CBC shutting down all tranlsator stations at end of month

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I thought they said 1.7% of the population used OTA?

Alot of those transmitters were like 10 watts (the TVO ones) in real remote spots

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I thought they said 1.7% of the population used OTA?

Alot of those transmitters were like 10 watts (the TVO ones) in real remote spots

That's true. My point was that if Canada was really serious about going digital like the U.S did, instead of cutting CBC's budget, the CRTC should've increased it and help them go digital in the markets that were required to go digital. Instead, the CRTC practically did nothing and that's why some towns like the ones I mentioned earlier now don't have CBC or SRC available through OTA. I agree that they should've shut down the ones that were in really remote areas and they did.

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The big difference between translator stations in the states and Canada is in the states most are run by a co-op or someone other than the station themselves. In Canada most of those SRC & CBC translators were owned by the CBC (all of TVO's were O&O)

The government (dont make it political) had grants that the translator station owners could get so they could upgrade quicker than 2015.
Sadly some of these translator markets have a better selection than we have in major cities.