Radio / Television News

Satellite radio decision could demolish Cancon industry, says coalition


TORONTO – The CRTC’s satellite radio decision is the thin edge of the wedge that could bring down the Canadian cultural industry, says a coalition of arts groups. That coalition (ACTRA, the Canadian Independent Record Production Association, the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the National Campus & Community Radio Association, SOCAN, the Songwriters Association of Canada, and the Writers' Guild of Canada.) is demanding the federal government tell the Commission to overturn its June 16th decision on subscription radio. Three new subscription radio licenses were handed out that day....