Re: [IRCA] License of CHSC-1220 St Catharines ON NOT renewed by CRTC, will go silent

[Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have only heard them once, and that was 40 years ago.  This one station
aside, Canada seems to be shutting out radio to their rural users bit by
bit.

Mike

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike Hawkins wrote:
>
>> With what seems to be the Canadian government's goal of keeping anyone
>> thats
>> not in a metropolitan area from hearing radio stations, I wonder how long
>> it
>> will be before they ban AC power and force everyone to use batteries.
>>  There
>> is no way that all populated areas of the country can be served by FM
>> only,
>> and I really wonder why they are shutting down AM broadcasting piece by
>> piece.
>>
>
> This move has nothing to do with the national AM-to-FM shift in Canada.
> CHSC had been a thorn in the CRTC's side for years now, violating just about
> every rule there was to violate: it moved its studio from St. Catharines to
> the Toronto suburbs without permission, it replaced English-language
> programming with Italian shows in violation of the terms of its license, and
> it failed to comply with most of the other requirements Canadian
> broadcasters have to meet, including maintaining logger tapes.
>
> It's amazing it was allowed to go this long without getting its license
> pulled, really. Canada takes its broadcasting rules seriously, and there's
> little leeway for flagrant offenders like CHSC.
>
> s
>
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