Archived - Transcript Listening To 21 January 2010 Volume Four Evaluation Of Campus And Community Radio

5944 I imply if you received -- and again, using CFUV, as I just heard their example, and Winnipeg CKUW, the cash they got, they did have deliverables, they hired somebody, they did an outreach program to get extra ladies to work and volunteer at the radio station. CKUW has accomplished some superb stuff with a number of the project funding. I know if I was within the sneakers of economic broadcasters and I was giving a lump sum to an organization that did not have that accountability, I would be -- I would definitely have questions, you realize, as a lot as if CJSW got in a position where we might help out stations. Threatening cellphone calls, why do you've those folks on the radio? For plenty of our campus stations, that is a super important part of our programming. 5902 But I would say that, you know, working with community radio to make sure that they, again, have a seat at the table and that they have a chunk of real property, which I thought type of existed but I guess I was mistaken when it came to what quantity of stations came to the left facet of the dial.
5571 In addition, if in future any financial assist is considered for the non-public and public sector to maneuver into new media or digital expertise, an inexpensive quantity of funds ought to be put aside for the campus/community sector to do the same. 5557 So, for example, we totally assist maintaining the current Category three requirements in place, as well as the spoken word necessities with some clarification of this requirement for campus and group broadcasters. We consider that the current hits policy should also remain in place as an essential buffer in opposition to attempts to commercialize campus neighborhood radio, Znvaluation significantly underneath pressure from scholar societies.
We've got to maintain working a radio station after which, you know, there's new issues that of course hold coming along, new social media as properly which we wish to be part of, but it's positively a problem because you're stretching already thin assets to do it. 5599 So, for znvaluation example, the CBC -- no much less than in Victoria this was very big news, when Radio 2 I believe it was, was slicing back some of their classical programming and bringing in additional jazz and world programming. And we had several folks approach us saying, oh, well you need to now carry extra classical music, as a outcome of the CBC is going to hold less classical music. 5567 As previously talked about, Heritage Canada has informed us that they won't contemplate us for funding, neither did the provincial government settle for us for direct entry funding.
2542 We consider that ExpressVu is also the undisputed leader with respect to rising areas, corresponding to excessive definition TV and interactive TV, in addition to built-in personal video recorders often recognized as PVRs, which afford prospects more flexibility and management over their viewing experiences. High def TV represents the means ahead for Canadian broadcasting, and ExpressVu, whereas mindful of capacity constraints, intends to carry as much excessive def content as possible. In doing so, we decide to the carriage of a predominance of local Canadian excessive def providers and to undertake simultaneous substitution to make certain that Canadians are watching home excessive def companies, thereby protecting domestic program rights and advertising dollars.
And I assume it is really necessary to note here that many community radio stations aren't staffed by individuals with intensive training in these sorts of matters that you're prone to see in commercial or the public broadcasting sector. 5432 Our imaginative and prescient is to create a community of micro group radio stations serving native English-speaking communities throughout the Province of Quebec. 3701 LOOK is pleased with our accomplishments during our first licence time period. Despite difficult monetary markets, we now have substantially met the Commission's expectations with respect to the extent of our territorial coverage. We have also provided a suitable mixture of local, network, pay, specialty and other services in accordance with the Commission's entry policy, regardless of our restricted channel capacity.