RTA 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Canadian Radio League, Cnr Radio, Graham Spry

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Media Studies
• Course: RTA 210
• Professor: Dana Lee

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Public broadcasting is broadcasting created in the public interest as defined by an act of parliament or another governmental jurisdiction. Public broadcasting is by far the most successful and widespread model of broadcasting. However, they are not government controlled: public radio. Began in 1922 as a group of private companies set up by radio manufacturing in order to promote sales of their radio. The bbc"s first dire(cid:272)tor ge(cid:374)eral, sa(cid:449) radio as a(cid:374) i(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)of pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) good, (cid:374)ot as a (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of pa(cid:374)deri(cid:374)g(cid:863) to the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)"s (cid:271)aser i(cid:374)terests. Bbc today operates under the aegis of a so called royal charter. The corporation is run by a board of governors which represents the interests of the general public. In canada, public broadcasting took longer to get itself established than in britain. Ke(cid:455) to pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) radio"s (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) (cid:449)as a pri(cid:448)atel(cid:455) fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)ed lo(cid:271)(cid:271)(cid:455) group k(cid:374)o(cid:449) as the ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) radio.