Local Programming
In preparation for the review of the Commercial Radio Policy, the Commission
requested 73 stations in 12 markets to provide a summary of their local
progarmming for the week of 17-23 April 2005 to gauge the amount of local
programming being broadcast by Canadian radio stations.
Local programming on radio is defined as programming that originates from a
radio station or is produced specifically for broadcast by a station.
Following is an aggregate of the information provided by those stations:
| AM & FM |
Local Hrs |
News/Surv.* |
Cdn Non-Local |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
112 |
9 |
4.9 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
89% |
7% |
3.9% |
| AM Only |
Local Hrs |
News/Surv.* |
Cdn Non-Local |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
105 |
18.3 |
9.8 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
83% |
14.5% |
7.8% |
| FM Only |
Local Hrs |
News/Surv.* |
Cdn Non-Local |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
117 |
3.23 |
1.9 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
92.7% |
2.5% |
1.5% |
* Surv. = Surveillance (traffic and weather)
Sixteen (16) of the stations supplied data that separated News from News/
Surveillance (traffic and weather).
| AM & FM |
News/
Surveillance |
News |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
9 |
4.5 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
7% |
3.6% |
| AM Only |
News/
Surveillance |
News |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
18.3 |
9.1 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
14.5% |
7.2% |
| FM Only |
News/
Surveillance |
News |
| Avg. Hrs. / Wk. |
3.2 |
1.6 |
| % of Broadcast Wk. |
2.5% |
1.3% |
It should be noted that the figures in the tables include all news broadcast
by the stations, not just the local news component of the newscasts.
Date Modified: 2006-02-22
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