Oct. 9 deadline looming for communities who want to salvage CBC transmitters

OTTAWA - The hundreds of communities impacted by the CBC`s move to shut down 623 analog transmitters on July 31, ending free over-the-air access to the CBC and Radio-Canada, have only until October 9th to bid on the transmitters and towers. The towers can be used to distribute not only the CBC or Radio-Canada but also community TV or radio, other distant TV or radio services or even wireless high-speed Internet says Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS). "The community of Hay River, NWT has already obtained English CBC, Radio-Canada and APTN transmitters," said Catherine Edwards of...