and Sensible Shoes says she's "the Canadian David Wilcox's
` little sister"....or then again, she seems to gave spent some time in
` Australia...or New Zealand...or Rhode Island, but it was later corrected
` that she was NOT the owner of the Holiday House near Atlanta, but
` does seem to be an accomplished collie breeder in Myrtle Beach.
That is so cool. I want all that to be true. She should also have
an advanced degree in a highly technical field, and be active in
humanitarian work. Let's see... and also publish her own socio-political
satirical comic book.
` Gee, with all this interest in what Ms Wilcox's role is at the Ceeb,
` maybe we should form a fan club and get the real scoop.
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vincent@triumf[munge].ca Pete Vincent
Disclaimer: all I know I learned from reading Usenet.
V.Wilcox
I'm almost afraid to deflate my own balloon (which, by now, closely resembles
the Hindenburg).
Some of this is true: I did play drums for a number of spectacularly obscure
bands
(Strange Angels, the Cajun Ramblers, Goldie Lox & the Bagels, and a few even
more obscure). My older brother is, indeed, the talented guitarist with the
great wit and the rubber face.
I have done volunteer work for the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network and
for Toronto's Second Harvest.
I have never been east of France or south of Boston, so Australia and New
Zealand are out. And my cats would not let me have a collie in the house.
Okay, now down to the nitty-gritty: apart from the Hotsheet, which is prepared
primarily for on-air use (local shows promoting network shows, and a few
network shows doing hand-offs to the next network show, e.g. The World at
Six/As it Happens, and Radio shows promoting CBC-TV shows), I send out a set
of text-only listings to newspapers and magazines other than the Globe (which
is a formatted ad done by a wonderful graphic artist).
Along with the Hotsheet, I send sample clips from network shows which local
shows may use at their discretion.
I also produce what are called the Weekend Menus - 34 episodes of audio
(usually voiced by Jill Dempsey and Lorna Jackson) heard on weekends on Radio
One, usually just before the hourly news, in which the Voice tells you what's
coming up later. These not only add a conversational tone (am I reading my own
reviews?) to the day, but also fill the gaps that would occur in the day
because of the different relative lengths of simultaneous newscasts in
different time zones.
I also (and this may surprise regular readers of the Hotsheet, who are no
doubt familiar with my Freudian slips of the fingers) proof-read many of our
Radio press releases and ads, and I am known (thanks to a regressive religious
education) as the Grammar Bitch from Hell.
I round out the working day by taking in laundry and doing a little light
dusting...
Thanks for your interest.
Cheers,
Victoria
Andrew Sullivan
<3F44F187...@cbc.ca>), V.Wilcox <hots...@cbc.ca> wrote:
[a bunch of stuff proving -- as if it were needed -- how nifty her
background]
> Radio press releases and ads, and I am known (thanks to a regressive
> religious education) as the Grammar Bitch from Hell.
You go! The radio _rilly rilly_ needs people who can still compose a
sentence; and the relatively[1] high standard of grammar and usage
still on the CBC is what keeps me listening (even though I grouse).
Thank you! A thousand times, thank you!
[1]relative to the competition, of course.
Andrew "just one of the fans" Sullivan
Tranna
Bobcat
Victoria for responding to our speculations! She richly deserves all the
attention we've rightly paid her. Unlike her royal namesake, I think she's
been amused by our interest in guessing her identity. And three more cheers
for being one of those overworked and underpaid CBC people we normally don't
hear about or hear from - the ones who toil down on the lower decks the
leaking ship HMCS CBC, and who somehow keep it afloat despite the ineptitude
of the captain and his toadies up in the wheelhouse. - How about that
metaphor, Victoria! Do you think I can be an assistant radio publicist? Oh.
Well in that case, at least an intern? :>)
"V.Wilcox" <hots...@cbc.ca> wrote in message
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H. E. Taylor
<hots...@cbc.ca> V.Wilcox wrote:
> [...]
> I am known (thanks to a regressive religious
> education) as the Grammar Bitch from Hell.
>
Ah, now you've got to love such a turn of phrase.
> [...]
<kachung>
-het
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William Denton
: I also produce what are called the Weekend Menus - 34 episodes of audio
: (usually voiced by Jill Dempsey and Lorna Jackson) heard on weekends on
: Radio One, usually just before the hourly news, in which the Voice
: tells you what's coming up later.
I like these. Both of them have very nice voices and the interludes are
always very pleasant. Are they recorded in a bunch in advance, or during
the day, or what? Lorna Jackson sounds as if she's just hanging around,
taking a break from getting ready for the news at 6, and wanted to drop a
hint about something not to miss later.
My mother used to worry about Alan McPhee, doing Eclectic Circus every
night at 11. "I hope they have someone walk that poor man to his car.
Imagine, an old man like that, working so hard, up so late. In the winter
he'd be cold and what if his car didn't start?" I told her I thought they
recorded the show during the day, and just played it on tape. We were
both disappointed. It's always best to think that everything on radio is
live.
Bill
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William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
William Denton
: OK gang, let's give three hearty cheers for the CBC newsgroups' very own
: Victoria for responding to our speculations! She richly deserves all the
: attention we've rightly paid her. Unlike her royal namesake, I think she's
: been amused by our interest in guessing her identity.
I move she gets a regular weekly spot on Shelagh's new show in the fall,
quoting comments (even the rude ones) from the newsgroup.
Bobcat
"William Denton" <buff-...@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:iYudnWDNsoW...@giganews.com...
> Bobcat <bob_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> : OK gang, let's give three hearty cheers for the CBC newsgroups' very own
> : Victoria for responding to our speculations! She richly deserves all the
> : attention we've rightly paid her. Unlike her royal namesake, I think
she's
> : been amused by our interest in guessing her identity.
>
> I move she gets a regular weekly spot on Shelagh's new show in the fall,
> quoting comments (even the rude ones) from the newsgroup.
> Bill
I second that. Judging by how she writes to us she has a keen and ready wit,
which is greatly needed on Ceeb Radio these days.
V.Wilcox
At one point, we had even convinced some of the pros around here that Lorna and
Jill and I were locked in a fetid little cell for 48 hours, turning out these
auditory gems. But actually, they're recorded in one fell swoop, usually on Friday
afternoons.
It's often the high point of my week, chiefly because both Lorna and Jill and
talented, delightful people who vastly improve upon my prose.
I hope you're not too disappointed.
Cheers,
Victoria