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As others have said, CanCon is a quota for "Canadian" content on TV and the radio, which mostly means our radio stations play a lot more Nickelback than anyone
by BruceIV 13y ago
As others have said, CanCon is a quota for "Canadian" content on TV and the radio, which mostly means our radio stations play a lot more Nickelback than anyone wants to listen to.
- arawde 13y agoWhile this may be true, I recently started volunteering at the student radio station at UBC, and I would be surprised if we have any Nickelback. Citr.ca also has a live stream, if you do not live in Vancouver. For anyone wondering about some CanCon regulations as far as radio: 1. Music falling in Category 2 (Rock, Dance, pop, acoustic, country, easy listening) must consist of 35% CanCon 2. Category 3 (concert/classical, opera, musical theatre, folk, world beat and international, jazz and blues, religious, experimental) must consist of 12% CanCon 3. 7% CanCon during ethnic broadcast. In order to qualify as CanCon, a song must contain someone of Canadian nationality in two of the for MAPL categories: music (composition), artist (music or lyrics performance), performance (live performance recorded or broadcasted from live in Canada), lyrics (written entirely by a Canadian). CanCon is calculated on a weekly basis.