GATINEAU – The CRTC’s 2006 Radio Policy is on the schedule for release this week.
That, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean it will happen this week, but radio executives have been promised the decision will be released before Christmas (so many have predictably hauled out that old chestnut which goes: CRTC = Can’t Release ‘Til Christmas…)
In case readers would enjoy a bit of a recap of the issues prior to the release, check out Cartt.ca’s extensive coverage of the May hearings below. All stories were written by Cartt.ca’s radio editor, Laurel Hyatt.
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COMMENTARY: Fifty percent Cancon is radio welfare
I LOVE MUSIC. Many kinds of music, from many different artists from many different places. Many are Canadian, but many are not.
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CRTC radio review: Frequency and ownership come to the fore
GATINEAU – The fate of AM stations is contentious among Canada’s broadcasters. Some want them to be able to flip to FM; others want the status quo.
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CRTC radio review: Music groups call for 50% Cancon
GATINEAU – Requested levels of Canadian content rose even higher on Tuesday at the CRTC’s radio review hearing, widening the gap between what broadcasters recommend and what the music industry wants.
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CRTC RADIO REVIEW: Radio yin, music yang, collide
GATINEAU – Radio needs music. Music needs radio. The relationship that is often symbiotic but sometimes antagonistic became clear Monday afternoon during the CRTC’s lengthy first day of hearings into its renewed radio regulations.
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CRTC RADIO REVIEW: It’s a numbers game; mobile radio "king kong"
GATINEAU – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters is promising to thoroughly review the effects of its proposed changes to radio regulations in three years if the CRTC implements them.
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CRTC Radio Review: Status quo or visionary plan?
GATINEAU – As the CRTC begins its long-awaited (and overdue) review of Canada’s radio policy today, one is reminded of deciding on a mortgage. Is it better to go long or short?
