CBC Vancouver Needs Your Help!
Hey everyone,
Just got a heads up from Sheila Peacock at CBC Vancouver. Seems the Ceeb is attempting to make the move into the new millenium with a switch from AM to FM, and they’ve asked for help from therozblog readers!
If you’re in the Metro Vancouver area and are willing to take a few moments to fill out a petition paper, here’s the basic info:
CBC Vancouver has the unique opportunity to move Radio One from the AM dial to the FM dial in the Greater Vancouver area, therefore vastly improving the sound quality and coverage of our Radio One service!
Our application to the CRTC has been approved for public hearings and we have just one week left to show enormous support from listeners in the Lower Mainland in order to convince the CRTC to give us the FM signal.Why move to FM? There are two main reasons.
1. AM reception is very poor in many parts of the Lower Mainland, including the heart of the city in the West End.
2. Tuning to the AM dial is in decline and has been for years.
How can you help?
By sending your written support by email, fax or mail to the CRTC by January 23, 2008. The message doesn’t have to be long, but it does have to be individually written. The CRTC dismisses the “cut and paste” copying of form letters. A few sentences explaining why you value Radio One’s programming and how you would like it to be on the FM dial so you can hear it consistently wherever you are in Metro Vancouver is all that’s required.
To email your support:
Go directly to the form on the CRTC website and click on the button #2007-18.
Then, check the box beside #200714239 (in the list, this is the second CBC application) and go to the bottom of the page and select Next
Follow the instructions to complete your letter of support.
And please remember to also send a copy to CBC of your e-mail at REGULATORYAFFAIRS@CBC.CAWe also have a Facebook page which you can link your own Facebook page to if you’d like.
In order to be successful, we will require hundreds of letters of support, so please pass this information on to everyone you know who values public broadcasting in Greater Vancouver. Again, the deadline is this Wednesday - January 23, 2008.
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