CRTC completes targeted policy review of commercial radio policies

OTTAWA - The CRTC has updated a number of aspects of its commercial radio policy in an effort to ensure that its approach is simple, effective and measurable.The Commission said Tuesday that these radio policy updates will allow commercial radio to achieve the objectives of the Broadcasting Act and, ultimately, to better serve Canadians. In spite of relative stability, both financially and in terms of tuning, since the last policy review in 2006, the CRTC said that the commercial radio sector would nevertheless benefit from an update of certain regulatory and policy elements.The changes include:- A revised approach to calls for...