CAB to fade to black by June

By Lesley Hunter

OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters will close its doors permanently this June.CAB board chair Elmer Hildebrand confirmed the news to Cartt.ca after notifying members on Wednesday.With the majority of the group’s television membership already planning to leave the association when he was appointed in December, Hildebrand said that he focused on trying to remake the organization into one that represented radio broadcasters only.“That, for a variety or reasons, both practical and legal, didn’t work, and so it was decided to close the organization as it exists today”, he told Cartt.ca in a telephone interview. “Simultaneously, I’m working on...