International
Radio
Report Program summary Sunday, October 3, 2004
- Terrible weather in Florida,
Caribbean, causes havoc in for broadcasters
> Engineers, DJs, owners, stayed with local stations through
disaster to maintain signal
> Mississippi Public Broadcasting kept on the air through Ivan with
duct tape
> Emergency replacement kits being supplied to Caribbean stations
- Clear Channel proposes to reduce MW bandwidth
> Reduce co-channel interference with 5 (talk) or 6 (music) kHz
instead of current 8 or 10 kHz
> Also appears to want to make In-Band-On-Channel digital
broadcasting sound better
- Radio Canada inks deal with Radio France Internationale
> Daily broadcast across Canadian network at 11 p.m. on
Première Chaîne
> Exchange of cultural programming, too
- Ottawa radio station contest asks people to seek "Fugitive" bearing
big cheque
> One of the clues leads listeners to airport, causing hassle
> Facility needed to bring in extra police officers, security; draws
ire from management
- Radio Free Santa Cruz raided by U.S. Marshalls
> Send the radio out with its hands up, authorities demand
> Police refuse to show warrant long enough to read it
> Was waiting for LPFM licence, now will never get one (they're
officialy pirates)
- CRTC studies subscriber radio
> 20,000 to 30,000 gray-market users of U.S. satellite radio
> No royalties to Canadian companies, artists
> Hearings soon to evaluate satellite and terrestrial services
- Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek's Mr. Spock) to host radio show on American
Jewish music
