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Question 0

What types of licenses are there in Canada?

Answer 0

Private 
CBC radio licenses 
Community licenses 
Campus licenses  
Campus instructional licenses (but they don't exist as of 2012)

Question 1

What are the types of radio signals

Answer 1

Terrestrial
AM (amplitude modulation)
FM (frequency modulation)
Digital
Satellite 
Internet

Question 2

Rules for call letters in Canada

Answer 2

Must start with “C”
Second letter must be “F”, “H”, “I”, “J”, or “K”
Must be registered with Industry Canada

Question 3

In order for a station to legally ID itself it must:

Answer 3

Say the call letters, frequency, and location of broadcast (must be done either 10 mins before or 10 mins after the top of the hour)

Question 4

Private broadcasting organizations:

Answer 4

• Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)
• Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB)
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)
• Advertising Standards Canada
• Broadcast Executives Society
• Radio Marketing Bureau ( no longer exists)

Question 5

Two types of audience measurement:

Answer 5

Bureau of broadcast measurement (BBM)

Personal people metres (PPM)

Question 6

Music industry organizations:

Answer 6

• Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR)
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
• RE: Sound
• CSI (act on behalf of sodrac and cmrra)
• Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
• Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC)
• AVLA/SOPROQ )French counterpart to CSI
• ARTISTI
• Music CANADA (Formally known as the Canadian Recording Industry Association CRIA)
• Canadian Independent Music Association

Question 7

News organizations:

Answer 7

Canadian press and radio television digital news association (RTDNA)

Question 8

Where might sales and programming disagree?

Answer 8

Number of commercials
Content of commercials
Promotions
Programming

Question 9

What are the 4 types of markets in Canada?

Answer 9

Major (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal )
Large >500,000 (Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary)
Medium 250,000-500,000 (London, Windsor, Kitchener)
Small <250,000

Question 10

What are the 4 Canadian owned networks?

Answer 10

Astral Media (84 stations)
CORUS (37 stations +specialty TV channels)
Rogers (54 stations)
CHUM/CTV globemedia/BCE