HAMILTON, ON – As the CRTC prepares to review the success of the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF), independent broadcaster CHCH is asking its viewers for help in maintaining the fund.
The station added a page to its website crediting its increase in homegrown content to the fund, and asking viewers to either complete a survey or contact the CRTC directly in support of local programming.
“We've added more news, sports and local programming that matters to you”, it reads. “We've been able to do a lot of what we do, thanks to a federally-mandated fund, that you pay into via your cable or satellite subscription, to support local TV. But now that fund may change, or even disappear all together.”
The Commission has scheduled a public hearing beginning April 16 in Gatineau as part of its review process. Comments are due by February 15, 2012.
