OTTAWA – The CRTC is set to release its revised policy on campus and community radio this week, Cartt.ca has learned.
The new amendments, which will come into effect on September 1st, will reflect determinations made in the Commission’s regulatory framework for campus and community radio released in July 2010, plus feedback from the industry.
The matters addressed by the policy include:
– the role, definition and mandate of campus and community radio stations;
– a simplified approach to licensing campus and community stations, including elimination of the campus instructional category, elimination of the distinction between Type A and Type B community stations, and revised provisions for developmental stations;
– programming requirements;
– the role of volunteers;
– a new approach to funding the campus and community radio sector through basic Canadian content development contributions from commercial radio stations and the tangible benefits packages established in ownership transactions;
– easing of limits on advertising on campus stations;
– technical matters, including the Commission’s approach to low-power stations;
– how the Commission will deal with competitive applications;
– other means of delivering programming, such as new media;
– Canadian ownership and control requirements and collection of ownership information; and
– cultural diversity.
Cartt.ca will have a full report once the decision is released.
– Lesley Hunter
