Old is meeting new as Canada’s first publicly owned radio caster, CKUA, formed in 1927, makes plans to provide programming to Canadian Satellite Radio. CSR will gain local content while Alberta-based CKUA’s material will grab ears across North America with a proposed satellite radio service, the Northern Lights channel. The duo will also try to generate other funding and programming initiatives for community radio throughout Canada.
‘Our involvement with satellite radio allows us to extend our programming expertise and reach via this new technology,’ said Sharon McMullan-Baron, chairman of the CKUA Radio Foundation Board in a release.
