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Changes to CANCON and radio
Link: http://www.financialpost.com/analysis/story.html?id=41742c5d-07b2-45d6-abe3-d8abafd5a6f2&k=22484
Well, I just heard about this. And if ANYBODY finds a petition, or a way to encourage this, then PLEASE contact me asap.
Recently the CRTC has decided that CanCon is being abused, or more accurately, certain parts of it IGNORED. While many of you may not know this, radio and television in Canada is regulated in such a way that canadian broadcasters have to play 35% Canadian content. And while this canadian content is quite a loose broad term, even more so for television, this is an amazing thing. I there are some that don't approve of this, however, the canadian indie scene, just the music scene in general, over the last 5 or 6 years have become world class. Thanks in part to the CRTC and it's help.
Well, it has recently come to light that new emerging artists, part of a cancon regulation, are being ignored, in favour of playing tragically hip or nickleback 2000 times a week. Which, while I love tragically hip, is pretty lame.
This is the good part. Flatlined, as an emerging artists, (an artist that has not hit a top 40 hit in 1 year or less) should be played on the radio. By LAW. Well, not JUST flatlined, and even not flatlined at all, but you get the idea. Recently, the CRTC has gotten some stats back about this sort of thing, with emerging artists getting an 2.9% or less or something of airtime. Which is a really, REALLY, small number.
So if you stumble across information on this, or a petition that we as musicians and fans alike can sign, please, don't hesitate to contact me.
Check out the link above to read further.