CRFC: Community Radio Fund Canada CRFC: Community Radio Fund Canada CRFC: Community Radio Fund Canada


The Community Radio Fund of Canada – 2012 $$$ http://www.communityradiofund.org/


Canadian Community and Campus Radio Stations Are Eligible for Annual Funding Support Under the Following Programs, According to the Program Priorities Cited.

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1. Radio Talent Development Program

The goal of the Radio Talent Development Program is to develop innovative local interest programming. The components of this program are: (a) producing local-interest content in the area of spoken word, and (b) providing training, mentoring, and/or education to those producing this content.

Total funding available: $80,000
Eligible amounts: between $500 and $10,000


2. Youth Internship Program

The Youth Internship Program is aimed at stations that are seeking to work with young Canadians in search of mentorship, education, and/or training in broadcasting within a community-oriented radio station. Its goal is to increase station capacity and outreach through recruitment, hiring, and training of young talented radio programmers while contributing new and innovative programming to stations. The components of this program are: (a) the mentorship, education, and/or training of a youth intern(s), and (b) music or spoken word programming produced by the intern(s).

Total funding available: $80,000
Eligible amounts: between $500 and $10,000


3. Developing Canadian Content  The CRFC intends to launch its new annual CCD Program: Developing Canadian Content around June 18, 2012.  Stay tuned for details.

 
Program Priorities PDF Print E-mail

The CRFC’s mandate is to provide support to the more than 150 licensed campus and community radio stations in Canada and to foster a well-resourced, dynamic, and accessible sector. It distributes funds under four priority areas.

1. Local Community News and Access
Local reflection in news, public affairs, arts, and culture; community access and outreach programming; and training and production, including:

  • Production of local news and community affairs programs.
  • Training for community news production staff.
  • Support for official language minority and third-language news programming.

2. Community Music and Expression
Programming and projects that highlight and promote local music and emerging artists, including:

  • Support to stations for outreach, acquisition, and archiving of local music, particularly in under-represented genres.
  • Assistance to record, digitize, and distribute recordings from local artists.

3. Emerging Distribution Technologies
Planning and implementation of systems to support new program delivery technologies, including:

  • Training staff and volunteers in the practical use of new communications technology.
  • Research of digital distribution techniques appropriate for community radio content.
  • Support for station computer technology and connectivity.

4. Sustainability and Capacity-Building
Skills and knowledge central to the ability of community radio stations to effectively serve their local communities, including:

  • Assistance to stations in core competency areas like governance, management, programming, volunteer support, community relations, and development.
  • Assistance to national community radio associations to provide key support services and resources to local stations.
  • Support for stations in communities underserved by other media, including rural areas.

 

Timeline for our next call for funding applications
Here is our planned timeline. Please note that these dates may change. If that is the case, the CRFC will publish new dates on our website.

cal12 February 27: Launch call for applications
April 3: Deadline for applications
April 12: Deadline for feedback from program officer to applicants
April 17: Deadline for amended applications
May 21: Announce decisions
June 4: Funding terms begin

 

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