CRFC awards $182K in funding to community radio

OTTAWA - The Community Radio Fund of Canada will hand out more than $180,000 to 26 campus and community radio broadcasters this year.The Ottawa-based organization said Monday that $182,815 will be dispersed through its Radio Talent Development Program and the Youth Internship Program. The goal of both programs is to develop innovative local interest programming while providing mentorship, education, and or training for broadcasters."The Community Radio Fund is all about supporting programming that matters to people in your town, your village, your neighbourhood”, said president John Harris Stevenson, in Monday’s announcement. “I'm very happy that the fund has been able to...