Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

:CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation in English. For other uses, see CBC (disambiguation).

Nicknames

As the oldest currently-operating Canadian broadcaster, and still the largest in terms of national availability of its various networks, the nickname Mother Corp and variants thereof are frequently used in reference to the CBC (e.g. http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20000807/29764.html).

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A popular satirical nickname for the CBC, commonly used in the pages of Frank, is the Corpse.

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There is also an urban legend that a CBC announcer once referred to the network on the air as the Canadian Broadcorping Castration, which also sometimes remains in use as a satirical nickname. Quotations of the supposed blooper are wildly variable in detail on what was said, when it was said or even who the announcer was, and virtually no references exist to confirm that it ever really happened.

Related Topics:
Urban legend - Blooper

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CBC has also been jokingly called BBC Canada during the 2005 lockout due to the large amount of British content currently being aired in place of the regular schedule.

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CBC has also been refered to as "the Communist Broadcasting Corporation" for its supposed left wing socialist bias.

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