New campus, community radio code of conduct turned down by CRTC

OTTAWA – The CRTC has rejected a proposed code of conduct and best practices for campus and community radio stations due to what it said was a lack of detail. The Commission said Thursday that the proposed codes, submitted by the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA), included “insufficient detail to provide appropriate guidance on matters of high standard”. After noting that the codes, in several cases, require each individual station to create its own programming policy on a given matter, the Commission said in its decision that it would be “unable to ensure that stations adhere to the high...