David Faulkner wrote:
Scott:
If Canada takes its broadcast rules seriously, when can we expect
CKNX-920, which constantly operates on day power at ngiht, to get its
license pulled?
73 David
Welcome to the complex world of Canadian broadcast regulation, where
there are two parties involved. The CRTC regulates the content and
business sides of broadcasting, but technical matters are under the
oversight of Industry Canada.
Which is to say - the CRTC would get involved if CKNX wasn't playing
enough CanCon, or if it wasn't maintaining logger tapes, or if it moved
its studios to Owen Sound. But day power at night is purely an Industry
Canada matter, and with only one other Canadian station on 920, it's
pretty much up to the station in Portage-la-Prairie to complain about
any night interference from CKNX, or for some US station that's
receiving interference to start an international complaint going via the
State Department.
Otherwise, I suspect the regulators at Industry Canada aren't paying
much attention to AM stations running day facilities after dark. CKNX
certainly isn't the only offender (remember when 1110 in Sarnia *never*
went to night pattern for years on end?), and as long as the FCC isn't
cracking down on all the excess RF that US stations send north, IC
doesn't seem to be very interested in returning the favor.
s
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