This message was originally sent to people working in Christian radio. I wrote it in the aftermath of one of our friends in Christian radio who had his broadcast license revoked by the CRTC because he failed to obey the broadcast act. Here's the edited version.
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Hey Friends:
When you’re driving on the highway, if you exceed the speed
limit, and get caught, the police will fine you. If you speed again and get
caught, you’ll probably get demerit points. If you speed again and get caught,
you’ll probably burn off all your points and they’ll suspend your license.
That’s how the law works. And we submit to those in authority,
r-i-i-i-ght?
I’m aware that many Managers and Program Directors have
never read the Broadcast Act. If that’s you, I’d encourage you to read it, soon.
How can you uphold your license if you don’t know what’s expected? I read ours
every year to stay fresh.
If you’re a manager, or PD, do you know your’s?
Once a year, I read our Condition of License for LIFE
100.3. And I ask my PD to read it, too. If you don’t know what the C.O.L.is,
it’s the last thing on your CRTC Decision notice. These are the things you
absolutely must adhere to, in addition to the basic Broadcast Act. It is a
condition of having a broadcast license.
We are called to be above approach. If we try to weasel around any of the
regulations, that’s being a sneak and we don’t honour the Lord. Do what’s right,
always.
I’m told I have a reputation of being the Simon Cowell
of Christian radio. Haha. Simon only says what everyone is thinking, right?
“If you can’t sing get off the stage!” Likewise, if you don’t know the CRTC
rules for radio, I say, you don’t deserve to have a license. Like it or not,
that’s how it works. There are too many sneaky people, dodging the rules,
getting spanked and bringing shame to the rest of the
licensees.
It’s kinda like this. If you play hockey, you gotta
listen to your coach and if you don’t you’re kicked off the team. Same deal in
radio. Learn the rules, follow them to the tee and let your light shine before
the Commission. (Gosh that sounded religious - I’m
sorry.)
Got it? Good. Now let the dart-throwing
begin.
the last line about the dart throwing is ironic. you might not agree with what this broadcaster did. you might not like the reputation that it gives other stations such as yours. but why the need to publicly post something like this?
ReplyDeletei would bet that the station who had their license taken away is embarrassed enough without having other christians adding their commentary. i'm not excusing what the staff of that station did or didn't do or there lack of following the rules. you reap what you sow and under the rules set the government had a right to pull it.
but what's done is done. i don't think you are representing the government. but you are you're representing christ and would he really want you making commentary about other people's mistakes? from my reading jesus and simon cowell are two completely different people.
I appreciate the comment. And your opinion. You're probably not a broadcaster. Every broadcaster who responded were in total agreement.
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