Email discussion clarifies meaning of locally produced content.
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12:46 PM (35 minutes ago)
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the Gabriola regional conference last weekend, Zoe from CJMP commented
about the CRTC term Locally Produced Content (of which, you may
remember, the new licenses require 15% locally produced spoken word).
She says, if I understand correctly, that it doesn't mean just content
that is actually produced in and for your radio station, but can include
content from other sources that is selected for your station. However,
she says it doesn't include running Democracy Now, which she describes
as "a package." What I'd like to know is where independently
distributed weekly programs, like WINGS (which I produce), fall in this
regulation. Are they "local content" if dropped into a locally curated
show, but not local content if they have their own free-standing time
slot?
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1:08 PM (13 minutes ago)
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The CRTC definition of "locally-produced" is "exclusively by or for". For
instance CJLY-FM had (has?) the show Japanese Musiquest that was
originally produced in Nelson, later Banff and then from Japan. Because it
was produced *for* the station, it (or at least the spoken word element of
it, if logged) counts as locally-produced. At least one other station
syndicated the show but it wouldn't count as local for them.
My understanding is that WINGS (and GroundWire) are *intended* for
multiple stations (ie. not exclusively by or for any one station) so don't
count as locally-produced.
The question of local curation is like the sub-category of reggae, a bit
tricky. I do that kind of show at CHUO-FM and when I last asked Michael
Craig from the CRTC about it, he said it would depend on the context. I
know no one likes that answer as it's not definitive....
Karen and I occasionally play WINGS as half of our one-hour show (and play
GW whenever it's available.) I would not count those minutes as
locally-produced. However, I do think we could make the argument that some
of our other shows were locally-produced despite using audio from other
places. For instance, last show we talked about the Resonating
Reconciliation project. We used audio from the Vancouver Red Jam Slam, an
interview from another time at a different station and had our own related
discussion live in studio.
Still, in line with trying to always build a buffer when dealing with
regulations, generally I would suggest the station should aim for a few
extra hours of locally-produced spoken word a week, so that should you
ever get audited, there's some wiggle room.
Hope this helps.
