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Ruling the Airwaves: The CRTC and Canadian Content
"Canadian broadcasting should be Canadian." Pierre Juneau said those words in 1970 and he meant business. The Canadian Radio-Television Commission head said Canadian broadcasters were behaving like mouthpieces for American "entertainment factories," and introduced strict Canadian content rules for radio and television. Artists, actors, executives and politicians squared off. Would "CanCon" rules create a world-class recording industry and a "Canadian sound"? Or would they promote unwatchable shows, unlistenable music and mediocre Canadian talent?
Last updated: December 17, 2012
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Sydney Lamb doesn't think so. So why does the CRTC?
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A dozen experts debate today's CRTC announcement.
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A&R representatives discuss the new rules on non-top 40 music.
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Opposing sides either plead for the CRTC to save the Canadian identity...
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Opposing sides either plead for the CRTC to save the Canadian identity...
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In this audio from CBC TV's "Encounter" Pierre Juneau discusses reason...
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Special coverage of the CRTC's 1970 Canadian content announcement.
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Anne Murray talks to Bill McNeil about what she calls the emerging "Ca...
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Patrick Watson says Pierre Juneau's laughter is starting to sound diab...
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From now on: 60 per cent Canadian television, 30 per cent Canadian mus...
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Record retailer Sam Sniderman says sales are up and bands are better.
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"Canadian Composer Magazine" editor Richard Flohill describes industry...
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Five years into the CanCon era, the successful recording artist says t...
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The Canadian music industry has had many successes - and a few failure...
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Why do Canadian kids know more about Davy Crockett than Louis Riel?
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...but few have any.
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Public and private broadcasters alike wonder where they'll get million...
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Canadian shows are a tiny voice in a global cacophony. Gerald Caplan s...
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Bruce Allen is out for blood, but others say it is a tempest in a teap...
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Bob Roper explains CanCon, and why Adams isn't.