splunge wrote:The people who made the complaints have to tell the Commission that the station's response was not adequate, and request the CRTC review the situation. Granted, neither the broadcaster or the CRTC advertise that fact, but it's how you go about it.
Agreed, but what happens the second, third or fourth time? The complaint gets forwarded back to the licensee, who either sticks to their guns or makes new claims.
That's more like getting kicked pillar to post rather than dealing with underlying issues. Even though the commission issued the license, that's tantamount to hey.. don't look at us just because we've been sold a bill of goods too. Where's the teeth in that? Why is up to us as a community to fix problems at a high level at our own cost, instead of the regulator that oversees the system?
It seems to me, the commission clearly doesn't care whether a licensee is compliant or not unless people complain until they are blue in the face. They tend to renew rather than stand for appeal. Even in the face of compounded non-compliance issues.
It's been almost two decades of ill or non-compliant performance by two horrible operators and still we're faced with yet another year and a half of nothing because the
commission chooses to do nothing. Instead, upholding the license of an operator that doesn't even have a serviceable transmitter. All they've done is trade a short leash for a shorter leash, but still giving themselves enough scope to prevent getting themselves bitten.
It would be laughable, if it wasn't so pathetic.