Marathon wrote:Aaron wrote:Formats on AM aren't regulated. It's a free-for-all as long as it remains in English.
Don't know if comedy bits count as "songs"....if they do they'll need to keep the 35% up, but I don't think so.
There's really nothing to involve the CRTC in.
Comedy bits don't count as songs
groundskeeper willy wrote:Sorry talker2002@gmail.com, don't quite understand your contention about involving the CRTC. To the best of my knowledge, there's nothing here that's violating any rule or condition of licence. Bell has an AM signal, which pretty much everyone will agree, is not exactly a ratings winner. They ran a format that, due to changing economic conditions, became unfeasible. They pivoted to something else. Are you angry because you're a sports fan and no longer have it as an option for listening? How are they "rule breakers"? Please elaborate and clarify your position and thinking on the subject.
Aaron wrote:Marathon wrote:Aaron wrote:Formats on AM aren't regulated. It's a free-for-all as long as it remains in English.
Don't know if comedy bits count as "songs"....if they do they'll need to keep the 35% up, but I don't think so.
There's really nothing to involve the CRTC in.
Comedy bits don't count as songs
Thank-you. I'd assumed so, but didn't want to go all-in on that given that I've never had to actually know.
radio knob wrote:Aaron wrote:Marathon wrote:Formats on AM aren't regulated. It's a free-for-all as long as it remains in English.
Don't know if comedy bits count as "songs"....if they do they'll need to keep the 35% up, but I don't think so.
There's really nothing to involve the CRTC in.
Comedy bits don't count as songs
Very informative. I did not know about the AM free market rules.
If Bell really was losing money on these stations then why not just shut it down? Can they walk away from the license? And selling gets you back into CRTC paperwork I assume.
Could Funny actually make money? Sure they can run it cheap but if no one is listening ad time is worth nothing.
Yes I liked the station, I tune in long distance now only on occasion and just happened to be listening that morning so it was news happening live on the air.
groundskeeper willy wrote:The regs for AM talk stations are pretty minimal, to say the least. Biggest thing the CRTC looks for is having a functioning studio for the market the signal covers, and with Bell having a dedicated control room for Funny 1040, this item gets checked off the list. But wait, you may ask, what about local programming? Isn't there some sort of regulation covering that? Since all the content being broadcast on the station originates off a hard drive in the building, it's technically all 'local programming'. If the station was simply taking a syndicated network feed and doing local commercial inserts, that would be a very different situation, but that's not what Bell is doing. Also factor in the various traffic breaks that may/may not be running during the day and whatever other interstitial content that appears on the station (voiced by a local 'host' in the building), and voila! That hurdle of 'local programming' is cleared as well.
For everybody who thinks that there's something here for the CRTC to investigate, hate to break it to you, but Bell has been running this exact format for years on the AM band in other markets. If the CRTC had any issue with any of Bell's business practices or adherence to licence conditions, it would have been tabled and dealt with a long time ago.
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