CRTC Policy Review news for Campus and Community Radio November 3, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in radio.Tags: community-media, crfc, crtc, culture, funding, media, policy, politics, radio, radiofund
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One of the reasons I’ve been hanging out more in the physical world is that I was working on the submission of the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) to the CRTC Policy Review for our sector. One month and 22 pages later, here we are. And more than 100 stations, organizations, private broadcasters, governement agencies, and individuals submitted their thoughts as well. More information in the CRFC posting below.
CRFC Participates in Review of Campus and Community Radio
Friday, 16 October 2009
In July 2009, the CRTC launched a review of its Campus and Community Radio Policies. The CRFC filed its comments today outlining the funding reality of the sector and some possible solutions to help lessen its financial stresses. The CRFC is recommending a funding model for both the campus and community radio stations and the CRFC that includes funding from the federal government as well as Canada’s private broadcasters and distributors.
You can read the CRFC’s comments here as well as view other comments submitted here.
The CRTC hearing for this process will begin on January 18, 2010.
GroundWire September 25th edition available September 29, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in news, radio.Tags: chuo, community-media, conference, crtc, democracy, groundwire, media, ncra, olympics, paul_manly, policy, radio, union
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GroundWire is a twice-monthly dose of grassroots, independent journalism from the campus-community radio sector of Canada. It is a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA). This edition of GroundWire was supported by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and produced by volunteers in the studios of CJLY in Nelson, BC. Visit the GroundWire website or download it through the NCRA’s Program Exchange.
The HEADLINES:
- Omme Salma Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto) speaks with Stephen Moses, a striking employee and the Bargaining Unit Chairperson of Canadian Auto Workers 1000, about the Zellers/HBC strike in Scarborough, Ontario
- Catherine Fisher (CJLY Nelson) talks with Alexis Allen, President of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union about the September 22 strike vote by Nova Scotia Community College employees.
This edition includes two STATION REPORTS:
- Vivian Park (CJSF Burnaby) asks NCRA Vice President External Stephanie Kepman a few questions about the CRTC’s upcoming Campus and Community Radio Policy Review.
- The 2010 National Campus and Community Radio Conference will be held on Gabriola Island, BC. Kelly Price (CKGI Gabriola) chats with Gabriola Radio Society Board Member Kathy Ramsay about how the conference is shaping up. She also speaks with GRS Board President Ken Zakreski about Rogers Media’s application to the CRTC for the last available frequency in the region.
The FEATURES:
- The Vanrad Collective talk with Paulina Walton, who, along with other residents of the Golden Crown Hotel, has recently been served an eviction notice. Kim Kerr, executive director of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association suggests this eviction has much to do with the upcoming 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
- Amber Hieb (CHLY Nanaimo) speaks with Paul Manly, a Nanaimo-based independent filmmaker about the SPP, and North American integration. Manly’s new film is ‘You, Me and The Spp: Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule’.
The MUSIC:
- The September 25th Edition of GroundWire features music by Kathleen Yearwood, The Sinuses, Rabnett 5, and Tamara.
GroundWire Labour Day edition available September 8, 2009
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This edition of GroundWire (September 1-14) is a Special Labour Day Edition, bringing you a series of features on workers’ rights in Canada. Visit groundwire.ncra.ca or download it through the NCRA’s Program Exchange.
GroundWire is a twice-monthly dose of grassroots, independent journalism from the campus-community radio sector of Canada. It is a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association. This edition of GroundWire was supported by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and hosted by Gianna Lauren at CKDU in Halifax.
Headlines:
- Environmentalists oppose Hanlan Creek development as it threatens Guelph’s old growth forest and protected species: Libby Drew (CFRC Kingston)
- Camp Out discusses LBGTQ Activism in the Maritimes: David Parker (CKDU Halifax)
In Campus and Community Radio Station News:
- Bill C-61 Update: As parliament resumes, consider writing your MP on the Digital Copyright fight: Charlotte Bourne (CJSF Burnaby)
Labour-Focused Features for Labour Day:
- Labour History takes Comic Form: Megan Turcato (CJSF Burnaby)
- CUPW supports union drive for Dynamax Couriers: Aaron Chubb and Alex Calderaro (CJSR Edmonton)
- Drop Fees campaign has anti-poverty message for student workers: Candace Mooers (CHRY Toronto)
- Conservatives’ expansion of Canada’s Temporary Worker Program means restrictions for refugees and fewer rights for racialized workers: Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto)
- “Scrap the Live in Caregiver Program” Voices of the Filipino Community in Canada: Produced by Candace Mooers and Ashkon Hobooti (CHRY Toronto)
Don’t Believe the Hype: Your Cable and Satellite Bills August 12, 2009
Posted by MelissaHK in media.Tags: crtc, media, policy
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The CRTC announced the creation of a Local Program Improvement Fund (LPIF) in October 2008 (starting at paragraph 355) to help support local television programming in small/rural/remote areas. This summer, the CRTC also announced that it was increasing that funding. To help support the increase, an on a temporary basis, cable and satellite companies will be paying a small percentage of their revenues into the LPIF (1.5%).
However, these cable and satellite companies are imposing an increase on everyone’s bill. I would like to think that was not the CRTC’s intention.
CTV, one of the largest private broadcasters in Canada, is calling for regulation of billing practices. They will be bringing this issue up during CRTC hearings this fall. If you want to pass along your comments to them, then visit savelocaltv.ctv.ca. I’m not entirely sure, but I think the public hearing that CTV is referring may be Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-411. I believe the deadline for comments has now passed (August 10), so getting your comments in to CTV may be a good way for you to be heard.
