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 contribute to so many amazing community projects again this year.”
Click here for the list of 2011 recipients. The programs are made possible by a contribution of Astral Media Radio through a CRTC contribution mechanism totalling $1.4 million over seven years.
