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FM RADIO IN CANADA -
A POLICY TO ENSURE A VARIED AND
COMPREHENSIVE RADIO SERVICE.
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PART
FM Radio in Canada
A Policy to Ensure a Varied and Comprehensive Radio Service
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
What This Document is About
Background
The Development of Canadian Radio Broadcasting
Concerns About Radio
3 Excellence in Radio
Summary of Measures Adopted by the Commission
ENSURING THAT FM SERVICE IS DISTINCT FROM AM SERVICE
Introduction
Distinctiveness of FM Programming - "Foreground"
Programming - Content Categories
5 Program Format - Program Content
: Classification of Program Format
: Examples of "Foreground Format"
-Measures Relating to Common Ownership of AM and FM Stations
é Prohibition of Simulcasting
Creation of Separate Classes of Licence for
Independent and Jointly Owned FM Stations
: Separate Call Letters
Syndication of FM Programming
Restriction on Commercial Interruptions in FM Newscasts
Reduction of Maximum Commercial Time on FM Radio
Measures Relating to the Technical Reception of FM Stations
; Stereophonic Broadcasting
. Quadrophonic Broadcasting
: AM-FM Set Capability
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PART III THE PROMISE OF PERFORMANCE
1. Introduction
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New FM Application Form
Conditions of Licence Relating to the Promise of Performance
Publicizing the Promise of Performance
Provision of Program Logs and Tapes
2. Completing the Promise of Performance
Section A: Language of Broadcast Programming
. Section B: Network or Other Affiliation
: Section C: Duration of Programming in Each Content Category
- Section D: General Policy and Plans - Spoken Word
: Section E: General Policy and Plans - Music
: Section F: General Policy and Plans - Promotion and Advertising
: Section G: Canadian Content
: Section H: Automation
: Section I: Format of Programming
: Section J: Scheduling of Programming
3. Other Important Issues Relating to FM Radio
Carrying CBC Programs on Private FM Stations
Correcting Imbalances in Radio Service in Centres
such as Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto
Community and Other Non-Commercial FM stations
First Local Radio Service on FM
4. Implementation of the FM Policy
Public Hearing Cammencing March 11, 1975 to Discuss Regulations
Phase One - Interim Licensing Period -
Requirement to Revise Programming Plans
Phase Two - Final Implementation Stage
January 20, 1975.
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PART I INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
1. What This Document is About
This document sets out the Commission's objectives and requirements
for the development of FM radio in Canada. It does so in the broader
context of a general discussion of sound broadcasting because the Conmmis-
sion considers that there must be a balanced development of all sound
broadcasting in order to permit each element of it to make a distinctive
contribution to the fulfilment of the objectives of the Broadcasting
Act. In this connection, the Commission reiterates the statement made
on this subject in its "Proposal for an FM Radio Policy in the Private
Sector", dated April 19, 1973:
Each kind of broadcasting has its own unique characteristics
and possibilities. Whether it be public or private television,
or public or private AM or FM radio, or local origination on
cable television systems, the fundamental problem remains the
same: how does each kind of broadcasting suitably and
distinctively contribute to the fulfilment of the Broadcasting
Act's objective of providing diverse programming using
predominantly Canadian resources?
Whenever new licensees have entered the broadcasting field, or
when established licensees have encroached on the service
provided by other licensees, the Commission has referred to the
principle, flowing from the adbjectives of the Canadian broad-
casting system set out in the Broadcasting Act, that broadcasters
should complement and extend available programming, and avoid
unnecessary duplication of service.
The Conmission applied this principle in licensing second and
third Canadian television services, in licensing student under-
takings, and in encouraging local origination on cable systems.
It used the same principle in deferring approval of CBC Radio I
and II plans, basing its decision in part on the inherent risk
that public radio might become nerely an imitator of the style
of radio in the private sector. This same principle is, in the
opinion of the Commission, of paramount importance in evaluating
proposals for ensuring that AM and FM radio serve different
programming needs within the Canadian broadcasting system.
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23 Background
The Commission has been concerned to establish an appropriate FM
policy since its creation on April 1, 1968.
On May 28, 1968, in one of its first announcements, the Conmission
denied applications for four new FM stations, stating that the "applicants
did not undertake to provide significantly new or different programming
Opportunities to the communities concerned. FM channels are public assets,
and the Commission is determined that they be developed in such a way as
to contribute to a more varied program service which will complement and
enrich services already available from existing stations". The Commission
also stated that "a study of FM broadcasting will be undertaken to ensure
its orderly development".
The Commission has held two public hearings and has received hundreds
of briefs and letters. In order to put this document in perspective, a
summary is set out below of some of the major actions relating to FM policy
taken by the Conmission to date.
On June 10 to 13, 1969, the Commission held a public hearing in Montreal,
inviting members of the general public, broadcasters and other interested
parties to comment on the role of FM broadcasting in Canada. Concerns
raised by the Commission at the hearing included: the growth and develop-
ment of the FM band from a technical viewpoint, new licensing policies
for FM and program content on FM in light of the objectives for the
Canadian broadcasting system set out in the Broadcasting Act.
On April 19, 1973, the Commission released "A Proposal for an FM Radio
Policy in the Private Sector", a document setting out the Commission's
proposed policies regarding the licensing and regulation of private FM
radio in Canada. In June, this document was supplemented with a proposed
new set of content categories to be applicable to AM and FM radio pro-
gramming.
On October 29 to 31, 1973, the Commission held a public hearing in
Ottawa to consider representations on its "Proposal for an FM Radio Policy
in the Private Sector" and its suggested new program content categories.
At this hearing, representatives of the general public, FM broadcasters
and other persons interested in the development of FM presented briefs
and were questioned by the Commission.
Over the past three years, although the Commission has purposely not
licensed any new commercial FM stations pending the development of its FM
policy, it has considered and approved a number of applications for non-
commercial "community FM" stations. Applications for FM stations were
approved by the Commission for Kitchener in 1973, and Vancouver, Montreal
and Chicoutimi in 1974. An application for a "student FM" station for
Quebec City was approved in 1972. A similar application for Winnipeg
was the subject of the Commission's public announcement of July 19, 1974.
The present document, together with the proposed amendments to the FM
Regulations and the draft FM application form issued with it, set out the
Commission's final determination, following the steps noted above, of its
basic licensing and regulatory policies relating to FM in the private
sector.
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36 The Development of Canadian Radio Broadcasting
Radio broadcasting in Canada is developing in such a way that Cana-
dians could well be in the enviable position, as appropriate policies
are developed and implemented, of having four different kinds of radio
service to choose from:
Public-AM Public-FM Private-AM Private-FM
Within the public sector, there is the paramount countrywide role of
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the provider of the national
broadcasting service. There are also a small number of radio services pro-
vided by educational bodies licensed by the Commission pursuant to order-
in-council P.C. 1972 - 1569. In the private sector, in addition to the
services provided by a large number of private commercial stations, there
are the distinctive services provided by community and student FM stations.
There are of course gaps in these services which will persist into the
foreseeable future. Nevertheless, it is useful to identify these four dis-
tinct types of service as a means to develop policy alternatives and to
Clarify long-term objectives.
CBC AM network services, both English and French, reach all but a
very small percentage of Canadians. However, in many instances, only a
limited number of hours of CBC network service are provided by private
stations affiliated to the CBC networks. This is the case even in som
large commmities such as London, Kingston, Rimouski and Sudbury.
CBC FM network service is in an early stage of development as far as
coverage of the country is concerned.
In the case of private AM service, Canadians are again served very
extensively. Here too, though, many areas have little or no choice of
programming because of the lack of multiple station service. In addition,
some Canadians do not have local radio service in their own language. This
is the case in northeastern New Brunswick, for example, where a large pro-
portion of the population is French-speaking. Likewise, remote areas in
the far North receive no local radio service and have no access to a local
radio facility.
As for private FM service, it is very unevenly developed throughout
the country.
In these circumstances, the challenge that faces Canadian radio broad-
casting is to ensure:
l. that there are clear distinctions between each of the four
different services, and
2. that as many Canadians as possible have access to as complete
a choice of service as public funds and commercial revenue make
possible.
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In its public announcement of October 18, 1973 on CBC radio policy,
the Conmission noted the steps taken by the Corporation to ensure the
maintenance and strengthening on both CBC-AM and CBC-FM of a full range of
programming which would be distinctly different from that available on
private radio.
While the regulations now proposed by the Commission, together with the
new FM application form, will apply to the CBC, most of the objectives and
requirements of this document are applicable only to FM radio in the private
sector. Because of the nature of its mandate and its greater resources,
however, the Commission would expect that the performance of the CBC would
exceed most of these requirements.
The Commission's objective is the maintenance and development of two
distinct CBC radio services in accordance with CBC policy, the maintenance
and development of a lively private AM sector, and the addition of a new
style of private radio on FM. It invites all those in the Canadian radio
broadcasting system to cooperate in creating a choice and quality of radio
broadcasting for Canadians that will fulfil the objectives of variety,
comprehensiveness and high standards established by the Broadcasting Act.
a. Concerns About Radio
Many groups and individuals have expressed their dissatisfaction with
what is now available to them on private radio. The deficiencies most
often mentioned at the Commission's public hearings, in correspondence
and in discussions relating to radio include the following:
_ radio is loud and strident
- radio lacks substance; it is trivial and uninteresting
= radio music is limited in scope and is noisy and repetitive
a radio is unduly commercialized
- radio is imitative; it sounds the same everywhere
- radio news presentation is repetitive, mechanized and too
compressed
- radio entertainment programming is limited
- radio personalities are not involved in program development.
It would be unfair to contend that these criticisms can properly be
applied to all private radio stations. Moreover, it must be recognized
that, to a certain extent, the present situation arises from the very
decentralization which is such a striking feature of the Canadian radio
broadcasting system.
In most parts of the world, radio is highly centralized in terms both
of administration and operation. So is television. In a country the size
of Canada, a decentralized radio system has very real advantages, for
example, in providing a local service to the many communities where there
is not even a local newspaper. But, as in all things, there is a price to
be paid and, in the case of private radio in Canada, this has taken the
form of a certain standardization of programming.
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It is essential to maintain the advantages of this distinctive Canadian
radio system in moving to correct its imperfections. Thus the essential
extension of physical facilities in Canada must be balanced by a judicious
insistence on a growing quality and diversity of progranming.
It is the responsibility of the Commission to recognize the very real
contribution made by private radio in Canada, evaluate the criticisms made
of it and to ensure that private radio makes a distinctive contribution to
the attainment of the objectives of the Broadcasting Act.
As noted by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in its presenta-
tion at the FM hearing in 1973:
The development of the FM band should not result simply in
the multiplication of services. We believe that it is
necessary to elaborate new concepts of production and service. .
FM should be. . . universal in its appeal, and I mean by that,
Open to everybody, with a very great choice of programs .
Excellence in Radio. Radio broadcasters, as all broadcasters, are
charged in the Broadcasting Act to achieve high standards. The Commission
Wishes to see objectives developed in this area which are more than pious
hopes and which will lead to the achievement of excellence.
There is little hope of excellence in radio if, for instance, a station
simply retransmits material originating elsewhere that has little or no
Significance for its audience. There is an absence of life, of identity,
of authenticity where creative individuals do not actively communicate
with their audience. Conmercial background music in a supermarket may
or may not be calming and useful, but it hardly qualifies as a radio
service as envisaged by the Broadcasting Act.
I am introducing here the idea of technological change
which has affected the operations of radio. Everything
can be pre-recorded, even voices, interviews, and so
forth. Who cares if minute after minute, hour after hour
it is good, agreeable and varied. What is missing is the
life, the soul, the direct voice contact. The whole
difference is the origin of the program. Hence, the main
complaint is that the FM station is not a point of origin
of the program - it is merely a transmission station of a
program originating . . . elsewhere.
Dr. Pierre Camu
President of the CAB
FM of the Future Seminar
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Excellence arises out of a conscious effort to present the best in
any field - whether the best popular music or classical performance, the
best literary work, or the best critical comment. The Conmission believes
that the best can readily be distinguished from the trivial by expert and
public alike, and that indifference to the existence of such standards is
a basic disservice to society.
High quality service exists where conscious attention is paid to the
craft and profession of broadcasting at every level - from management and
policy direction to the care taken by technicians and on-air hosts. These
are all identifiable factors in what can be termed professional standards
of radio broadcasting.
Radio stations which live by such standards are distinguished by
the fact that they know their audiences, and broadcast information and
entertainment that not only meet but also broaden tastes and needs. Such
Standards are basic to the role of radio as a distinctive and significant
element of the Canadian broadcasting system.
In this context, radio programming cannot be permitted to remain in
limited-subject ghettos. An average of seventy-five percent of’ radio
programming is recorded music, and yet only a fraction of the recordings
available is ever broadcast. When compared to the diversity of material
that is available in bookshops, record stores, magazine racks, or in the
events listed on newspaper entertainment pages, radio is a limited vehicle
of expression. Radio must expand its offering of content with new
Opportunities for public discovery and appreciation of a greater spectrum
of music and the spoken word.
Diversity is a critical factor in determining the richness of a
society's culture. In radio, the size of a record library and the usage
pattems of recordings within a variety of formats are anong the nore
important aspects of the cultural fimctioning of that medium. ‘The
Commission is convinced that such characteristics can be rationally
assessed and systematically and progressively developed.
It is an objective of the Broadcasting Act that radio, as part of
the Canadian broadcasting system, should provide programming which is
varied and comprehensive, of high standard, using predominantly Canadian
creative and other resources. The disparate groups in Canadian society
deserve to have available on their airwaves a clear choice of different
kinds of programming which recognize their particular needs and concerns.
Radio should serve the public when it wants to be entertained, and also
when it wants to be informed or enlightened.
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5. Summary of Measures Adopted by the Commission
In pant II of this document, the Commission sets forth a number
Of measures in connection with defining a noke for FM radio which
4s distinct from AM radio. Under this heading, the Commission
PHOPOS OA:
1. to nepkace the requirement that FM stations devote 20% of
their programming to material in the "Arts, Letters and
Sctences" category with the requirement that a percentage
Of programming be in a "foreground" or audience-involving
format;
2. to repkace the present program content categories with a
comprehensive new set of program content categories apolic-
abke to both AM and FM radio and to use such categorirs to
determine how and to what extent program content commctments
Set out An promises of performance made by applicants will
make a distinctive contribution to the balance, di versity
and comprehensiveness of the programming service available in
the community to be served. This will be of particular impor-
tance in areas Such as Montreal, for instance, where, due to
historical circumstances, a Lack of balance has developed;
3. to refuse to perumit FM Licensees who hold an AM Licence in
the same community the continued use of two public 4requen-
cies unless substantial efforts are made to offer an FM ser-
vice that 4s distinctively dfferent from usual AM prAogramm-
ing and that adds to the other radio services available in
the community;
4. to create separate ckhasseds of Licence for holders of an FM
Licence who hokd an AM Licence in the same community ("joint
FM Licences") and holders of an FM Licence who do not hold
an AM Licence in the same community ("independent FM Licences”)
and to impose upon holders of "foint FM Licences" requirements
nespecting "foreground format" programming and commercial
messages which exceed those for hokders of "independent FM
Licences";
5. to prohibit simulcasting between AM and FM stations except
in Speciak circumstances as permitted by condition of Licence;
6. to require joint FM Licensees to broadcast on a daily basis
a statement outlining their rekationship to the associated
Loaak AM station;
7. to encourage the syndication of FM material in a "foreground
format" ;
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10.
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to prohibit the entering into or renewal of contracts between
FM Stations and outside fiuns or consultants respecting the
provision of certain prerecorded matter;
to prohibit FM stations from intervupting the fist ten minutes
Of any toca te by commercial messages on public service announce-
ments; an
to Set maximum Limits for the broadcasting of commercial messages
during any clock hour, and during three six-hour periods during
the broadcast day, with a Lower Limit set for joint FM Licences
than for "independent FM Licences".
In Part III of this document, the Commission has set forth a num-
ber of measures relating to the requirement that FM Licensees establish
Andividual roles which distinguish themselves from each other. Here
the Commission proposes to institute a nevised procedure relating to
the granting of new or renewed FM Licences. In particular, the Com-
MASLON PAOPOS eS:
kes
to issue and require all applicants for new or renewed FM Licences
to complete a new FM Application Form, containing a Part II en-
titked "Promise of Performance", which sets out commitments re-
kLating to their proposed broadcast service in ten specific areas
Such as news and information, involvement of the community, use
of music, advertising, Canadian content, the use of automation,
and the format and duration of programming;
to attach the Promise of Performance to each Licence issued by
4t and to nequine Licensees by conditions annexed to their Li-
cences to "make all reasonable efforts in good faith to sub-
stantially fulfil" each commitment in the Promise of Performance,
and to obtain the prior approval of the Commission before broad-
casting for a period Longer than four weeks any programming which
constitutes a substantial variation from any of the commitments
in the Promise of Performance;
to nequine Licensees to broadcast at Least once a week in a prime
Listening period an announcement respecting the availability of
the Licence and the Promise of Performance and conditions attached
to it for inspection by the public; and
to nequine FM stations, as is presently the case with AM stations,
to keep a tape of all matter broadcast by the station for a period
of at Least four weeks.
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- 9 -
The document then deats with other issues relating to FM radio,
dnekuding the carriage of CBC programs on private FM stations, cor-
necting imbalances in service in centres such as Montreal, Vancouver
and Toronto, "community" FM stations and situations where first Local
nadio service is proposed to be provided on FM.
The document conckudes with a scheduke which the Commission pro-
posed to follow in carrying out the implementation of the policy. Of
particular note in this regard is the intention to hold a public hear-
ding of the Commission, in Ottawa, commencing March 11, 1975 to con-
Sider the proposed amendments to the AM and FM Broadcasting Regulations
and the draft FM Application Form.
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= 10 =
PART IT ENSURING THAT FM SERVICE IS DISTINCT FROM AM SERVICE
Ly Introduction
With the advent of television, Canadian radio, with the principal excep-
tion of the CEC, drastically reduced "foreground" programming, that is program-
ming requiring active attention on the part of the audience. It was assumed
that the vast majority of the radio audience is "on the go" and that people
listen sporadically, using radio as background for other activities.
The Commission considers that this assumption has prevented radio
from developing programming types and forms to meet other kinds of
listening needs. It is not convinced that all listeners are permanently
unable to devote longer periods of time to listening to more engaging
radio programs. The disavowal of "foreground" programming has led to radio
programming which is imitative rather than innovative. Radio schedules
composed of records, chatter and capsule news do not meet the range of
interests, lifestyles and cultural patterns of all Canadians in different
communities and regions.
The Commission's primary objective for radio programming is therefore
to make it more diverse in both form and content and more responsive to a
greater variety of listening needs, audience lifestyles and commmnity
interests, in order that it may provide what one commentator has called
"islands in the sea of recordings”.
The Commission's policy proposal dated April 19, 1973 stated that
radio which basically reacts to and reinforces our immediate tastes and
needs should be supplemented by radio which actively expands the horizons
of our knowledge and extends our interest and appreciation of new forms of
entertainment, enlightenment, and information. The proposal also spoke of
a kind of radio which would try to anticipate our tastes, deepen our
interests, activate our imaginations, and develop knowledge and appreciation
of our spoken and musical heritage. To accomplish this will require a
reorientation and extension of content and format in radio broadcasting.
Canada's cultural heritage arises out of the interesting and
challenging facets of life in our different communities. Port Aux Basque
is not Victoria, for one is conditioned by the Atlantic Ocean and the
other by the Pacific. Radio in Moose Jaw or Prince Albert must respond to
the harsh reality of winter weather in a much different way than radio in
Thunder Bay, Quebec City, Moncton or Montreal. A blizzard in a metropolitan
area may be a traffic inconvenience but it can be a matter of life or death
to a prairie traveller. A choice of broadcast music to listen to in Toronto
will be supplementary to other opportunities of hearing it, but it may be
the only source available to residents of remote localities.
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The historic development of FM broadcasting in Canada favours it as
the instrument to initiate more comprehensive and diverse radio programming
in the private sector:
- FM has developed largely as an adjunct to established AM
stations, providing the opportunity for cross-subsidization
of new forms of radio services }
- Since the opening of the FM band in the 1930's there has been
a widespread expectation that FM would provide an alternate
radio service of higher quality;
- FM frequencies are virtually the last we have as the AM
spectrum has become increasingly congested and prone to
interference, particularly in the night-time hours;
. FM has superior sound transmission characteristics and, at
the same time, can cover large areas with considerably less
power than AM; and
- §M is ideally suited for development of altemate approaches
to radio, both by large metropolitan licensees and by broad-
casters who want to exploit its potential for economical
coverage of smaller areas.
The Commission wishes to see a rapid expansion in the number of FM
stations available to Canadians, both independent and jointly owned, in
order to provide increased diversity of programming choices. But this can
only occur if private broadcasters establish new progranming patterns on
FM, and significantly decrease the present almost total dependence of IM
on a limited repertoire of recorded music which is often of a type that is
difficult to differentiate from that available on AM.
The Commission reiterates that there is a great danger that Canadians
will continue to increase the number of outlets and channels available for
broadcasting without making provision for the increase in productive and
creative capacity which is essential if these outlets and channels are to
be utilized by Canadians for Canadians. If the means of distribution are
increased without, at the same time, a significant increase in original
Canadian production, the Canadian system will simply become a sophisticated
delivery system for easily obtainable hamogenized foreign material. The
expansion of FM in Canada must be accompanied by the expansion of imaginative
and creative resources and capacity in Canada.
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2. Distinctiveness of FM Programming - "Foreground" Programming -
Content Categories
Pro Format - Program Content. The programming service available
on FM stations can be clearly distinguished from AM programming service
by developing different approaches to the scheduling, pacing and organ-
ization of programming and by providing a choice of content not available
on AM stations. Listeners should be able to hear on FM at various, regu-
lar, properly promoted times, programs with a sense of form and purpose.
As CFMI-FM noted in its brief presented to the Commission at the 1973
public hearing on FM policy:
We agree that structured programs of special appeal
can be scheduled successfully within daily programming
fare, but it must be done carefully. We hope that FM
stations will have the opportunity to target their
programming, and then provide diverse services to that
target audience, recognizing that such programming
must provide an alternative, if possible, in the market.
The so-called "rolling formats" of AM are based on the assumption that
listeners are "on the go" and are only "available" for limited and irregu-
lar time periods. The Commission considers that the needs of these audi-
ences are in the main being provided for by existing AM outlets and, ex-
cept for FM stations which are the first or only service in a commnity,
the Commission will discourage the use of rolling formats on FM.
"Foreground" programming, or the type of programming that demands much
closer attention from its audience, caters to the needs of listeners who
work unusual hours or are at home, students, people in retirement or at
leisure or those who seek a more involved listening experience. A program
of this type can be described as a significant period of time reserved for
the presentation of material with an essential wmity of content or form.
Areas of concern, range of content, and editorial policy must be clearly
identifiable.
In order to ensure that there will be a substantial amount of this
type of progranming on FM, the Commission has decided to revoke the re-
quirement that FM stations devote 20% of their programming to material in
the "Arts, Letters and Sciences" category and, instead, to require that
FM stations in Canada devote a certain proportion of their broadcast time
to the presentation of material in a "foreground format".
Furthermore, as mentioned in the policy proposal of April 19, 1973,
the Commission proposes to replace the present content categories with a
comprehensive new set of program content categories applicable to both AM
and FM radio. These categories are included in the proposed amendments to
the AM and FM Broadcasting Regulations issued with this document and are
further discussed in Part III of this document in relation to the Promise
of Performance.
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"FM RADIO IN CANADA, A POLICY TO ENSURE A VARIED AND COMPREHENSIVE
RADIO SERVICE", DATED JANUARY 20, 1975.
Page 13, last paragraph, first sentence should read:
"Under the proposed regulation, FM stations will be
required to devote a certain percentage of the broad-
cast time between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight, in each
broadcast week, to presentations in the "foreground
format".
ERRATUM
CORRECTION AUX VERSIONS FRANCAISE ET ANGLAISE DE L'ENONCE DE
POLITIQUE DU CRTC "LA RADIO MF AU CANADA, ENONCE DE POLITIQUE
POUR UN SERVICE RADIOPHONIQUE DIVERSIFIE",." BN BATE DU 20 JANVIER
1975.
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MF devront consacrer un certain pourcentage de leur temps
d'antenne, entre 06.00 et 24.00 heures, au cours de
chaque semaine de diffusion, 4 des présentations de
formule "premier plan".
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detailed and extensive than those now in use, will stimulate a broader
range of high quality programming on both AM and FM radio and contribute
to the establishment of a clearly distinct style of FM programming. Using
these categories, the Commission will examine FM applications to determine
to what extent the program content commitments set out in promises of per-
formance will make a distinctive contribution to the diversity of programming
service available in the community proposed to be served.
It is the purpose of these regulations to ensure the achievement of the
goal that all FM stations devote a substantial proportion of time to pro-
grams which are of a "foreground" or audience-involving nature and provide a
programming service the content of which is distinctively different from
that available on AM stations.
Classification of Program Format. For the purposes of its "foreground
format™ regulation, the Commission has defined four kinds of program formats:
"gramophone format", "rolling format", "foreground format" and "mosaic format".
Each format may be briefly described as follows:
GRAMOPHONE FORMAT. This format consists of the presentation of musical
compositions without any discussion by an announcer of the nature or quality
of the music. In other words, music is presented with nothing more than
label information - for example, the name of the composition and the name
of the writer or performer.
ROLLING FORMAT. This format is the same as gramophone format except
that it is also characterized by the presentation of so-called "surveillance
material", such as, time and weather announcements, made at frequent
intervals.
FOREGROUND FORMAT. This format is characterized by the presentation of
one particular theme, subject or personality for at least fifteen minutes
without interruption by unrelated matter except station or program announce-
ments or advertising material. It is also defined to exclude any progranming
in a gramophone format or in a rolling format.
MOSAIC FORMAT. This means any other kind of format of presentation of
program material.
Under the proposed regulation, FM stations will be required to devote a
certain percentage of the broadcast time between 7 a.m. and 12 midnight, in
each broadcast week, to presentations in the "foreground format". In the
case of FM stations which are commonly owned with AM stations in the same
comunity ("joint FM licences") this requirement will be twenty-five per
cent. Independently owned FM stations will be required to devote sixteen
per cent of the same time periods in each week to material in the "foreground
format". The requlation will not apply to FM stations which constitute the
first local radio service in their communities, for which a separate class
of licence will be created.
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The Cammission expects that each station will also schedule material
in the foreground format at reasonable hours throughout the day and week
and it will review the station's Promise of Performance with this in mind.
Listeners may be offered more than one occasion to hear programs of ex-
ceptional quality and interest through the use of repeats. FM stations
can develop and encourage new patterns of listener loyalty through active
promotion and publication of detailed program schedules. It is obvious
that diverse and imaginative programming will be wasted unless special
efforts are made to inform the radio audience of its availability.
Examples of "Foreground Format". The "foreground format" regulation
does not require FM stations to devote specified periods of time to any
particular subject or topic. What is required is that the subject or topic
chosen by the broadcaster be dealt with at more length, with more care and
with more thorough preparation than is common in present AM formats. The
following list provides examples of five types of programs which would
qualify as "foreground format" under the regulation.
THEME PROGRAMS - in which existing material is selected and arranged
for broadcast with a significant amount of commentary or explanation:
: recordings of an individual group, artist or composer
. recorded music devoted to the various forms of a particular
musical genre (religious, jazz, classical)
: news supplementation utilizing wire-service copy in a specific
subject area (business, labour, medicine, science, agriculture)
. lengthy, prepared interviews
EVENT COVERAGE PROGRAMS - in which local events are transmitted at
length on either a live or tape delayed basis:
: city council meetings
4 a seminar or symposium
: public discussion of a controversial matter such as a land-
zoning proposal or a new structure of mmicipal government
: local sports events with descriptive commentary
STAGED PRESENTATION PROGRAMS - in which the station broadcasts events
of a cultural or entertainment nature:
5 musical concerts (symphonic, folk, country, rock)
: a drama, intended or adapted for radio broadcast
: a community festival, fair or celebration
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- recordings of verbal or musical material of various artists
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STRUCTURED PROGRAMS - in which there is thoughtful preparation,
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3. Measures Relating to Common Ownership of AM and FM Stations
Although a small number of FM stations in Canada are independently
owned, the overwhelming number of such stations are owned by licensees of
AM stations in the same community. In its licensing decisions, the
Commission has not permitted any person or organization to own more than
one AM station or one FM station in any market, except when necessary to
support a minority language service. But the Commission has permitted and
will continue to permit licensees of AM stations to hold FM licences in
the same community, as long as such licensees develop distinct FM programming
consistent with these proposals.
The Commission reiterates that it is unwilling to permit FM licensees
who hold an AM licence in the same community the privilege of controlling
two scarce public frequencies unless substantial efforts are made to offer
on FM a service that is distinctively different from usual AM programming
and that adds to the other radio services available in the community. The
widespread tendency to use FM stations as mere accessories to profitable
AM operations, to program long stretches of the day with the use of automated
equipment, rented music or disc jockey services, thus turning FM into a form
of jukebox, will not be tolerated. The role of FM as an original radio
voice in the community must be established and developed.
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achieved through common ownership and it will permit such arrangements
provided the objectives of this policy are met. With this in mind, the
Commission proposes to amend the present FM Regulations in a number of
particulars.
Prohibition of Simulcasting. Since 1964, when the FM Regulations
were first enacted in Canada, simulcasting of AM and FM stations has been
permitted provided that at least six hours of separate programming per day
are presented. In accordance with its proposals released on April 19, 1973,
the Commission has now decided to completely prohibit simulcasting and it
will amend the FM Regulations accordingly. The new regulation will only
apply to AM and FM stations commonly owned and serving the same community,
The regulation will therefore not apply to low power FM stations in small
communities which are licensed as "fill-in" rebroadcasters of AM stations
in nearby major centres.
Creation of Separate Classes of Licence for Independent and Jointly
Owned FM Stations. In order to enable it to achieve its objectives where
there is common ownership of AM and FM stations in a community, the
Commission has decided to create a separate class of FM licence, called a
"Joint FM licence", to embrace all FM stations which are licensed to
persons who are also licensed to operate an AM station in the sane.
community. A licence to operate an FM station only in a commmity will be
called an "independent FM licence". The Commission's regulations relating
to "foreground format" programming and commercial content will be applied
more strictly in the case of joint FM licences.
Separate Call letters. In order to emphasize the distinction that
the Commission wishes to see between AM and FM services, the Commission
will permit different call letters to be used for AM and FM stations which
are jointly owned. However, all such FM call letters must have the suffix
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an announcement be made over the FM station at least once during every
broadcast day identifying the station ownership in such a way as to make
it clear to the public that the licence holder is also the licensee of
an AM station in the same market.
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The kind of programming which the Conmission intends to encourage on
FM will require increased preparation and research and a substantial
commitment in time and resources. In order to make better use of these
resources, stations may find it is in their interest to enter into
program exchanges or syndication arrangements, and the Commission
anticipates that there will be a substantial increase in such arrangements,
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters provides a facility for the
free exchange of program material, and it is hoped that the new FM policy
will encourage an expansion of this service as well as the development of
new mechanisms for program exchange. The Commission also hopes that the
policy will stimulate the creation of specialized radio programs by
Canadian professionals, suitable for distribution to FM stations across
the country.
The Commission endorses regional networks for interchange and program
feeds and will facilitate their establishment for the purpose of strengthen=-
ing regional and national information and entertainment links. It will
co-operate with broadcasters, performers, musicians' unions and the
performing rights organizations to help effect practical networking and
exchange arrangements for the benefit of all FM stations.
At the same time, however, such syndication or networking arrangements
must not be used simply to distribute "background programming", or programming
in conventional AM formats, to FM stations. A number of stations, both AM
and FM, have entered into contracts with outside firms or consultants
respecting the purchase and use of prerecorded music in a gramophone
format, or the use of semi-automated disc jockey Services. Such arrangements
are inconsistent with the aims of the Conmission's policy and will not be
permitted on FM.
Accordingly, the Commission proposes to enact a regulation which will
prohibit licensees of FM stations from entering into or renewing any
contracts with outside firms or consultants respecting the provision of
"prerecorded matter intended primarily for broadcast" where such matter
is in a gramophone format or in a rolling format. The only exceptions to
the proposed regulation will be contracts respecting news services, pre-
recorded commercials or promotions, and certain brief prerecorded production
items, such as musical themes, sound effects, and station IDs.
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5. Restriction on Commercial Interruptions in FM Newscasts
As discussed in Part III of this document, the Commission wishes to
see a variety of approaches to news and information develop on FM,
differing from station to station consistent with the other elements of
each station's Promise of Performance. FM news programs must not become
mere duplicates of those available on the AM service. In this regard, as
noted earlier, the Commission proposes to prohibit all sinwlcasting by
joint FM licensees and this will preclude the simulcasting of news pro-
qrams as well as other broadcast matter.
As another step towards the differentiation of FM from AM, however,
the Commission also proposes to apply to FM news programs the same rule
as to commercial interruption as is presently applicable to television
broadcasting. A proposed new regulation, similar to that in section 7A
of the Television Broadcasting Regulations, will prohibit FM stations
from broadcasting "any newscast the first ten minutes of which is
interrupted by any commercial message". To preclude news "teasers", news
headlines and summaries are deemed to be part of the newscast, as is the
case with regard to television.
6. Reduction of Maximum Commercial Time on FM Radio
A further measure the Commission proposes to adopt for the purpose of
differentiating FM from AM service relates to the maximum comercial tine
permitted on FM stations. Since 1964, FM stations have been allowed up to
10 minutes of commercial messages per hour. The limit for AM stations is
1500 minutes per week, 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, which works out to an average
of almost 12 minutes per hour.
The Cammission proposes to amend section 7 of the FM Regulations
concerning maximum permissible commercial content. Joint FM licensees
will be limited to 40 minutes of commercial messages during each
of the three six-hour periods between 6 a.m. and 12 noon, 12 noon and
6 p.m., and 6 p.m. and midnight. ‘This limit will be 50 minutes, however,
for independent FM stations.
The Commission will also retain a limit on the total time permitted
for commercial messages in each hour. For joint FM stations, the limit
will be 8 minutes, while for independently owned FM stations, the limit
will be 10 minutes. ‘These regulations are designed to permit broadcasters
the flexibility of generating maximum revenues in certain time periods
while carrying programs in other periods with considerably reduced
commercial content.
Under the proposed regulation, commercial content will not include
promotional announcements for a program or programming element where
such announcements do not mention an advertiser or refer to a sponsored
contest or promotion on behalf of an advertiser or the licensee.
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7. Measures Relating to the Technical Reception of FM Stations
The Commission has considered a nunber of issues relating to the
technical quality of FM reception, and the capability of radio receivers
to receive FM.
Stereophonic Broadcasting - Although the Cammission does not intend
to enact a regulation to this effect, it will expect that all new or renewal
applications for FM licences will make provision for broadcasting the FM
signal in a stereophonic mode. This requirement will not, of course, preclude
the broadcasting of monaural material.
Quadrophonic Broadcasting. In view of the present state of
development of quadrophonic sound broadcasting equipment and, in
particular, the lack of technical standardization which could result
in unnecessary expenses to listeners and broadcasters for equipment
which would have to be replaced at some later date, the Commission does
not intend, for the immediate future, to encourage broadcasting in this
mode. It will keep informed of developments, and will welcome conments
and suggestions from all interested persons.
AM-FM Set EEL: In-its proposal OFJApII 1 19),619735, ce
Conmission raise @ question as to whether a requirement ensuring the
availability of low cost radio receivers having both an AM and an FM
capability would be desirable in the public interest. On the basis of
the already high and increasing penetration of AM/FM receivers in Canadian
homes and the general availability of low cost AM/FM receivers, the
Commission has concluded that a recommendation that there be such a
requirement is not warranted.
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NOTE: As used in this part, the term "market" has the same meaning
as in the FM Broadcasting Regulations, that is, the geographical
service area from which a station receives advertising revenue.
doe Introduction. While the Commission intends to ensure that FM radio
provides a service which is distinct from AM radio in Canada, it is
equally concerned with the performance of individual FM stations: FM
licensees must establish individual roles which distinguish themselves
from each other.
In this context, each present FM licensee has an obligation to initiate
creative and professional changes appropriate to its particular circumstances.
In some cases, this process has already started, and a number of experiments
are presently underway or are being planned, which will test new concepts
and forms of FM programming. -The Canadian Association of Broadcasters, in
promoting dialogue on the future of FM among its members, has held a well
attended programming seminar.
The Commission must be concerned with the means to achieve its goals.
Many members of the general public, including representatives of the
creative community - writers, performers, musicians - have emphasized the
need for firm, detailed regulations if any significant improvements or
additions are to be accomplished in Canadian radio broadcasting.
The Commission has considered these opinions against strong indications
from the private broadcasting sector that creative renewal can best be
effected with a minimum of generally applicable regulations which would
inhibit the very experimentation and diversity the Commission seeks to
encourage. The Commission has attempted to find a practical solution for
this dilemma.
While, therefore, precise regulations of general application to all
FM stations are proposed in connection with defining a role for FM which
differs from AM, the Commission does not intend to enact regulations of
general application with regard to the principle of differentiation among
individual FM licensees. Instead the Commission will rely upon the
licensing process and the Promise of Performance.
Tt is the intention of the Commission, in adopting this solution, to
permit and encourage a wide variety of programming proposals from IM
broadcasters which will differ from market to market and from station to
station and demonstrate a high level of creativity and innovation.
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In this connection, the comprehensive new set of content categories
to be incorporated into the proposed amendments to the AM and FM
Regulations will furnish an accurate guide to the nature of radio
programming in order to enable both the Conmission and the industry to
evaluate the proposals made in promises of performance as well as the
actual performance of stations within their respective markets.
In addition, the Commission has decided, in line with the
Policy Proposal of April 19, 1973, to integrate the Promise of Performance
made by each licensee more closely into the application for licence as well
as the licence itself. Although the requisite changes are only proposed
to be applied at this time to FM licensees, they have also been framed
with AM licensing in mind, and it is the intention of the Commission to
implement similar policies with regard to AM radio in due course.
Since its inception, the Commission has been concerned that broadcasters
be held more accountable to the public and to the Commission for their
stewardship of the public airwaves, both at the time of licence renewal,
and whenever substantial changes are proposed to be made in the nature of
their service. The Commission will, therefore, stress accountability as
the central principle by which a renewal of private FM radio broadcasting
will be accomplished.
New FM Application Form. To accomplish this end, the Commission
is issuing with this document a proposed new application form for use by
applicants for FM licences. Following comments at a public hearing, the
Commission intends to issue the application form as a final document to
govern applications regarding new or renewed FM licences made to the
Commission thereafter.
As in the past, the application form will call, in Part I, for complete
details on such matters as the ownership, financing, management, staff,
physical facilities, service contours, capital costs, projected financial
statements, and related economic data. Most of these matters have been
dealt with in similar detail in the past, and so will be familiar to FM
licensees who have made previous applications to the Commission.
There will, however, be a new Part II of the application form, which
will be entitled the Promise of Performance. In this part of the applica-
tion form, applicants will be required to make detailed commitments regard-
ing the nature of the broadcasting service they propose to offer to the
commmity. The Promise of Performance will be broken up into ten sections,
each of which deals with a different facet of the total broadcast service,
as follows:
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PROMISE OF PERFORMANCE
Section A Language of Broadcast Programming
Section B Network or Other Affiliation
Section C Duration of Programming in Each Content Category
Section D General Policy and Plans - Spoken Word
Section E General Policy and Plans - Music
Section F General Policy and Plans - Promotion and Advertising
Section G Canadian Content ©
Section H Automation
Section I Format of Programming
Section J Scheduling of Programming
Under each section, applicants will be required to set out commitments
relating to their broadcasting plans. Some of the sections call for general
statements of intent, which purposely allow for considerable flexibility of
approach. Other sections require applicants to make specific commitments
relating to the number of hours per week to be devoted to progranming of
different kinds. In a later section of this policy statement the Commission
provides more detailed guidance on how each section of the Promise of
Performance is to be completed.
Conditions of Licence Relating to the Promise of Performance.
In order to integrate the Promise of Performance more fully into every
licence the Commission proposes to annex four conditions to each FM
licence in the following terms:
1. that the licensee make all reasonable efforts in good faith to
substantially fulfil, subject to the special conditions set
out in paragraph 4 hereof, each section of the Promise of
Performance attached hereto and made a part of this licence.
2. that the licensee notify the Commission immediately where,
during any broadcast week, due to circumstances beyond its
control, the programming broadcast by it constitutes a
substantial variation from any section of the said Promise of
Performance.
3. that the licensee cbtain the prior approval of the Commission
before broadcasting,for a period longer than four broadcast
weeks ,any programming which constitutes a substantial variation
from any section of the said Promise of Performance.
4. that the following special conditions be observed:
(here the Commission will insert special conditions based on
oral conmitments made by the licensee at the public hearing
or on factors that in the Commission's view require that the
written commitments set out in the Promise of Performance
should be modified).
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Upon the granting of an FM licence, the Conmission will physically
attach a copy of the Promise of Performance to the licence. In the
right-hand column on each page of the Promise of Performance, a space
has been left in which the Conmission may insert a reference to the
Special conditions set out in paragraph 4 where these modify the written
commitments. Hence the licence, with the Promise attached to it, will
constitute a complete statement of the individual FM station's conmitment
to radio service in the community.
The Commission does not intend by these new proposals to inhibit the
flexibility of FM licensees. Certain sections of the Promise of Performance,
particularly sections C, I and J, require the applicant to break down its
proposed programming schedule for a typical broadcast week into detailed
categories. These breakdowns are not intended to freeze the scheduling
format of the FM station in every particular. Instead, the Conmission will
expect the licensee to fulfil substantially the programming objectives set
forth, taking the schedule as a whole. Each section of the Promise of
Performance will similarly be read as a whole in interpreting the reguire-
ment for substantial compliance. Thus some variation in programming
schedules and formats will be permitted without reguiring notification to
the Commission or prior consent.
Where licensees are unclear as to what kinds of progranming changes
are substantial enough to require either notification or prior approval
of the Commission, they may obtain rulings from the Commission. In making
such rulings, the Commission will have in mind its desire to encourage
experimentation and variety on FM. On the other hand, where the licensee
intends to broadcast programming which constitutes a substantial variation
from any section of the Promise of Performance over an extended period of
time, the Commission will require that its approval be first obtained. In
such cases, the licensee will be required to submit a revised Promise of
Performance setting out the proposed new conmitments, and the Conmission
will treat it as it would an application for amendment of a licence.
Publicizing the Promise of Performance. It is the Commission's view
that each licence issued by it, with the Promise of Performance and the
conditions attached to it, should be readily accessible to the staff and
management of the station as well as to menbers of the public who may
wish to examine it, and that this should be so publicized. For this
reason, the Commission proposes to enact a regulation requiring every FM
licensee to announce at least once a week, in a peak listening hour, an
amnouncement in the following form:
Radio station, CXYZ-FM, owned and operated by XYZ
Broadcasting Limited, is licensed by the Canadian Radio~
Television Commission to operate an FM broadcasting station
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on frequency 101.3 Megahertz in Anytown, Canada. Radio
frequencies are public property in Canada, and at the time
XYZ Broadcasting Limited applied for a licence to operate
on this frequency, it filed a comprehensive Promise of
Performance with the Conmission. In this document, the
Station made specific commitments as to its operations and
programming. The licence issued by the Commission requires
CXYZ-FM to honour these commitments and to comply with the
FM Broadcasting Regulations. A copy of the licence issued
to CXYZ-FM with the Promise of Performance and the conditions
attached to it is available for inspection by any menber of
the public. These copies may be inspected at the offices of
the Commission in Ottawa, or at the offices of this station
at 1013 Main Street, Anytown, during normal business hours.
The regulation will also require that the licence, with the
Promise of Performance and conditions attached to it, be made available
by each licensee accordingly at its offices.
Provision of Program Logs and Tapes. At present, section 4 of the
AM and FM Regulations requires radio stations in Canada to maintain
program logs, under which "all programs are to be classified into one of
the subclasses as set forth in Schedule A". The section also requires AM
stations (but not FM stations) to have an exact copy (air check) of all
material broadcast by that station available for a period of four weeks.
As indicated earlier, the Commission proposes to replace Schedule A
with a conprehensive new set of content categories. These categories are
incorporated into the proposed amendments to the AM and FM regulations
which the Commission has issued together with this document. On the date
the draft amendments came into effect, both AM and FM stations will be
required to use the new content categories in completing their program logs.
In evolving the new content categories, the Cormission has sought to
create categories that are sophisticated enough to be useful in evaluating
performance but also simple enough to be used in preparing program logs or
in completing the Promise of Performance. In the program logs, licensees
will be required only to classify their programs, advertisements and
announcements by one or more of eleven basic categories, as follows:
0 News 5 Spoken Word - Other
at Community Services 6 Music - General
2 Back grounding I Music - Traditional/Special Interest
3A Hobbies 8 Production
38, Sports 9 Advertising and Station Contests
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of the nature of the licensee's programming and a readily available check as
to whether the licensee has complied with the maximm limits set for
commercial messages (content category 9).
For the purposes of the Promise of Performance, however, the above
eleven categories are not detailed enough to be useful in evaluating the
nature of the service proposed. The reason for this is that music, which
usually occupies between fifty and eighty per cent of station time, is only
broken down into two categories. Accordingly, in filling out the Promise
of Performance, applicants will be required to classify their music
proposals into the following eleven subcategories which have been designated
in accordance with accepted industry practice:
CATEGORY 7: MUSIC—TRADITIONAL/
CATEGORY 6: MUSIC-GENERAL SPECIAL INTEREST
61 General Popular 71 Classic
65 Rock and Rock-Oriented 72 Opera
66 Country and Country-Oriented 73 Operetta Musical
67 Folk-Oriented Tie CEOs
68 Jazz-Oriented 18 2 dazz
79 WNon-Classic Religious
In its analysis of station programming, the Commission will rely on
the program logs only to a limited extent. The basic tool for the evaluation
of station performance will be the tapes of the actual programming broadcast
by each station. Where the Commission wishes to review a station's service
in light of its Promise of Performance it will obtain tapes of the programming |
for such purpose. The Commission will also carry out its own monitoring of stations.
FM stations are not now required to keep a tape or air check of their
broadcast programming. The Commission proposes to amend the FM Regulations
to require FM stations to keep such tapes available for at least four weeks
from the time of broadcast, as is presently required for AM stations. In
proposing this regulation, the Commission also wishes to draw the attention
of both AM and FM stations to the technical inadequacy of many of the
present taping systems used by radio stations. The Conmission will take a
strict view of the obligation of broadcasters to maintain technically
adequate tapes for review by the Commission and members of the public.
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23 Completing the Promise of Performance
NOTE: In reading this section, reference should be made to Part II of
the draft FM Application Form entitled the Promise of Performance
In order to assist applicants in completing Part II of the new application
form, the Commission has addressed itself below to each section of the Promise”
of Performance. The discussion also includes comments on the nature of the
commitments which the Commission will expect from applicants under each heading.
Section A. Lan e of Broadcast amming. In this section, the
applicant will be required to specify the main language of broadcast
programming. Where more than one language is intended to be broadcast,
the duration of the programming in each language during each broadcast week
is to be specified in a schedule.
This section will be particularly important for applicants for
"multilingual" FM stations. The Commission will deal with applications
for broadcasting in languages other than English, French or Canada's native
languages on a case-by-case basis.
Section B. Network or Other Affiliation. This section deals with
the affiliation of the FM station to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
or with a private network. It also includes a promise relating to the
maximum number of hours to be simulcast with a jointly-owned AM station.
As noted in Part II of this document, simulcasting will be generally
prohibited between AM and FM stations in the same market by regulation.
Since there may be special circumstances where Limited amounts of simul-
casting might be desirable, however, a licensee may be permitted by a
condition of its licence to do a certain amount of simulcasting. Under
this section, the maximum number of hours per week desired to be simulcast
should be specified.
Section C. Duration of Programming in Each Content Category. In this
section, the applicant is required to attachas € setting out the
duration in hours and minutes of its proposed programming, broken down into
the eighteen categories and subcategories mentioned in the section. For the
convenience of applicants, definitions of all the content categories and sub-
categories as well as the formats of programming will be set out on the
reverse side of the Promise of Performance.
Section D. General Policy and Plans - Spoken Word. In this section,
the applicant is required first of all to set out in a schedule its plans
and policies respecting each of the following content categories:
0 News 3B Sports
1 Commmity Services 4 Human Interest
2 Backgrounding 5 Spoken Word - Other
3A Hobbies, Games, Crafts, Skills
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The Commission Will expect the applicant to deal with each of these categories
in turn, setting out details of the progranming planned, and the human and
technical resources intended to be used for each.
News and information programming (categories 0 and 2) is considered
by the Commission to be of particular importance, and close attention will
be paid to proposals in this area. AM stations are a more than adequate
source of frequent headlines and compact capsule reporting of news events.
There is no justification for FM stations simply providing more of the sane.
Instead, the Commission will expect FM licensees to develop a broader and
deeper treatment of news and information.
This might involve establishing a news policy which, for example,
provides for a continuing examination in depth of how people are affected
by external factors and events, or which provides for explanation of
information in a manner designed to assist listeners to understand and
cope with the complex situations affecting their lives.
There are many sources of informed opinion on matters of public concern
Which are never used in AM formats. Many areas of life and human endeavour
in the arts, business, labour, science, and medicine deserve serious con-
Sideration. These topics generate little of the "news" that makes up
regular wire service copy but are of great interest and importance to
society. These sources should be drawn on for FM news programming.
The Commission will, therefore, expect applicants to propose
innovative and challenging commitments in the areas of news and information
programming. However, it will not necessarily require the provision of news
other than for basic informational purposes on those FM stations which
undertake to program virtually entirely in specialized subject areas, such
as classical music.
A separate promise in this section relates to the applicant's
proposed use of open-line programming. Its plans and policies in this
regard are required to be set out in a schedule.
While FM broadcasters can make use of telephone link-ups to ensure
accessible platforms for public debate on topical issues, the use of AM
open-line techniques of programming will not be acceptable to the Commission
on FM unless an applicant proposes a format which is consistent with the
concem for FM programming quality expressed in this document. For
instance, in contrast to the random use of audience input in most open-line
formats, the phone-in device can be used as an effective method of local
listener contribution within a more structured program format. Audience
opinion or requests for information can be used to stimulate in-depth
investigative reporting.
An equally important area dealt with under this section of the
Promise of Performance is the question of community involvement. Here,
applicants will be required to specify the hours during each week they
will devote to locally produced programming including the time they will
make available for programming provided by commmity groups.
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A community is the entire complex constituency covered by a broadcast
transmitter. It is more than a statistic for rating purposes. A community
provides an almost limitless resource for program material that can be
developed into various participatory formats.
For example:
; The community is the source of a variety of events which can
be broadcast in their entirety, allowing the listening
audience to participate in them more fully. ‘These include
meetings, seminars, discussions and public forums, as well as
entertainment and cultural activities with commmity participation.
“ Radio stations can make use of the telephone on a phone-out
basis to provide members of the commmity with the opportunity
to express opinions on local issues and concerns. This can take
the form of comments within a thematic program structure. An
example would be an explanation, including telephone interviews,
of a local land rezoning issve.
. The commmity has a heritage, a collective memory and an oral
history in the reminiscences of its audience. Broadcasters,
by utilizing this material, can strengthen the contemporary
sense of conmmity.
The Commission expects FM licensees to help counteract the present
media neglect of local needs that has developed through the use of
excessively centralized pools of information and entertainment. FM
broadcasters have a responsibility to detect and fill gaps in information
and entertainment, and discover and encourage the potential for expression
within the community. Responsive and innovative programming formats can
contribute to meeting the first responsibility, and a commitment to local
talent and resources, the second.
In their efforts to develop community resources of talent, creativity
and expression, FM broadcasters should give consideration to the emphasis
placed by “communi ty" stations on participation in program production
through the provision of resource people for training in equipment,
research, operation, and in technical and programming skills. Such
operations include studio equipment that is technically accessible,
portable and flexible, providing for easy use outside the studio.
The necessary staff for these purposes should be chosen from the
locality and trained. In addition, support and exposure of local talent
should be provided. Programs may also be purchased from local production
groups or houses. Program and idea sources can be further diversified by
encouraging local freelance personnel, with suitable provision for training
and the use of portable equipment and editing facilities.
There are a nunber of well known devices frequently used by stations
to promote a local identification. These include jingles, the promotion
and announcement of local activities, on-the-spot broadcast inserts and
traffic and weather reports. The Commission expects FM applicants to go
well beyond such limited devices in providing specific services to meet
community needs and tastes.
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Section E. General Policy and Plans - Music. In this section, the
applicant will be required to set out in a schedule its plans and policies
respecting each of the following content subcategories:
7: MUSIC-TRADITIONAL/
6: MUSIC GENERAL SPECIAL INTEREST
61 General Popular 71 Classic
65 Rock and Rock-Oriented 72 Opera
66 Country and Country-Oriented 73 Operetta Musical
67 Folk-Oriented J7 io Folk
68 Jazz-Oriented 18 Jazz
79 Non-Classic Religious
In describing its plans for music in these subcategories, the applicant
should include specific reference to such matters as:
‘ the approximate ratio of vocal to instrumental selections
: the average number of distinct musical selections, excluding
repeats, which are to be broadcast weekly (the playlist)
: the maximum times any Selection will be repeated during the
course of a typical week
: the proposed size of its record library.
The applicant should also set out the degree to which it intends to
program:
5 hits, cover-versions of hits and non-hits
a musical selections from current, recent or past repertoires
; new musical material for which popularity has not yet been established.
In describing its plans for music in category 7, the applicant should
indicate the extent to which the programming will reflect the full range of
artistic expression (such as, for example, eras, schools, styles, forms) in
each of the subcategories, and the proposed size of its record library.
The introduction of the requirement for "foreground format" programming
will not preclude, of course, the use of recorded music in FM schedules. At
least in the transition period, when new kinds of content are being devised,
recorded music will be a basic element, and where FM listening habits are
developed on this basis, they should not suddenly be disrupted. Nevertheless,
the Commission is determined that recorded music on FM not be presented in an
unplanned or random manner or with deliberate unobtrusiveness.
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While the presentation of music on FM will be considerably
influenced by the regulation requiring a minimum quota of material
in a "foreground format", the remainder of the programming
in the broadcast day is equally important in evaluating the overall
performance of the station. Stations will be discouraged from programming
substantial periods of time in a gramophone or rolling format. In par-
ticular, the Commission notes that virtually all tne music programmed on
AM stations falls into subcategories 61, 65, 66 and 67. ‘The Commission
does not intend to permit there to be such an absence of diversity on FM
and will use the licensing process to evaluate the contribution of
applicants to the diversity of service available to the commmity in this
area of programming.
The Commission is also concerned with the manner of presentation of
music on FM. The relationship between "on-air" personnel and a
discriminating audience for recorded music is essentially based on skill
and knowledge. Skill and knowledge are not only necessary requirements
for those who present classical music, they are also required for the
presentation of all forms of music.
Finally the Commission considers that FM stations should present
live as well as recorded music. It will accordingly seek commitments
from applicants to set aside a specified budget, 1n keeping with their
individual revenues, for station-produced music so that live concerts
may be scheduled with reasonable frequency.
Section F. General Policy and Plans - Promotion and Advertising.
In this section of the application, applicants will be required to set
forth in a schedule their "commercial policy". This should consist of
a statement which outlines the licensee's overall policy for commercial
acceptance and commercial interruptions.
As mentioned in the Commission's proposal of April 19, 1973, the
Commission does not intend to impose rigid limits on the number of
commercial interruptions permitted during the hours of FM service. The
Conmission expects, however, that a new approach to commercial production,
time sales and placement will be developed on FM, reducing annoyance and
improving the commercial usefulness of the band. Commercials should have
a new, positive role on FM. Fewer, less objectionable commercials,
directed more specifically to distinct audience segments, can provide
necessary revenue levels.
In its brief to the Conmission presented at the 1973 public hearing
on FM policy, the Association of Canadian Advertisers stated:
Our committee fully endorses, in principle, the objective of
developing on the FM band, “a diversity of programming aimed
to attract audiences on a selective basis". The new pattern
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diverse population interests and hopefully apprehend useful
target market segments for advertisers . .. There would
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commercials precisely to these target audiences.
The Commission agrees with this approach. FM can and should provide
a less cluttered, more valuable environment for messages. If distinctive
sales approaches are adopted, which are consistent with the objectives of
programmers, and whose intent is adequately conveyed to advertisers, the
development of new sources of revenue is possible. The Commission seeks
to encourage a re-examination of the relationship between programming and
advertising functions so as to improve the value of advertising on FM.
A second part of this section requires the applicant to set forth in
a schedule its policies regarding advertising to children. In this
connection, applicants should consult CRIC Circular No. 193, published by
the Commission on December 7, 1973.
Section G. Canadian Content. In this section, applicants will be
expected to set out in a schedule their specific commitments for the
encouragement of Canadian composing and performing talent as well as the
use of Canadian recorded music. The nature and extent of these commitments
will vary according to the programming mix, the locality, and the resources
available to each station.
Applicants will also be required to specify the percentage of musical
compositions qualified as Canadian under the AM Radio Regulations which they
will broadcast in each day. In this regard, the Commission will consider that,
except in unusual circumstances, stations programming selections from
Category 6, Music - General, should achieve at least thirty per cent Canadian
content and stations programming selections from Category 7, Music - Traditional/
Special Interest, should achieve at least seven percent Canadian content.
The Cammission will also encourage the use of Canadian syndicated programs
or the networking of programs on a co-operative basis. While no Canadian quota
on this material is proposed, the use of foreign syndicated programs will be
allowed only on the basis of demonstrated need. Accordingly, applicants will
be asked to set out the nature of the foreign syndicated programs they intend
to use, the reasons for such use, and the applicant's policies towards the
increased use of Canadian material.
Section H. Automation. Applicants who wish to use automated equipment
must demonstrate that the same professional attention is being given to the
presentation and identification of programming elements as is the case with
"live" broadcasts.
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In particular, the Commission wishes the applicant to state the periods
when the station will use such systems and the source of the pre-recorded
programming. Applicants will also be required to state the total amount
of time during which they will utilize such systems.
Section I. Format of Programming. In this section, applicants will
be required to set out the percentage of time to be devoted to each of the
four program formats, gramophone, rolling, mosaic and foreground, in the
periods from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight during each broadcast week.
In completing this section, applicants will, of course, be required
to meet the minimm requirements for foreground format set out in section
12 of the FM Regulations, that is, 16% in the case of independent FM
licences, and 25% in the case of joint FM licences.
Applicants are also reminded that the Commission will discourage any
applications proposing a heavy reliance on AM-style formats, particularly
rolling format.
Section J. Scheduling of Programming. The schedule called for in
this commitment is intended to give the Conmission an indication of the
manner in which the progranming described in earlier parts of the Promise
of Performance is to be distributed over the broadcast week. With this
in mind, the schedule should include, as an illustration, the specific
times during which programming in each of the basic’ content categories
Will be broadcast throughout the sample week. The schedule should also
indicate the times, if any, during which the station will simulcast or
carry network programming. Where the applicant intends to broadcast in
more than one language, an indication should be given as to when programs
in each language would be broadcast. Finally, applicants are required to
identify on the program schedule all matter to be broadcast in a foreground
format, as defined in the Regulations.
3 Other Important Issues Relating to FM Radio
Over the years, imbalances in radio service have developed in certain
areas of Canada. Also, specialized roles have evolved and new ones are
likely to emerge. Private FM stations will be expected to take account
of these matters in preparing their own Promise of Performance.
ing CBC P ams on Private FM Stations. Canadians continue
to expect that their support of the CBC through public funds will assure
them a programming service which is national in scope and purpose and of
a standard that would be difficult for strictly commercial broadcasters
to attain. This special role of the CEC is historically established and
forms a fundamental guarantee of variety and depth in the Canadian radio
broadcasting system.
However, many localities in Canada still do not receive a full CBC
radio service, either AM or FM. Also, there are continuing problems in
assuring an adequate, balanced service of CBC radio programming through
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CORRECTION TO FRENCH AND ENGLISH VERSION OF CRTC POLICY STATEMENT
FM RADIO IN CANADA, A POLICY TO ENSURE A VARIED AND COMPREHENSIVE
RADIO SERVICE", DATED JANUARY 20, 1975.
Page 33, paragraph "1."
"Where CBC AM service is available only through a private AM
affiliate, additional CBC AM network programming could be
provided on a private FM station, particularly one commonly
owned with an AM station."
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CORRECTION AUX VERSIONS FRANCAISE ET ANGLAISE DE L'ENONCE DE
POLITIQUE DU CRTC '"'LA RADIO MF AU CANADA, ENONCE DE POLITIQUE
POUR UN SERVICE RADIOPHONIQUE DIVERSIFIE", EN DATE DU 20 JANVIER
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Page 33, paragraphe "1."
"Lorsque le service MA de Radio-Canada n'est accessible que par
L'intermédiaire d'une station MA affiliée privée, la diffusion
de programmation supplémentaire du réseau MA de Radio-Canada
pourrait @tre assurée par une station MF privée, particuliérement
si les deux stations MA et MF sont de propriété commune."
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private AM affiliates. There appear to be two possible immediate solu-
tions to the problem of providing more Canadians with a broader selection
of CBC radio service:
Ss Where CBC AM service is available only through a private AM
affiliate, CBC AM network programming could be provided on a
private FM station, particularly one commonly owned with an
AM station.
2. Where there is a CBC owned and operated AM station providing
full CBC service, but there are no immediate plans for a CBC FM
station, private FM stations could carry a proportion of CBC FM
network progranming.
Correcting Imbalances in Radio Service in Centres such as Montreal,
Vancouver and Toronto. The Commission is committed to correcting other
historic imbalances in radio service. In larger metropolitan centres,
such as Toronto and Vancouver, where the number of radio signals is
considerable, certain imitative patterns have grown up which have tended
to reduce the diversity of programming choice instead of increasing it.
In other areas such as Calgary, for example, where fewer FM radio stations
exist, there has been an inadequate diversity of choice. Of particular
concern is the smaller relative choice of radio stations available to the
majority French-speaking population of Montreal as compared to the choice
of stations available to the minority English-speaking population. The
solution of such basic problems will be an urgent priority of the Commis-
Sion in discussion with the CBC and with private broadcasters and in its
consideration of applications for new and renewed licences.
Community and other Non-Commercial FM Stations. The Commission has,
in the past, licensed a number of conmunity, student and educational
stations, both for AM and FM radio, as well as television. Some of these
stations have been set up to serve isolated conmunities, while others are
located in urban centres. These stations have attempted to make their
operations accessible and responsive to the community. Although differing
from private commercial stations in terms of objectives, ownership, manage-
ment, and financial resources, they provide examples of innovation in the
areas of program formats and audience feedback.
Although the Commission will deal with existing community and student
stations and with new applications for such stations on a case by case
basis, it will be apparent that the Commission's objectives for FM are
consistent with the basic orientation and objectives of these stations. They
should, therefore, strive to exceed the minimum programming expectations of
this policy.
The Commission considers community and student radio to be experimental.
Accordingly, it will consider a limited number of additional experiments in
regions where there are no such licensees at present.
First Local Radio Service on FM. Because of the congestion of the AM
spectrum in many areas of Canada, and because increasing FM set penetration
will make the FM band available to more and more potential listeners, the
Commission anticipates that it may receive FM applications which, if approved,
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would establish a first radio service in certain localities. Since there
are no precedents to guide it, the Commission will not set out precise
programming and commercial content guidelines at this time.
In order to assist the development of first local radio service,
however, the Commission proposes to create a special class of FM licence,
a "first local FM licence", for FM stations which constitute the first
local station in a market. Such licensees will not be subject to the
regulations respecting maximum commercial content on FM and imposing a
minimum required proportion of material in the foreground format. Instead,
programming and commercial service considerations will be examined on the
basis of the circumstances and proposals in each application.
4. Implementation of tne FM Policy
As mentioned in Part I of this document, the development of a policy
for FM radio in Canada has been a preoccupation of the Commission since
its inception. Throughout the hearings and discussions held in the course
of developing this policy, it has been gratified by the co-operative |
response of the industry, both in terms of presenting creative new ideas
and in the commitment of individual broadcasters to implementing a new
role for FM radio. Comments taken from the FM seminar held in the Fall
of 1973 by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters illustrate this
positive attitude:
It is obvious that we are going to have to make some changes
in FM in Canada. For many of us that poses quite a problem.
It poses a problem of quality, retaining our listenership -
it's a problem of cost as well.
There are two possible attitudes to all this change. The
first is to do nothing and to see what happens. This is a
negative position - an after-the-fact-position, not a creative
element. The alternative to change is to adopt a positive
leadership role . . . this is difficult because it requires
imagination, creativity, exploring the new and the untried.
In the following sections, the Commission outlines in detail the
stages and processes by which it will hear new and renewal applications
for FM licences, and the means by which it intends to implement its
objectives for FM radio in Canada.
Public Hearing Commencing March I1, 1975 to Discuss
Together with this document, the Commission has released a draft FM Appli-
cation Form containing a new Part II entitled the Promise of Performance as
discussed earlier in this document. It has also issued draft amendments
to the AM and FM Broadcasting Regulations containing the changes in regulations
made necessary by this policy including the new program content categories.
Both the amendments to the Regulations and the draft FM Application
Form, particularly Part II (the Promise of Performance), will be the
subject of a public hearing of the Commission, to be held in Ottawa on
March 11, 1975. Following this hearing, the Commission, after making
such changes as it considers appropriate in the light of comments and
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submissions received from broadcasters and from the public, intends to
enact the amendments to the AM and FM Broadcasting Regulations which will
be effective as of September 1, 1975. At the same time, the Commission,
after taking into account the comments and submissions made to it, will
issue the new FM Application Form which will be applicable to all applica-
tions thereafter for new of renewed FM licences.
The Commission considers that the basic FM policy has now been
adequately discussed. The purpose of the hearing in March, 1975 is not
therefore to reopen a consideration of the basic policies which the Cammission
has adopted. The Commission is concerned instead to discuss the form and
content of the proposed regulations and the Promise of Performance section
of the application form in relation to the implementation of the objectives
of the policy. While the Commission remains open at all times to consider
submissions on
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