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1. A curious interpretation. Even the CKLW web page says,"the Role of
the Canadian Radio and Television Comission (CRTC) in killing the
station."
....1968 RKO/General sells the station to comply with CRTC ownership
regulations
....1971 CRTC 30% Canadian content regulations hurt programming
The CKLW affair was a cause celebre at the time and has generated
many websites. The quote was taken from www.thebig8.net/. CKLW
coverage included Toledo and Cleveland as well as Windsor/Detroit.

CKLW was not specifically called on to uniquely change programming. CanCon
affected all stations alike, and ownership rule chages did as well. It was
just that CKLW was in a position to have benefitted extremely from the
pre-rule change situation.

Moswtly, CKLW dies as The Big 8 due to the death of AM as a music band.

2. Do the CFRB engineers pay the electric bill or rent? I am sure that
this comes from the company and shows that total profit maximization is
moderated by some sense of public service.

They have a site where the Am is located, no cost, the transmitter uses less
energy than the light in the parking lot, and it just goes on and on. At
some point, the people interested in keeping it running will tire and it
will be turned off.

3. I notice that WHO, Des Moines Iowa, (50kw) (1040) is proud of its
new webcasting service and likes to read reports from far-away places.
Des Moines is not a noisy place and the few listeners in the city who
might be helped would not justify the expense. There are hundreds of
stations webcasting now. Are they all trying to fill in noisy spots in
their primary area?

Yes. There is no revenue model for stations to get any revenue from anything
except locally reported listening. In fact, one of the reasons some stations
give is to also serve local residents who may be in a radio survey whyle
they are on a short trip or travelling out of the area. It is 100% about
local.

All three examples are of stations that are extending their coverage
beyond their trading area. Why do they do this? Is the business
changing?

No. webcasting is about giving a different local source for listening to
fill in for bad big building and shadow area reception.