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APPENDIX VI ^*

[SECTION IV]

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1. LOCAL LIVE BROADCASTS.

a. Extent of Local Live Programmes.

Independent stations, as a group, totalled an average of 34.8% of total broadcast hours between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. to local live programmes. There is no marked difference here between them and Group B affiliated stations. Group B stations (Trans-Canada) devoted 27.9% and Group B stations (Dominion) 35.7% to such programmes.

Group A stations, with fuller network services available, devoted considerably less--CBC Groups A stations 8.5%; Private Group A stations 17.5% (Trans-Canada): Private Group A stations (Dominion) 18%; Private Group A stations (French) 15.1%.

b. News, Sportscasts and Sports Events.

Except in one group (Trans-Canada Group B stations) there is again close similarity between independent and all Group A and B affiliated station groups in the percentage of local live broadcasting devoted to news and sportcasts and coverage of sports events. Between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. the percentage of all local live broadcasting thus absorbed was:

Trans-Canada
CBC-Group A			55%
Private-Group A			49
Private-Group B			60
Dominion:
Private-Group A			43
Private-Group B			45
French:
Private-Group A			44
Independents			49

c. Programmes of Canadian Origin.

One of the few rather striking contrasts between independent and affiliated stations (showing the influence of association with a network) is with respect to the amount of programmes of Canadian origin which are broadcast in evening hours.

Programmes of Canadian Origin as Percentage of 6:00-11:00 P.M. Period.
Trans-Canada:
CBC-Group A		76.7%
Private-Group A		61.6
Private-Group B		60.2
Dominion:
Private-Group A		59.0
Private-Group B		50.2
French:
Private-Group A		67.6
Independents		40.4

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Independent stations are 10% short of the nearest group among affiliated stations in their output of Canadian programmes. They are 22% short of the average output (62.5%) of Canadian programme matter by the six affiliated groups combined.

2. MUSIC.

a. Music Programmes as Percentage of All Broadcasts.

The average percentage of music programmes on independent stations (57%) is somewhat higher than the average for Group A and B stations (50%); and individual stations in the Independent group run to greater extremes. Thus, on Independent stations individual percentages range from 29.4% to 80%, on affiliated stations from 28% to 66%. Such marked departures from the norm are generally more frequent among Independent stations.

b. Serious Music.

A relative dearth of serious music has been noted on both Independent and affiliated stations, though comparison is somewhat in favour of the Independents. 28% of these stations have less than an hour of serious music a day. This, however, is true of about one-third of the affiliated stations analyzed.

c. Popular Music.

The average percentage (48.4%) of total broadcast hours devoted to popular music over Independent stations is higher than that of any group of affiliated stations. But the margin of difference, at its narrowest, is only 4.9%. At its widest it is 16.7%. The average percentage for all affiliated groups combined is 39%, i.e. 9.4% less than that of the Independent group.

d. Ratios of Serious and Popular Music.

The average ratio of serious and popular music for independent stations was 1:12. This is in marked contrast to that of Group A (1:5) and Group B (1:6) affiliated stations. (It will be remembered that the Independent group's average was affected by one exceptional station with a ratio of 1:117. Even if this station is eliminated, however, the group's adjusted ratio (1:8) is higher than that of either Group A or B affiliates. 68% of Independent stations had a ratio of 1:5 or more, as contrasted with 48% of Group A and B affiliates.

Extreme disparities were likewise more evident among individual Independent stations. Thus one station had 117 times, and two stations 26 times as much light as serious music. The most extreme instance among affiliated stations was that of a station with a ratio of 1:19.

3. RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS.

Records and Transcriptions as Percentage of
(a) Total Broadcast Hours (b) 6:00-11:00 p.m. Period
Group All Day 6.00-11:00 p.m.

Trans-Canada:

CBC-Group A 25.7 20.7

Private-Group A 57.0 40.7

Private-Group B 53.2 45.8

Dominion:

Private-Group A 64.2 43.6

Private-Group B 64.6 55.9

French:

Private-Group A 48.9 34.8

Independents 73.0 62.6

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Independent stations are sharply contrasted with affiliated stations in their extensive use of records and transcriptions. Their average is higher, by a margin of 8.4%, than that of the nearest group of affiliated stations.

The contrast is similarly marked in evening hours between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m., though the percentage of time devoted to records and transcriptions is then less than for all day broadcasting. Between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. Independent stations averaged 62.6% of records and transcriptions, a figure exceeding that for each and all of the affiliated groups. The average percentage for all affiliated groups combined was 40.2%, or 22.4% less than that for Independent stations. Here again the influence of network affiliation is highlighted.

4. PROGRAMMES OF UNITED STATES ORIGIN.

More programmes, on average, of United States origin reach Canadian listeners over affiliated than over Independent stations.

Transcribed programmes of United States origin broadcast on twenty-two Independent stations averaged 12.5% of total broadcast hours. This is a lower average percentage than that for four of the six groups of affiliated stations examined. Only on Group B stations, Trans-Canada (5.5%) and Private Group A stations, French network (4.2%) was the percentage lower than for the Independent group.

On CBC Group A stations (Trans-Canada) 13.2% and Private Group A (Dominion) 13%, average percentages were almost identical with that for Independent stations. On Private Group A stations (Trans-Canada) and Private Group B stations (Dominion) the percentage was nearly double (23% and 23.4% respectively) that for the Independent group.

Between 6:00 and 11:00 p. m. the average percentage of United States transcribed programmes rises, on Independent stations, to 18.8% of the entire period. But even at this higher figure Independent stations are outbidden by two of the six affiliated groups examined which showed 26.3% (Private Group A stations, Trans-Canada) and 23.3% (Private Group B stations, Dominion) respectively.

If CBC network programmes of United States origin carried by the affiliated stations analyzed are included, the comparative incidence of United States material is as follows. (French network stations are excluded in view of the language barrier to extensive United States borrowing.)

Trans-Canada:
CBC-Group A	15.6%
Private-Group A	31.3
Private-Group B	24.5
Dominion:
Private-Group A	19.6
Private-Group B	28.3
Independents	12.5

5. COMMERCIAL AND SUSTAINING PROGRAMMES.

The average percentage of commercial programmes (34.8%) for all Group A and B affiliated stations combined is higher than that (29.6%) for twenty-two Independent stations analyzed by 5.2%.

The average percentage on Independent stations is exceeded by that for four of the six affiliated station groups examined; Private Group A, 39.3%, Private Group B, 54.6% (Trans-Canada); Private Group A, 32.3% and Private Group B, 30.0% (Dominion).

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Between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. the average percentage of commercial programmes rises on Independent stations to 36.3%. At this higher figure Independent stations are within 8% range of all six affiliated station groups, with the exception of Group B stations Trans-Canada, which, in evening hours, carry 69.4% commercial programmes.

6. COMMERCIAL SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The seeming financial advantage, with respect to sponsored programmes, enjoyed by Group A and B stations with network affiliation is partly offset by the relatively greater amount of commercial spot announcements carried by Independent stations.

Commercial spot announcements are markedly more frequent on Independent than on affiliated Group A and B stations. Twenty-two Independent stations examined averaged five spot announcements an hour in permissible periods through out the entire week. Of the six Group A and B affiliated station groups examined, only one averaged five spot announcements an hour. (See page 461.)

The frequency of high incidence of spot announcements over individual stations was also greater among Independent stations. Thus four Independent stations (18% of the group examined)carried an average of ten commercial spot announcements an hour in permissible periods, whereas among all affiliated station groups the highest incidence of spot announcements was eight an hour over one station.

APPENDIX A.

NETWORK ANALYSIS

A. Trans-Canada

CBC Basic	Hours of Network Programmes Available.	Hours of Network Programmes Broadcast.	Percentage of Available Programmes Carried.
CBI Sydney	108:55	106:15	97.6%
CBH Halifax	108:55	106:44	98.0
CBA Sackville	114:30	109:00	95.7
CBM Montreal	102:35*	86:53	85.2	CBS Programmes Not Available.
CBO Ottawa	108:05	106:37	98.7
CBL Toronto	102:35*	90:40	88.3	CBS Programmes Not available.
CBW Winnipeg	104:52*	81:13	77.5	Carries local contracts from CKY.
CBK Watrous	104:52	97:25	92.8
CBX Edmonton	104:52	102:52	98.1
CBR Vancouver	108:25	108:25	100.0
Private Basic
CHSJ Saint John	101:45	53:44	52.8
CKWS Kingston	108:05	52:18	48.2

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Private Basic	Hours of Net- work Programmes Available.	Hours of Net- work Programmes Broadcast.	Percentage of Available Pro- grammes Carried.
CFCH North Bay	108:05	60:16	55.8
CJKL Kirkland Lake	108:05	53:10	49.2
CKGB Timmins	108:05	30:83	29.0
CKSO Sudbury	108:05	61:20	56.7
CJIC Sault Ste. Marie	108:05	55:25	51.3
CKPR Fort William	96:40	57:15	59.2
CJOC Lethbridge	104:52	42:05	40.4
CFJC Kamloops	108:25	67:00	61.8
CKOV Kelowna	108:25	53:16	49.1
CJAT Trail	108:25	35:45	33.0
CBC Group A
CBN St. John's	97:00	95:05	98.0
CBG Gander	96:15	96:15	100.0
CBY Corner Brook	82:20	77:50	96.5
CFPR Prince Rupert	88:50	74:10	83.1

Trans-Canada Private Group A	Available Network Sustaining	Available Network Commercial	Total	Released	Percent
CKPG Prince George	87:55	2:25	90:20	60:45	67.2
CKOC Hamilton	80:05	23:10	103:15	26:35	27.2
CHLO St. Thomas	77:35	3:00	80:35	17:00	21.1
CHOK Sarnia	31:05	2:40	33:45	15:50	46.9

CKCK Regina
Private Group B
CJCA Edmonton	Note: These stations receive only those commercials requested by sponsors.

B. Dominion

CBC Basic	Hours of Net- work Programmes Available.	Hours of Net- work Programmes Broadcast.	Percentage of Available Pro- grammes Carried.
CJBC Toronto	25:25	25:25	100.0	CBS Programmes Not available.
Private Basic
CHNS Halifax	33:20	26:55	80.8
*CJLS Yarmouth	88:00	62:55	71.5
*CFCY Charlottetown	88:00	24:00	27.3
*CKNB Campbellton	88:00	66:30	75.6
*CKTS Sherbrooke	87:40	63:30	72.4
CFCF Montreal	29:40	20:45	68.3
CKOY Ottawa	29:40	23:30	79.2
CHOV Pembroke	29:40	27:40	92.7
CHEX Peterborough	29:40	24:30	82.6
†CFPL London	32:10	28:30	88.6
*CFCO Chatham	87:40	42:50	48.9
†CFPA Port Arthur	41:05	44:00	100.0
CKRC Winnipeg	25:40	19:00	74.0
CKX Brandon	25:40	19:10	74.8
CKBI Prince Albert	26:55	22:00	81.7
CHAB Moose Jaw	26:55	21:00	78.0
CKRM Regina	26:55	18:50	70.0
CFRN Edmonton	24:25	16:00	65.5
CFCN Calgary	24:25	19:15	78.8

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*CHWK Chilliwack	88:00	45:15	51.4
CJOR Vancouver	24:25	19:30	79.9

* These stations have Trans-Canada service available when Dominion network inoperative.
† These stations share Trans-Canada service when Dominion network inoperative.

Dominion Private Group A	Available Network Sustaining	Available Network Commercial	Total	Released	Percent
CFOR Orillia	17:40	1:30	19:10	16:40	86.9
CJIB Vernon	14:55	6:45	21:40	17:15	79.6
CKTB St. Catharines	75:38	4:45	80:23	15.00	18.6

CFOS Owen Sound
Private Group B
CKNX Wingham	Note: These stations receive only those commercials requested by sponsors.
CJCS Stratford
CJBQ Belleville
CKFI Fort Frances
CKPC Brantford
CKCR Kitchener

C. French Network

CBC Basic	Hours of Net- work Programmes Available	Hours of Net- work Programmes Broadcast	Percentage of Available Pro- grammes Carried
CFB Montreal	117:55	98:20	83.4
CBV Quebec	117:55	104:25	88.6
CBJ Chicoutimi	117:55	85:25	72.4
Private Group A	Available Network Sustaining	Available Network Commercial	Total	Released	Percent
CHNC New Carlisle	81:28	16:02	97:40	55:35	56.9
CHLT Sherbrooke	81:28	5:30	86:58	43:45	52.8
CHGB Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere	82:43	2:12	85:05	37:41	44.3

APPENDIX B.

A. Music, Live and Recorded or Transcribed, on Fourteen
Group A Affiliated Stations. (Figures indicate minutes.)
Trans-Canada:
Station	Serious Live	Serious Record & Transcribed	Total	Popular Live	Popular Record & Transcribed	Total	Ratio (app.) Serious to Popular
CBC-Group A
CBN	60	900	960	45	1547	1592	3:5
CBY	--	595	595	--	2290	2290	1:4
CBG	--	400	400	--	2305	2305	1:6
CFPR	--	1535	1535	--	2500	2500	3:5
Private-Group A
CHOK	--	255	255	120	3670	3790	1:19
CHLO	90	310	400	105	3925	4030	1:10

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Dominion:
CKOC	30	510	540	--	3284	3284	1:6
CKPG	--	875	875	--	1760	1760	1:2
Private-Group A
CKTB	--	405	405	90	3335	3425	1:8
CJIB	15	810	825	95	3040	3135	1:4
CFOR	30	310	340	235	2145	2380	1:7
French:
Private-Group A
CHLT	15	1215	1230	30	1415	1445	6:7
CHGB	--	975	975	--	3904	3904	1:4
CHNC	--	1645	1645	--	1895	1895	8:9

B. Music, Live and Recorded or Transcribed, on Nine
Group B Affiliated Stations. (Figures indicate minutes.)
Trans-Canada:

Private-Group B

CJCA -- 195 195 190 2923 3113 1:16

CKCK 165 910 1075 60 3115 3175 1:3

Dominion:

Private-Group B

CKNX 30 330 360 185 1360 1545 1:4

CFOS 50 210 260 70 2185 2255 1:9

CKCR 30 310 340 15 2465 2480 1:7

CKFI 15 860 875 90 1645 1735 1:2

CKPC 60 485 545 240 3210 3450 1:6

CJBQ -- 935 935 130 3220 3350 1:3 ½

CJCS 75 490 565 30 3495 3525 1:6

C. Serious and Popular Music as Percentages of Total
Broadcast Hours (from sign-on to midnight) on Fourteen
Group A Affiliated Stations.*
Station Total
Hours Total
Serious Percent Total
Popular Percent Total
Music Percent

Trans-Canada:

CBC-Group A

CBN 6952 960 13.8 1592 22.9 2552 36.7

CBY 6935 595 8.6 2290 33.0 2885 41.6

CBG 6900 400 5.8 2305 33.4 2705 39.2

CFPR 6690 1535 22.9 2500 37.4 4035 60.3

Private-Group A

CHOK 7675 255 3.3 3790 49.4 4045 52.7

CHLO 7530 400 5.3 4030 53.5 4430 58.8

CKOC 7474 540 7.2 3284 43.9 3824 51.1

CKPG 6495 875 13.5 1760 27.1 2635 40.6

Dominion:

Private-Group A

CKTB 7530 405 5.4 3425 45.5 3830 50.9

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French:
CJIB	6660	825	12.4	3135	47.0	3960	59.4
CFOR	6785	340	5.0	2380	35.0	2720	40.0
Private-Group A
CHLT	7440	1230	16.5	1445	19.3	2675	35.8
CHGB	7395	975	13.1	3904	52.8	4879	65.9
CHNC	6520	1645	25.2	1895	29.0	3540	54.2

*For stations broadcasting in excess of 17 hours a day (or 7140 minutes weekly) the percentage figures in this chart are inaccurate, in that music programmes up to midnight only were enumerated. As the hours after midnight to approximately 7:00 a.m. are almost exclusively devoted to music, the real percentage of total broadcast time devoted to music over these stations is very much higher.

D. Serious and Popular Music as Percentages of Total
Broadcast hours (from sign-on to midnight) on Nine
Group B Affiliated Stations.
Trans-Canada:
Private-Group B
CJCA	7530	195	2.6	3113	41.3	3308	43.9
CKCK	7225	1075	14.9	3175	43.9	4250	58.8
Dominion:
Private-Group G
CKNX	6730	360	5.3	1545	23.0	1905	28.3
CFOS	6730	260	3.9	2255	33.5	2515	37.4
CKCR	6675	340	5.1	2480	37.2	2820	42.3
CKFI	6620	875	13.2	1735	26.2	2610	39.4
CKPC	6815	545	8.0	3450	50.6	3995	58.6
CJBQ	7020	935	13.3	3350	47.7	4385	61.0
CJCS	6935	565	8.1	3525	50.8	4090	58.9

APPENDIX C.

A. Music, Live and Recorded or Transcribed, from Sign-on
to Midnight, on Twenty-Five Independent Stations.
(Figures indicate Minutes.)
Station	Live	Serious Recorded or Transcribed	Total	Live	Popular Recorded or Transcribed	Total	Ratio (app.) Serious to Popular
CKNW	15	510	525	275	3050	3325	1:6
CKMO	--	880	880	150	4270	4420	1:5
CHVC	125	1164	1289	120	981	1101	1:1
CKOX	15	435	450	167	2378	2545	1:6
CJOY	60	538	598	20	4589	4609	1:8
CKCL	105	360	465	135	2713	2848	1:7
CKDO	30	150	180	30	4645	4675	1.26
CKBL	105	900	1005	190	3965	4155	1.4
CHLP	--	630	630	425	4785	5210	1:8
CFAB	--	934	934	--	3100	3100	1:3
CKEN	--	934	934	--	3100	3100	1:3
CJSO	60	805	865	60	2925	2985	1:35

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CHUM	--	115	115	--	3017	3017	1:26
CJRW	--	355	355	--	3299	3299	1:9
CFRA	--	405	405	60	5365	5425	1:13
CKVL	15	240	255	220	4120	4340	1:17
CKEY	--	30	30	80	3435	3515	1:117
CJAD	--	700	700	70	3025	3095	1:44
CHRC	25	730	755	25	3715	3740	1:5
CJOB	60	830	890	305	2844	3149	1:35
CJAV	---	510	510	60	3580	3640	1:7
CHLN	15	1210	1225	75	2305	2380	1:2
U.S. Network Affiliates:
CFRB	120	150	270	85	1835	1920	1:7
CKAC	180	485	665	265	3815	4080	1:6
CKWX	--	275	275	--	3540	3540	1:15

B. Serious and Popular Music Over Twenty-five Independ-
ent Stations as Percentages of Total Broadcast Hours
from Sign-on to Midnight.*
Station	Total Minutes on Air	Total Serious	%	Total Popular	%	Total Music	%	Ratio (app.) Serious to Popular
CKNW	10080	525	5.2	3325	32.9	3850	38.1	1:6
CKMO	7615	880	11.6	4420	58.0	5300	69.6	1:5
CHVC	6787	1289	19.0	1101	16.2	2390	35.2	1:1
CKOX	6675	450	6.7	2545	38.2	2995	44.9	1:6
CJOY	7355	598	8.1	4609	62.7	5207	70.8	1:8
CKCL	6594	465	7.0	2848	43.2	3313	50.2	1:6
CKDO	6760	180	2.6	4675	69.2	4855	71.8	1:26
CKBL	6975	1005	14.4	4155	59.6	5160	74.0	1:4
CHLP	7295	630	8.6	5210	71.4	5840	80.0	1:8
CFAB	5760	934	16.2	3100	53.8	4034	70.0	1:3
CKEN	5760	934	16.2	3100	53.8	4034	70.0	1:3
CJSO	6455	865	13.4	2985	46.2	3850	59.6	1:3 ½
CHUM	5070	115	2.3	3017	59.5	3132	61.8	1:26
CJRW	5531	355	6.4	3299	59.6	3654	66.0	1:9
CFRA	8445	405	4.8	5425	64.2	5830	69.0	1:13
CKVL	9780	255	2.6	4340	44.4	4595	47.0	1:17
CKEY	9280	30	.3	3515	37.9	3545	38.2	1:117
CJAD	7475	700	9.4	3095	41.4	3795	50.8	1:4 ½
CHRC	7235	755	10.4	3740	51.7	4495	62.1	1:5
CJOB	9720	890	9.2	3149	32.4	4039	41.6	1:3 ½
CJAV	6680	510	7.6	3640	54.5	4150	62.1	1:7
CHLN	6480	1225	18.9	2380	36.7	3605	55.6	1:2
U.S. Network Affiliates:
CFRB	7450	270	3.6	1920	25.8	2190	29.4	1:7
CKAC	8375	665	7.9	4080	48.7	4745	56.6	1:6
CKWX	7295	275	3.6	3595	49.0	3870	52.6	1:13

*For stations broadcasting in excess of 17 hours a day (or 7140 minutes a week) the percentage figures in this chart are inaccurate, in that music programmes up to midnight only were enumerated. As the hours after midnight to approximately 7:00 a.m. are almost exclusively devoted to music, the real percentage of total broadcast time devoted to music programmes on such stations is very much higher.

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APPENDIX D.

**Records and Transcriptions on Twenty-five Independent Stations.**
Station	Amount of Records and Transcriptions to Nearest Hour	Total Broadcast Hours to Nearest Hour.	Percentage of Records and Transcriptions.
CKOX	79	111	71%
CHVC	67	110	61
CKCL	68	110	62
CKMO	106	126	84
CKNW	113	168	67
CKVL	120	163	74
CJOB	134	162	80
CJAD	84	125	67
CKEY	119	164	73
CHRC	84	121	70
CJAV	54	111	81
CHLN	75	108	69
CJSO	76	107	70
CHLP	95	122	78
CKBL	87	116	75
CKDO	93	111	84
CFRA	87	140	62
CJOY	93	123	76
CHUM	66	84	79
CKEN	73	96	76
CFAB	73	96	76
CJRW	70	92	76
U.S. Network Affiliates:
CFRB	49	124	40
CKAC	72	140	51
CKWX	80	122	66

^* From: Canada. Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences. Report. Ottawa : King's Printer, 1951. By permission of the Privy Council Office.

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