CRTC Conditionally Approves Temp News Fund for Radio in Smaller Markets

CRTC sets out guidelines for commercial radio news fund - The Wire Report

The fund will be administered by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and must be functional by the end of the month. The post CRTC sets out guidelines for commercial radio news fund appeared first on The Wire Report.

CRTC conditionally approves temp news fund for radio in smaller markets

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC conditionally approved Friday a plan of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) to administer a new temporary fund for the production of radio news in smaller markets. The commission told the CAB – which pitched the plan at the request of the CRTC to fill a void in that space... Read more »

CRTC conditionally approves Commercial Radio News Fund - Broadcast Dialogue

The CRTC has approved the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) plan for a new temporary Commercial Radio News Fund (CRNF), subject to certain conditions. The conditional approval follows a public consultation undertaken by the commission late last year. Similar to the Independent Local News Fund (ILNF) for independent television stations, there was previously no mechanism specifically supporting local radio news production. The CRNF will …