May I respond to that?
There is a radio orchestra in Tirana, Albania. There is a radio orchestra in Seoul, Korea. Obviously there are many. Every country that claims to have a civilized tradition of music background has had a radio orchestra. Australia had three radio orchestras. Austria has two. Germany has eight currently operating.
Why radio orchestras? It's because they can disseminate music so much more effectively than going on the concert stage. One broadcast is heard by thousands of people, not just in the metropolitan centres and not just by those who buy a ticket, but by those who sit on their farms or sit in their studios or sit at home, or even drive in their car, where they can hear music. One broadcast can reach millions at a time.
I played in the orchestra 55 years ago, and in those days we did 39 broadcasts a year. That was the job of the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra, and we played an immense number of unknown Canadian composers, people like John Weinzweig, people like Murray Schafer, people like Murray Adaskin, people like Jean Coulthard. They became the great names of Canadian music in the 20th century. They got their opportunity.
Without the CBC Radio Orchestra, who will give those composers an opportunity? Radio orchestras do so much more than can be done with a public orchestra.