Local TV Day 3 (updated): This is how dire it is; Thunder Bay stations subsisting on former owner’s life insurance

By Perry Hoffman

Commission is told small TV stations are living on borrowed timeGATINEAU - The local TV environment is so bad for some small independent over the air broadcasters that they risk shutting their doors in the coming months if they don’t get financial assistance from the CRTC. A case in point is Dougall Media’s Thunder Bay Electronics, the owner of two stations in the northwestern Ontario city.VP and GM Don Caron explained during a closing statement to the Small Market Independent Television Stations Coalition (SMITs) appearance that his two stations (a CTV and Global affiliate) have remained open only because of...