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Following a series of public hearings in the fall of 1985, the Commission released Public Notice CRTC 1985-274 entitled "Northern Native Broadcasting", in which it addressed a number of issues relating to the distribution of aboriginal radio and television services. This policy statement was based on the principles contained in the Report of the Committee on Extension of Service to Northern and Remote Communities (The Therrien Report) and, together, they have formed the foundation for Commission policy. In Public Notice CRTC 1989-53 entitled "Review of Northern Native Broadcasting: Call for Comments", the Commission announced that it intended to update its regulatory approach to aboriginal broadcasting so as to reflect the evolving role of this important segment of the broadcasting system and to articulate and clarify the specific objectives related thereto... Based on information gathered through that call for comments, the Commission released Public Notice CRTC 1990-12 dated 2 February 1990 and entitled "Review of Native Broadcasting - A Proposed Policy". In that notice, the Commission set out its position with respect to what would constitute appropriate and workable definitions of a native undertaking, a native program and native music. It proposed classes of licence for aboriginal community radio stations, and provided a framework for advertising activity and Promises of Performance. It also addressed the development of native music and the resolution of conflicts between aboriginal and conventional broadcasters. Finally, the Commission indicated that it wished to move away from the "northern" focus present in the old policy, with a view to encouraging the continued development of native broadcasting in all regions of the country.

This document sets out the Commission’s revised policy for community radio. The policy it replaces has been in place since 1992 (Public Notice CRTC 1992-38). The revised policy set out in this document streamlines the regulatory requirements by focusing on programming requirements that are simple, effective and easily measured. The Commission also seeks to give the community broadcasting sector greater scope to broaden its potential revenue sources, and to lessen the administrative burden. In developing the revised policy, the Commission considered the comments submitted on its proposed policy for community radio set out in Public Notice CRTC 1999-75... Section 3(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Act (the Act) provides for a Canadian broadcasting system composed of public, private and community elements. Community radio stations are an important element of the Canadian broadcasting system. The programming of community stations complements that offered by other types of radio stations operating in the same market. It thus offers listeners a wider choice in both music and spoken word. This programming also reflects the interests of the communities served and contributes to the diversity of the Canadian broadcasting system.

In this public notice, the Commission sets out an integrated policy framework for community-based media. The framework includes a replacement for Community channel policy, Public Notice CRTC 1991-59, 5 June 1991, a new licensing framework for community-based television undertakings and a replacement for A licensing policy for low-power radio broadcasting, Public Notice CRTC 1993-95, 28 June 1993.

This is the 1988 CRTC policy on "balance" in community access media, created as a response to a complaint concerning a program broadcast on Vancouver Co-op Radio in 1987.

This CRTC public notice detail's the Commission's 2000 policy on community-based campus radio.

Introduction: This document sets out the Commission’s revised policy for campus radio broadcasting, concluding the review announced in Public Notice CRTC 1997-105. The policy it replaces has been effect since 1992 (Public Notice CRTC 1992-38). The revised policy set out in this document provides more flexibility to campus radio stations by streamlining the various regulatory and administrative requirements to which they are subject. In developing the revised policy, the Commission has considered the written comments submitted with respect to its proposed new policy for campus radio contained in Public Notice CRTC 1999-30... Section 3(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Act (the Act) provides for a Canadian broadcasting system composed of public, private and community elements. Campus radio stations are an important element of the Canadian broadcasting system. The primary purpose of such stations is to offer programming that is different in style and substance from the programming offered by other types of radio stations... Campus radio stations are not-for-profit undertakings associated with institutions of post-secondary education. Campus radio stations rely almost exclusively on volunteers from the campus, and from the community at large, for their programming and operation. For the purpose of the policy, the term "volunteers" includes students.

William F. Fore is the author of Mythmakers: Gospel, Culture and the Media. From Christian Century, 0009-5281, August 30, 2000, Vol. 117, Issue 24.

Exerpt: SINCE CONGRESS and the Federal Communication Commision deregulated broadcasting the early 1980s, control of radio and TV stations has moved steadily into a handful of multinational corporations. During that same period, ownership of newspapers shifted from families to media giants, so that now there is almost no local ownership of papers in major markets... But the FCC has taken an action that holds considerable promise to open up communication in local communities. In January it issued a "Report and Order" creating low-power FM radio service whose purpose is "to create broadcasting opportunities for locally based organizations to serve their communities." The proposal makes licenses available for more than 1,000 low-power FM radio stations--licenses that can be held only by local, community-based nonprofit entities; no commercial groups need apply. This is a landmark decision, one which can result in a significant democratizing of communication.

By Dr. Jo Tacchi, CIRAC, Queensland University of Technology, and Eryl Price-Davies, Radio Broadcasting, Thames Valley University. Radio, Television And The New Media: Australian Broadcasting Authority Conference, May 3 & 4 2001.

From introduction: This paper emerges from what began as a tightly focussed project commissioned by the UK’s Community Media Association (CMA). The CMA began life in 1983 as the Community Radio Association. In 1997 it changed its name to allow for community TV, and to reflect the changing media environment and incorporation of new media technologies that might be used for community building purposes. Since its inception it has been fighting for the right to broadcast community radio. Finally, in the UK, after years of lobbying, the opportunity to change the broadcasting legislation and allow for a ‘third tier’ of radio broadcasting has arrived... Rather than spending time thinking about why it has taken so long, this paper hopes to make explicit the current concerns about the processes involved in legislating for, regulating and putting into practice such an ambition.

By Kerrie Foxwell, School of Film Media and Cultural Studies Griffith University. Australian Community Broadcasting Series ISSN 1445-971X Vol. 1, No. 5. September 2001.

Exerpt: Elevation of the notion of ‘cultural citizenship’ in government and sector circles is a potentially useful concept for Australia’s community radio sector. Australian governments and others have frequently applauded our nation as a place where a diversity of cultural groups manage to live in relative harmony and enjoy tolerance and acceptance of diverse beliefs, values and practices. Community radio provides grassroots access to media which re/produces, maintains, nurtures and cultivates the acceptance and representation of Australia’s diverse and multicultural society.

March 15, 2006. This is the submission from the National Campus and Community Radio Association in response to CRTC Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-1, Call for comments on Commercial Radio Review. It includes a formal proposal for the creation of a The Community Radio Fund of Canada in partnership with Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (ARC du Canada) and Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ).

1994. CRTC Decision 94-774, Bayview Avenue Non-profit Student Radio Ltd., North York, Ontario - 932267800: new campus/community FM station - denied.