Re: ID's in CANADA?

[mwaters@wesleyan.edu (Martin J. Waters)]

        The text I've quoted below is posted on a page of the International
Radio Club of America website and was written by a Canadian, Shawn Axelrod.
The much longer page this is on may be found at:
<http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792/bcbinfo.htm#info4>
        There has been some comment here about the golden-era of CKLW,
circa 30 years ago,  and its legal ID habits at that time. It may well be
that the Canadian rules have changed since then. I certainly listen to
Canadian statons , such as the CBC Class A stations, and hear no legal IDs,
or even call letters. CBL/740 is a good example. Even 30 years ago,
apparently, whatever the legal ID requirement was, it didn't involve having
to do it right near the top of the hour, as in the U.S., because I also
remember that CKLW's version of a top-hour ID/station break was the famous
Drake-format jingle, "CKLW, The Motor City." Perhaps that was a way around
a Canadian prohibition preventing it from IDing in U.S. style, but saying
Windsor-Detroit. No matter. It's a classic.

                        BY  SHAWN AXELROD

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ID'S WE DON'T NEED ANY ID'S
 Yes, up here some stations particularly those  stations on FM may never
give what you would
call a legal ID, as the American stations have to once each hour. Canadian
stations as far
as I can figure must give their legal call sign once a day not once an
hour. This can lead to
stations using only their slogans as an ID. This may be catchy and keep the
listeners' attention
but it does nothing for a DX'er. If you are looking for a legal ID
containing call sign,
frequency and location you may have a long wait with some Canadian
stations. A slogan may have
to do for many stations here in Canada. To help you ID many of the stations
that have fallen
into the habit of using only a slogan or slogans, I recommend that you make
good use of the Slogans
List found elsewhere in the Almanac. There are many Canadian stations
documented in the List and
it will prove a valuable DX'ing tool for ID'ing not only Canadian, but also
USA radio stations.
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