CHCH asks viewers to pledge support to LPIF

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...