Re: [IRCA] CHSC; US FCC

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

CBC is private?  I had always thought they were a government service.
Perhaps my ignorance there.  If that's true, then they're abandoning their
users.  As most of their revenue would be generated in urban areas, I can
understand it, but it still stinks.

Mike


On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kevin S wrote:
>
> > I'm not aware that US broadcasters have that many requirements they have
> > to meet (minimums on national language and domestic material content,
> > etc.) - am I wrong???
>
> The Commission seems to be mainly concerned with Promise vs. Performance.
> If they approve what's proposed, they expect the operator to do it. This
> same scrutiny does not seem to apply to technical parameters. I mean, how
> many years now has KRXR-1480 been running 5kw at night?
>
> I may be wrong but I don't sense Canadian government duress to close down
> AM stations. CBC (CBF CBL CBM etc.) is a private corporation. I'm sure most
> others have left AM as a matter of economics (real estate for expansive
> arrays and AC power for 50kw XRs are expensive). On FM, one stick can do the
> trick and multiple bays can reduce the power consumption.
>
> Pete Taylor
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