Broadcasting Act (1991) - Section 3 (1) (b)
Provides for "Public, Private and Community Elements"

Objectives for Radio

 

Public Sector

Private Sector

Not-for-Profit Sector

Represented by:

CBC/SRC Radio

Commercial

& Ethnic

 Radio

Campus,

Community&

Native Radio

Structure:

 - public agency
 - national network  
 - local/regional
     production

 - national conglomerates   
 - independent local stations

  - not-for-profit corporation    - volunteer boards  
 - unincorporated groups
 - regional networks
  - local stations

Regulatory
Mechanisms:

 - Mandated in the "Act"
 - Radio Regs (1986)
 -
PoP
 - licence renewal (2000)

Commercial Radio     - Policy (1998)

Ethnic Broadcasting     - Policy (1999)

Also
 - Radio regs (1986)
 - 
PoP, licence renewals

 Campus Radio Policy (2000)

 Community Radio
   Policy (2000)

 Exemption Order for      Native Radio (1998)

 Native Broadcasting      Policy (1990)

 Also
 - 
Radio regs (1986)
 - no PoP
 -
licence renewals

Funding:

Parliamentary grant

Advertising revenue

Mixed funding


Nonprofit Radio

 

Community

Campus

Native

CRTC

licensees

(1997):

 50 licences:
 -
39 French
 -   9
English
 -   3 Bilingual

 43 licences:
 -  
4 French
 - 
38 English
 - 
    1 Bilingual

 142 licences:
 - 
some exempt or     unlicensed
 - 
English, French and
    native languages

 Structure:

 Nonprofit corp
 Volunteer Boards
 - independent
  Community members
 
Network affiliation

 Nonprofit corp
 "Representative"
  
Volunteer Boards
 - representative of
   
Students, university,
    "station" volunteers    
    & "community"

 Nonprofit corp or  Unincorporated group
 Volunteer boards
 
Native community    members

 Network affiliation

 Regulatory  Mechanisms:

 Community Radio
 
Policy (2000)

 - Radio regs (1986)
 -
No PoP
 
- questionnaire
 -
licence renewals

Campus Radio Policy (2000)

 - Radio regs (1986)
 - No PoP
 - questionnaire
 - licence renewals

 Exemption Order for    Native Radio (1998)

 Native Broadcasting    Policy (1990)

 - Radio regs (1986)
 -
PoP
 -
license renewals
 -
registered exemptions

 Types:

 Type A: First official  language   service in market

 Type B: Existing official  language   services

 Community-based campus:  student and community  volunteer

 Instructional: training of  professional broadcasters

 Type A: No other  commercial service in  market

 Type B: Existing  commercial station.

 Exempt: New and  existing stations meeting  Type A criteria

 Funding:

 Federal:
  Secretary of State, Minority Official   Language Community   Radio

 Provincial: MCCQ  Membership
 
Fundraising
 
Ad revenue

 Student fees or memberships
 Community memberships
 Fundraising
 Ad revenue

 Federal:
  Secretary of State, Northern   Native Broadcast Access funds   for regional networks
  
Fundraising

 Programming
 Requirements:

 Type A:
 -
15% spoken word
 - 20% non-Pop (cat 21) music
   @
35% CanCon
 -  
5% Traditional music
   @
12% CanCon

Type B:
 - 25% spoken word
 -
20% non-Pop music
   @
35% CanCon
 -
  5% Traditional music
   @
12% CanCon

 Type A/B French:
 - 65% MVLF
 -
Unrestricted ads, 4 mins/hr max

Community-based campus:
 -
25% spoken word
 -
20% non-Pop music
  
@ 35% CanCon
 -
5% Traditional music
  
@12% CanCon
 -
10% selection limit for hits

Instructional:
 -
4% news
 -
30% limit on hits
 -
Unrestricted ads, 4 mins/hr max

Type A/exempt:

no programming requirements

Unrestricted ads, maximum 250 minutes/day

Type B:

Promise of Performance not a condition of licence

Unrestricted ads, maximum 6 minutes/hr.