[mplpost] Those CanCon playlists

[Mike Bradford]

Take it from someone who did a 5:00am Sunday radio show - nobody cares.  
If they are listening then, they're drunk and requesting Stairway To 
Heaven.  I couldn't even convince my family to get up to listen...
On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 09:31  PM, Del Vezeau wrote:

>
> I was visiting the Scherzo Pub here in Kingston last night and the 
> subject
> of radio was brought to my attention by a friend of mine who has just
> released an indie album. He was trying to get me excited about this new 
> idea
> of his, namely a joint production venture of a 60 min show featuring the
> work of local indie artists. His thinking is based on this 
> understanding he
> has, which I cannot at this point confirm, that private radio stations 
> have
> a CRTC mandate to devote 1 hour of programming time per week to play 
> local
> artists. He maintains that the stations cry about their wallets and so 
> in
> effect, bypass this CRTC requirement without fear of recourse. He 
> believes
> that if a 60 min segment were produced 'out of house' and simply handed 
> to
> the station, that they would have no acceptable excuse to fall back on. 
> If
> his premise regarding the CRTC mandate proves correct, then perhaps he 
> has a
> valid idea in theory.....though a 60 min indie show at 5:00 am may not 
> be
> enough of a payoff...
> Has anyone heard of this CRTC mandate?
>
> Del
>
>
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