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CKLN Toronto Community radio in Troouble?

They're not in "Troouble" They are in "Trooooooooooooouble"!
 
What's interesting, is how this points up the differences between Canadian and U.S. rules. American stations rarely make logger tapes of their shows the way Canadian stations have to (WKBW in Buffalo was the only station where I ever worked, that did it--and they did it basically because they wanted proof to document every commercial run) and there are no rules requiring they do so. Logs? Again, you need paperwork to document programs and spots run so no one is double-billed (although that is occasionally fudged since the FCC rarely looks), but there's nothing to require that you run any particular show at any particular time since content rules are also minimal. You also have to keep logs to show you kept your transmitter operating according to spec...although a lot of stations just make'em up, and operate rather casually when it comes to things like keeping to licensed power and making sure you change directional patterns on time. It's a rare occuirrence when the FCC busts anyone for operating out of license parameters. And on the few occasions it does happen, it's because another station in a distant city on the same channel blows the whistle when it's a victim of illegal interference.

US stations can sometimes be fined over failure to keep a "public file" of all non-confidential correspondence about programming, but that's really just a matter of making sure you don't toss listener letters addressed to station management before they're five years old. That's also a rare occurrence.

The one area, maybe the only area, where the US is tougher on the rules than the CRTC is the matter of language. Cuss words are no big deal north of the border (although racial, sexist and religious slurs are) but utter a naughty word on an American station and you'll find the Wrath of God, or at least the FCC, descend on you
 
Any speculation on what will happen to 88.1? Might be a smart move for the CARN people to think about grabbing it instead of pursuing 98.7.
 
The very basic fact is, logs are required to verify that the Can con regs are properly met on all radio stations in Canada. (Can Con is roughly 35% for most radio stations)

As for what will happen to 88.1 FM, The CRTC can't just toss anything on there.
If Carn wants to have 88.1, they'll have to put up a fuss like everyone else.
CKLN will most likely cry out that they deserve another chance. (regardless of decisions made)

CIUT (89.5FM) wants to get a sister station up and running on 88.1 FM, but to be fair, they claim CIUT will serve downtown Toronto and areas around there while their sister (internet) station would serve Scarborough and areas around there if they could have an FM broadcast license.

Here's their Scarborough community station: (Broadcasting from the U of T Scarborough campus):

http://www.fusionradio.ca

As strictly a guess, another possibility might be CIRR radio (103.9 FM, a radio station serving the gay community) wishing to move down the dial for a stronger signal.

Regardless, I do hope when all is said and done that 88.1 FM continues to be a community radio station of some sort, and not a commercial license.

Evanov group (owner of 103.9 FM) does fall into that as a loophole because, although they are not a campus or community radio source, they are serving a type of community. (& their lifestyle)

I'm supporting the idea of Fusion radio going FM, even if they don't get 88.1 FM. They deserve to have something...even if it's a low power of some sort.
 
Would it shock anyone if in the end, 88.1 goes to Societe-Radio-Canada to allow CJBC programming to move to FM? Wouldn't be a shock--they could mount a directional antenna on CN Tower, send a maximum 40 kW signal to the city and to the northern and eastern burbs while nulling Lake Ontario and pulling in the signal to the south to avoid interference with US stations, and reach everyone they're reaching now. They've wanted to go to FM for a long time, tried 98.7 and found it didn't do the trick (CBC Radio One clobbers anything that close on the dial) and this looks like the ideal place to be.

When CJBC leaves 860 AM, CFRB has automatic right of first refusal to the channel by law, since the government bumped it off that piece of prime real estate in 1946 to make room for CJBC in the first place. My guess is it'll take it, go non-directional on 860 from Mississauga by stretching one tower and knocking down the other three, and escape all that interference to its secondary contour from WINS.

Then WINS (which would become prime signal on the channel east of the Rockies) would also be able to go non-directional on 1010 from the Jersey marshes and get extended coverage in the NYC burbs, north Jersey and up the Hudson Valley. One more omnidirectional blowtorch in the Big Apple for CBS News...give 'em 22 minutes, they'll give you the world...
 
Bob1370 said:
Would it shock anyone if in the end, 88.1 goes to Societe-Radio-Canada to allow CJBC programming to move to FM?
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At that rate, why not have 105.1 FM cry foul! They are a french community radio station that could use a better signal!
I highly encourage the idea that 88.1 remain in the hands of community radio. I'd prefer an English language station, but if 105.1 gains the right to move down the dial...so be it.

105.1 FM Toronto (CHOQ) ----> http://www.choqfm.ca/accueil/
 
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