http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/NEWS/SPEECHES/2006/s060929.htm

A local college radio station is being called to task for the following alleged infractions, committed over a year ago.

The examination also revealed shortfalls relating to the following three conditions of licence:

1. the licensee broadcast a level of 4.73% category 3 music instead of the weekly minimum of 5%;
2. the licensee broadcast a weekly level of 0.83% news instead of the weekly minimum of 4%; and
3. the absence of any formal educational programming despite its condition of licence to broadcast a minimum of two hours of such programming.

A hearing was called and people were flown in from all over the country to attend. All because a college radio station didn’t play some news and missed a few minutes of “category 3 music”.

I realize spectrum is a limited commodity, but gee-whiz, isn’t there a more efficient way of handling this?