jon wrote:Trent: be warned that the Fox network was NOT simulcast, but played the same music in the same order and got way out of sync as the day wore on.
TRENT310 wrote:are commercial broadcasters held to their proposed formats (proposed to the CRTC by application) or are they free to change them as they please as long as they are not subject to specialty status?
jon wrote:Finally, there are the standard requirements of a license, most notably the requirement for FM stations to play music. More than a certain percentage of Talk programming on FM requires a license that explicitly permits it.
All that said, there may be recent examples of the CRTC chiding new stations for not programming what they promised without a clause in their license specifying format. If anyone know of any, I'd be happy to dig out the CRTC material on the subject. On the other hand, a relatively recent example of a station signing on for the first time with a different format than they promised would be CFCW-FM which signed on as Big Earl, playing Contemporary Country in a Jack-FM style, when they had promised Adult Contemporary in their license application.
WheresFredTaylor wrote:I don't understand the Edson station flipping to country. You know have, within earshot...
CFCW and CISN in Edmonton, which gets fairly close to Edson.
Real Country Westlock/Barrhead.
Real Country Edson
CIXM in Whitecourt
Better yet, Real County Hinton signed on what, six months ago? So Hinton wasn't working, what makes someone think that the same station in Edson, which reaches Hinton, will have better results?
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