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Community radio pushes back on CAB CanCon relief request

Briefs | 10/30/2020 12:41 pm EDT

The National Campus and Community Radio Association, Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada and Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec have filed a joint intervention arguing against the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) proposal for broadcasters to receive regulatory relief, writing that it could deprive small community radio stations of funding.

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