Radio / Television News

CKAC’s racist radio

OTTAWA - "Disparaging, insulting and abusive," is how the CRTC described comments made by radio host Doc Mailloux during two broadcasts in September of 2003 and February of 2004 on Montreal talk radio station CKAC AM 730. CKAC was owned by Astral Media at the time, but has since been purchased by Corus Entertainment. Usually, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council handles complaints about Canadian broadcasters and the offensive stuff they sometimes say and show on air, but this time, the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR) wanted the Commission to deal with statements Mailloux made on air that it...