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There is still a shot at saving Toronto's community radio station CKLN, which is in the midst of getting its broadcasting license taken away by the CRTC. Whether it’s a long shot or a sure one is unclear. But it’s there.
This was the once piece of hope that a packed room of people in Toronto’s Metro Hall on Wednesday, February 9th were hanging on to. Due to the public concern toward the uncertain future of urban radio in the city, a “town hall” meeting was put together on Wednesday night by the good folks at
Manifesto. It was a chance for people in the hip-hop community to voice their concerns, ideas and solutions regarding the current place of urban music on Canada’s airwaves, and to discuss what can be done to keep CKLN on the air.
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