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The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (NCRA/ANREC) is a
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organization of
campus radio Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively created or produce ...
and
community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...
stations in
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. It represents the interests of the sector to government (particularly the
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(CRTC)) and other agencies, and promotes community radio in Canada. Since 1981, it has helped lower tariffs affecting radio stations and assisted new stations to launch, as well as to obtain operating funds. Core initiatives include GroundWire, ''
Dig Your Roots ''Dig Your Roots'' is the third studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. The album was released on August 26, 2016, by Big Machine and Big Loud Mountain. As with their first two albums, it is produced by Joey Moi. The tw ...
'', ''
!earshot ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
'', Women’s Hands and Voices, the Community Radio Fund of Canada, sector-wide listservs, and an annual radio conference. The head office of the NCRA/ANREC is located in
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. A majority of English-language campus and community radio stations in Canada are members of the NCRA.


History

In February 1981, the first National Campus Radio Conference (NCRC) was held in Ottawa, hosted by CKCU. At that conference, the National Campus/Community Radio Organization (NCRO) was formed to promote campus radio across Canada. In August 1983, NCRC delegates voted to formalize the structure of the NCRO further and to establish a volunteer office to carry out a variety of services for member stations. The office initially operated from
CKCU-FM CKCU-FM is a Canadian community-based campus radio station, broadcasting at 93.1 FM in Ottawa, and offering live and archived on-demand audio streams from its website. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The station's ...
, at
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in
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. That year the ''Alternative Radio News Service'', a regular mailout of alternative news and information to campus and community stations, was started at
CKMS-FM CKMS-FM (branded as ''Radio Waterloo'') is a Canadian community radio station, broadcasting at 102.7 FM in Waterloo, Ontario. History The station launched in 1977 at 94.5 FM as the campus radio station of the University of Waterloo The Uni ...
at the University of Waterloo. In the early years, the NCRO published a monthly newsletter and alternative album chart. It also made presentations to the CRTC on a number of issues relating to community radio in Canada, including efforts to reduce content restrictions the CRTC had placed on the limited form of commercial advertising allowed on campus and community stations at the time. The organization was also actively involved in assisting the growing number of campus-based radio groups applying for FM radio licenses in the early 1980s. 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 1990s, 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 in May 2005, where it currently operates.


''Chart'' and ''!earshot''

The Canadian music magazine ''
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'' was founded as an internal NCRA/ANREC publication; when it incorporated as an independent newsstand title, the NCRA began publishing ''
!earshot ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
'', which is a regular supplement in ''
Exclaim! ''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
''. Many campus and community radio stations continue to file airplay charts with both publications.


''Dig Your Roots''

In 2001, after
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, a major broadcasting company in Canada, bought out a number of radio stations across Canada, as per federal regulations the CRTC required that they put a total of 6% of the assets from this transfer of ownership towards artist development. The money was given by Corus Entertainment to the NCRA/ANREC to start up and maintain the ''
Dig Your Roots ''Dig Your Roots'' is the third studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. The album was released on August 26, 2016, by Big Machine and Big Loud Mountain. As with their first two albums, it is produced by Joey Moi. The tw ...
/Découvre tes racines'' project, a series of genre-specific
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s that coincided with live concert simulcast broadcasts. Dig Your Roots concluded in 2007.


National Campus and Community Radio Conference

The NCRC is an annual national gathering of community-oriented radio broadcasters. 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.


National Women in Radio Conference

Up until 2012, a Women in Radio Conference was held during the national conference. This was replaced with the Equity Radio Day to be held on a weekend during the conference.


Conferences

* 1981 CKCU - Ottawa, ON * 1983 In conjunction with first
AMARC The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (french: link=no, Association Mondiale Des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires, AMARC) is the international umbrella organization of community radio broadcasters founded in 1983, with nearly 3,000 m ...
conference, Montreal, QC * 1984 CITR – Vancouver, BC * 1985 CHSR – Fredericton, NB * 1986
CJSW CJSW-FM is a campus radio station, broadcasting at 90.9 FM, from the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CJSW is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association and the University of Calgary Tri-Media Alliance i ...
– Calgary, AB * 1987 CKLN – Toronto, ON * 1988 CKDU – Halifax, NS * 1989 CFUV – Victoria, BC * 1990
CJSW CJSW-FM is a campus radio station, broadcasting at 90.9 FM, from the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CJSW is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association and the University of Calgary Tri-Media Alliance i ...
– Calgary, AB * 1991
CKUT CKUT-FM is the official campus community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New Y ...
– Montreal, QC * 1992 CITR – Vancouver, BC * 1993 CFLR – Sudbury, ON * 1994 CHSR – Fredericton, NB * 1995
CJSR CJSR-FM (''CJSR FM 88'') is a Canadian campus-based community radio station, broadcasting at 88.5 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The CJSR studios are located in the Students' Union Building of the University of Alberta, while its transmitter is locat ...
– Edmonton, AB * 1996
CFMU CFMU-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93.3 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. It is a campus/community radio station owned and operated by the McMaster Students Union at McMaster University. History CFMU began as a project of the McM ...
– Hamilton, ON * 1997
CIUT CIUT-FM is a campus and community radio station owned and operated by the University of Toronto. The station broadcasts live and continuously from Toronto on the 89.5 FM frequency. Programming can also be heard nationally via channel 826 on Shaw ...
– Toronto, ON * 1998 CFUV – Victoria, BC * 1999 CKDU – Halifax, NS * 2000
CKUW CKUW-FM (95.9 MHz) is the campus radio station at the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station broadcasts with 450 watts effective radiated power. Its transmitter and antenna are on top of #7 Evergreen Place in Osborne ...
– Winnipeg, MB * 2001 CHUO – Ottawa, ON * 2002 CFMH – Saint John, NB * 2003
CKUW CKUW-FM (95.9 MHz) is the campus radio station at the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station broadcasts with 450 watts effective radiated power. Its transmitter and antenna are on top of #7 Evergreen Place in Osborne ...
– Winnipeg, MB * 2004
CJSR CJSR-FM (''CJSR FM 88'') is a Canadian campus-based community radio station, broadcasting at 88.5 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The CJSR studios are located in the Students' Union Building of the University of Alberta, while its transmitter is locat ...
– Edmonton, AB * 2005 CFRU – Guelph, ON * 2006 NCRA/ANREC – Ottawa, ON * 2007 CITR – Vancouver, BC * 2008 CJAM – Windsor, ON * 2009
CKUT CKUT-FM is the official campus community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New Y ...
- Montreal, QC * 2010 CKGI - Gabriola Community Radio - Gabriola Island, BC * 2011 CKDU - Halifax, Nova Scotia * 2012
CFRC CFRC-FM (101.9 MHz) is the non-commercial campus radio station at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The station has one of the longest radio histories in Canada, with experimental broadcasts dating back to 1922 and serves Que ...
- Kingston, Ontario * 2013
CKUW CKUW-FM (95.9 MHz) is the campus radio station at the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station broadcasts with 450 watts effective radiated power. Its transmitter and antenna are on top of #7 Evergreen Place in Osborne ...
- Winnipeg, MB * 2014 CFUV - Victoria, BC * 2015 CFMH - Saint John, NB * 2016 CHUO - Ottawa, ON *2017 CIVL - Abbotsford, BC


See also

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List of campus radio stations in Canada This is a list of campus radio stations in Canada. Most stations listed here are members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association, or NCRA. CJRT in Toronto, the first FM radio station in Canadian history licensed to an educational ...
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List of community radio stations in Canada · This is a list of community radio stations in Canada. NCRA/ANREC Home

GroundWire
- Bringing you national grassroots news monthly * 25th Annua
National Campus and Community Radio Conference
June 5–10, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario * Dig Your Roots. Discover Your Culture. Grow A Consciousness
www.DigYourRoots.ca
* the national campus and community radio repor
!earshot online

Women's Hands And Voices

Free Media Archive: NCRA
- A variety of archive and document resources covering the period 1988–1993

NCRC Site
LegalEase on CKUT FM Radio Podcast: Community and Rights
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