CRTC backs CBSC decision over innuendo during radio morning show

OTTAWA – The CRTC has upheld a ruling by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council over questionable content that aired on Corus-owned radio station CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge).A listener appealed to the Commission in February after the CBSC determined that comments made during the March 20, 2009 broadcast of The Dean Blundell Show did not violate any broadcast codes, as Cartt.ca reported. The complaint concerned an approximately 10-minute segment entitled “Wha’ Happened?” which aired at 8 a.m. The segment is a recurring contest in which callers are asked to share bizarre stories about things that have happened to them for a...