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The WAVE Coming Back? (Canada)

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Jazz_Kat

I got this newsletter today, thought I would pass this along.

We’d like to wish all our wonderful Wave fans a very Happy Holiday and much happiness in the New Year. We're hoping that your 2012 will be filled with all the music that you love, as a result of our newly filed application to the CRTC asking for the frequency, 88.1FM, so that we can restore the WAVE to the FM airwaves in Toronto. We will keep you updated as the process moves along in the new year and let you know when and where to send your letters of support. Your letters will be a very important part of winning this licence for the Wave. When the time comes, we will post all detailed instructions online and will send out an email to our Listener Club database.

Once again thank you for supporting the Wave throughout this period of change by listening to wave.fm. All the best to you and yours.

Mary and Doug Kirk
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Great, glad to see it - hope everything works out for them.
 
I'm not certain I understand. The Canadian government control the format of radio stations? How can the government enforce their edicts?

For example, when does a Smooth Jazz station cross the line to Adult Contemporary or Urban Contemporary?

Even the Canadian content rule is challenging now that I think of it. How do you define Canadian? Canadian born? Someone who maintains a residence in Canada?
 
mikedow said:
Even the Canadian content rule is challenging now that I think of it. How do you define Canadian? Canadian born? Someone who maintains a residence in Canada?
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There is a whole set of rules for what is CanCon. But as far as people, you must be a Canadian citizen to be considered "Canadian."

The most common criteria that CanCon music would meet is that the performer is Canadian and the recording was made in Canada.
 
It'd be wonderful news for Southern Ontario FM listeners, as well as for the Smooth Jazz genre and artists, if the Kirks are able to bring WAVE back to FM. I hope they move the Country station to 88.1 and return WAVE to 94.7 where it belongs, and would sound best (for the sake of familiarity, jingles, etc). The Kirks are - pardon the pun - 'instrumental' in keeping this music alive & well on terrestrial radio.
 
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