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.
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