What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Jul 15th 2010, 6:03 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
One of my kids knows the ginger from Arcade Fire, not sure how, it came up in a discussion about there being no stigma about that here. I've heard them, and two of the others but only because someone named them and I googled, I don't think they're typical of Canadian radio fare. I think Clear Channel chooses what's on the radio in Canada.
Jul 15th 2010, 6:05 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Jul 15th 2010, 6:08 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Have to admit I only listened to Radio 6 once after I discovered the existence of Radio 5, I don't recall it being particularly special but it was better than Radio 1. I just did a Google search and it looks as though its days are numbered.
Jul 15th 2010, 6:09 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Cut through the BS with this: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/b300.htm
Limits to advertising time
There are limits on the amount of time most broadcasters can air commercials. They are:
Specialty services: 12 minutes per hour
Pay services (pay television and pay-per-view): donāt carry advertising
Commercial AM and FM radio stations: no limits
TV stations: no limits
CBC radio networks: prohibited from carrying advertising except for programs that are available to networks only on a sponsored basis
There are limits on the amount of time most broadcasters can air commercials. They are:
Specialty services: 12 minutes per hour
Pay services (pay television and pay-per-view): donāt carry advertising
Commercial AM and FM radio stations: no limits
TV stations: no limits
CBC radio networks: prohibited from carrying advertising except for programs that are available to networks only on a sponsored basis
Jul 15th 2010, 6:12 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Cut through the BS with this: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/b300.htm
Anyway I PVR everything and FF through the ads anyway so I never notice frankly. PVRs didn't exist when I lived in the UK so that probably biases my opinion a little as well.
Jul 15th 2010, 6:12 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
It's films on stations with ads that are worst. To start they pull you in with no ads for 30 minutes or so, but by the end they are every 2 minutes. I watched french connection on amchd the other day, it had pvr'd nearly 3 hours, but it's only just over an hour and a half long!
Jul 15th 2010, 6:14 pm
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Jul 15th 2010, 6:15 pm
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Jul 15th 2010, 6:19 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
"What do you like about living in your part of Canada?" 
Jul 15th 2010, 6:23 pm
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Jul 15th 2010, 6:25 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
Or the Old Grey Whistle Test on the telly? Didnt even run to a schedule, sometimes acts would play for an hour and a half if they were having fun!
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Jul 15th 2010, 6:25 pm
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Jul 15th 2010, 6:26 pm
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Re: What do you like about living in your part of Canada?
and this serves as a good example for why random stats which claim reasonable 'averages' are misleading.