International Radio Report
Program
summary
Sunday, February 1, 2004
Hosts: Sheldon
Harvey and Bill Westenhaver
- Superbowl today on Team 990, in case football fans are away from
the TV
- CKUT's 2nd annual homelessness marathon, overnight Feb. 12 to 13
> Broadcasting from Café sur la rue
> Picked up by radio stations across Canada
- CFAV 1570 kHz still testing
> Recorded announcements give (450) 680 1570, ext. 110
> Not a potent signal, yet -- probably still using less than 1 kW of power
> Music is oldies, mostly in French
- Quebec Press Council says some private radio stations blurred the lines
between fact and fiction
> Patient-abuse cases at a Montreal chronic-care hospital which led to
the death of its director
- Radio Bishop's Inc. switches from campus-community to community
> 88.9 FM, 500 watts, in Lennoxville, Qc.
> Switches to comply with regulations for provincial subsidies
> Will co-operate with CFLX (In French) for fund-raising and DJ exchange
- André Arthur saga continues
> Wanted to set up network his talk show
> CRTC application withdrawn
> They'll talk about him anyway because the complaints/interventions have
piled up
- Digital DAB station in Montreal will broadcast news, weather and traffic
> Radio Canada Première Chaîne
> Adjacent channel to station associated with CBF-FM, 95.1 MHz
- Canada's private radio stations to sue the CRTC
> They say Part II licence fees are an unconstitutional tax grab
> Millions of dollars are going straight into general gov't revenues,
not for spectrum management
- All Comedy Radio coming to Toronto on Mojo Radio, 640 kHz
> From U.S. network, All Comedy Radio
> Overnight and weekends
- Community radio in Arviat, Nunavut, bans political talk
> Elections are on in the territory
> Candidates will have time to explain their views, but no call-ins, talk
- FCC imposds $755,000 fine for Clear Channel
> Sexually explicit material on Florida station
> DJ called "Bubble the Love Sponge"
> Talked about sexual acts between humans and cartoon characters
> Was chastized last year for butchering a live boar on the air
- Clear Channel selling naming rights in traffic reports
> Will mention All-State Arena instead of O'Hara Int'l Airport in reports
