OTTAWA – The CRTC issued a notice of consultation today calling for comments to amend regulations that would exempt commercial and ethnic radio stations with less than $1.25 million in revenues to make basic contributions to Canadian content development (CCD).
The Commission says the proposed change to the Radio Regulations, 1986, would help reduce the regulatory and administrative burden on some smaller stations to report basic CCD spending, which can often require filing of extra submissions to fully document a station’s compliance on CCD spending.
The proposed change would not affect funding for Canadian music and other creative initiatives through CCD contributions, says the Commission, as funds would still be obtained through ownership transfer benefits, over-and-above contributions by newly licensed stations and basic CCD requirements for larger stations.
The change will not become effective and all current CCD requirements will remain in place until the amended Regulations come into effect at the end of the process initiated by today’s consultation notice.
Comments should be submitted to the Commission either online, by mail or fax by July 11, 2013.
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