National Campus and Community Radio Association

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The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (NCRA/ANREC) is a non-profit organization of campus radio and community radio stations in Canada.

The NCRA/ANREC is a not-for-profit national association of organizations and individuals committed to volunteer-based, community-oriented radio broadcasting. It is dedicated to advancing the role and increasing the effectiveness of campus and community radio in Canada. It works closely with other regional, national, and international radio organizations to: provide developmental materials and networking services to its members, represent the interests of the sector to government (particularly the CRTC) and other agencies, and promote public awareness and appreciation for community-oriented radio in Canada. Since 1981, it has affected changes to national radio policy, helped lower tariffs affecting radio stations, and has helped stations open doors while preventing others from closing. Core initiatives include: GroundWire, Dig Your Roots, !earshot, Women’s Hands and Voices, the Community Radio Fund, sector-wide listservs, and an annual radio conference. It remains committed to the vitality of campus and community radio stations in Canada.

The head office of the NCRA/ANREC is located in Ottawa.

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[edit] History

In February 1981, the first National Campus Radio Conference (NCRC) was held in Ottawa, where the National Campus/Community Radio Organization (NCRO) was formed to exchange ideas, share experiences, publish a regular newsletter, and work on networks to promote campus radio across Canada. In August 1983, NCRC delegates voted to formalize the structure of the NCRO further and to establish an office to carry out a variety of services for member stations. That year the Alternative Radio News Service, a regular mailout of alternative news and information, was started to campus and community stations. In July 1986 the NCRO was incorporated as the National Campus and Community Radio Association Inc./ L'Association nationale de radios étudiantes et communautaires Inc. (NCRA/ANREC). In the early 1990’s, there was a national office and executive director for a short period of time, but due to lack of stable funding, among other problems, the office closed after less than one year. In February 2002, a new office was formed in Montreal with a national coordinator, which moved to Ottawa May 2005, where it currently operates.

[edit] Chart and !earshot

The Canadian music magazine Chart was originally founded as an internal NCRA/ANREC publication; when it incorporated as an independent newsstand title, the NCRA began publishing !earshot, which is a regular supplement in Exclaim!. Many campus radio stations continue to file airplay charts with both publications.

[edit] Dig Your Roots

In 2001, after Corus Entertainment, a major broadcasting company in Canada, bought out a number of radio stations across Canada, the CRTC required that they put a total of 6% of the assets from this transfer of ownership towards artist development. (This is a requirement for all transfers of ownership for radio broadcasitng companies in Canada.) After a year of lobbying and negotiations, the money was given by Corus Entertainment to the NCRA/ANREC to start up and maintain the Dig Your Roots/Découvre tes racines project.

Dig Your Roots/Découvre tes racines is all about developing and promoting new Canadian music from the four corners of this culturally diverse and musically rich country. It is an exploration of independent talent from the Canadian underground. Its scope is wide ranging and focuses on original forms of music that are currently under-represented in the Canadian music scene. It features a series of genre-specific compilation albums that coincide with live concert simulcast broadcasts. featuring that is not normally represented on mainstream radio. For each compilation, there is: a nation-wide call for submissions; an online promotion involving artist MP3s; an esteemed panel to choose the compilation artists; and a nation-wide "tour" of the compilation. Rather than artists going out on the road, this tour will actually involve live coast-to-coast broadcasts of regional concerts on radio stations across the country. Compilations to date are: Hip-Hop (2003); Spoken Word (2004); Electronic Dance/Danse électronique (2004); Roots (2005); Aboriginal/Autochtones (2006). An Experimental Jazz project is planned for 2007.

[edit] National Campus and Community Radio Conference (NCRC)

The NCRC is an annual national gathering of community-oriented radio broadcasters who provide alternative radio to a diverse audience. It has been offered every summer since 1981, and it is one of the core activities of the NCRA/ANREC. It is usually hosted by a different radio station in different locations each year. During the conference, delegates attend workshops, seminars, the Annual General Meeting of the NCRA (during which Board members are elected, the Treasurer's report is approved, the business of the Association is accomplished by the membership, and the next Conference's host radio station selected), seminars, live shows, and feature presentations. To celebrate 25 years of late nights, learning, and valuable networking, the NCRA/ANREC itself hosted the Silver Anniversary Edition of the conference in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). NCRC 2007 will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, hosted by CiTR FM.

Usually within or just before the NCRC, the Women In Radio Conference is held. According to the NCRC website

More than 10 years ago, a group of women called for a special conference day for women in the campus and community radio sector, in an effort to provide support and resources for women and to broaden the participation of women of all walks of life. The Women In Radio (WIR) Conference currently exists as a one-day conference held as part of the National Campus and Community Radio Conference (NCRC).

Previous NCRC's:

  • 1981 Ottawa, ON
  • 1982 Montreal, QC
  • 1984 Vancouver, BC
  • 1985 CHSR – Fredericton, NB
  • 1986 CJSW – Calgary, AB
  • 1987 CKLN – Toronto, ON
  • 1988 CKDU – Halifax, NS
  • 1989 CFUV – Victoria, BC
  • 1990 CJSW – Calgary, AB
  • 1991 CKUT – Montreal, QC
  • 1992 CITR – Vancouver, BC
  • 1993 CFLR – Sudbury, ON
  • 1994 CHSR – Fredericton, NB
  • 1995 CJSR – Edmonton, AB
  • 1996 CFMU – Hamilton, ON
  • 1997 CIUT – Toronto, ON
  • 1998 CFUV – Victoria, BC
  • 1999 CKDU – Halifax, NS
  • 2000 CKUW – Winnipeg, MB
  • 2001 CHUO – Ottawa, ON
  • 2002 CFMH – Saint John, NB
  • 2003 CKUW – Winnipeg, MB
  • 2004 CJSR – Edmonton, AB
  • 2005 CFRU – Guelph, ON
  • 2006 NCRA/ANREC – Ottawa, ON
  • 2007 CITR – Vancouver, BC

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