SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Music Of Canada, Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, Canadian Content
12 Feb 2014
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Mass media and politics: the state and broadcasting in canada. Represented an existing private radio broadcasters: the state has to deal with the conflict, the state largely sided with the crl, workers and their allies and agreed to their need for public broadcasting in canada. 1932 canadian radio broadcasting act: first piece of broadcasting legislation, response to the significant pressure (coming from the crl, law created the canadian radio broadcasting commission (crbc) first public broadcaster. Responsible for undertaking broadcasting (setting up and operating public radio station in canada) The system would be nationalized given the power over private radio stations: crbc was a government commission, so it wasn"t a public corporation the. Crl had wanted a public corporation to offer public broadcasting. A public corporation would have certain amount of financial and political autonomy from the government. Responsible for regulating broadcasting (set the rules for the private broadcasters) It stands outside the public and private broadcasters.
