National Campus and Community Radio Association
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The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (NCRA/ANREC) is a non-profit organization of campus radio and community radio stations in Canada.
One of several community radio associations in Canada, the NCRC/ANREC represents mostly campus-based community radio stations outside of Quebec. As such, the NCRA/ANREC promotes and supports volunteer-based, community-oriented radio broadcasting. Toward this end the NCRA/ANREC works with other regional and international community-oriented radio organizations to provide developmental materials and networking services to its members, representing interests of the sector to government and other agencies (particularly the CRTC), and to promote public awareness and appreciation for community-oriented radio in Canada.
The head office of the NCRA/ANREC is located in Ottawa.
History
An earlier, less formal incarnation of the association, the National Campus/Community Radio Organization, was formed in 1981 at the first National Campus Radio Conference, held at Ottawa's Carleton University by 120 representatives from campus and community radio stations from across the country. In 1986 the association was incorporated under the leadership of Patrick Nagle as a vehicle for promoting campus and community radio in Canada.Chart and !earshot
The Canadian music magazine Chart was originally founded as an internal NCRA/ANREC publication; when it incorporated as an independent newsstand title, the NCRA began publishing !earshot, which is a regular supplement in Exclaim!. Many campus radio stations continue to file airplay charts with both publications.Dig Your Roots
In 2002, after Corus Entertainment, a major broadcasting company in Canada, bought a large number of commercial radio stations in various Canadian markets, the CRTC required that they put a sum of one million dollars towards artist development. After lobbying by the NCRA, the money was given by Corus Entertainment to the NCRA to start up and maintain the Dig Your Roots project.Dig Your Roots is a series of compilation albums featuring Canadian music that is not normally represented on mainstream radio. In addition to the release of these compilations, a series of live broadcasts across Canada is facilitated in efforts to promote Canadian artists.
The compilations are as follows:
- 2003 - Hip-Hop
- 2004 - Spoken Word/Electronic Dance
- 2005 - Roots
- 2006 - Aboriginal
- 2007 - Jazz/Experimental Audio Art
National Campus and Community Radio Conference (NCRC)
The NCRC is an annual national gathering of community-oriented radio broadcasters who provide alternative radio to a diverse audience. It has been offered every summer since 1981, and it is one of the core activities of the NCRA/ANREC. Usually hosted by a different radio station in different locations each year, the NCRA/ANREC will host the [Silver Anniversary Edition] of the conference from June 5 - 10, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada).External links
- [NCRA/ANREC Home]
- 25th Annual [National Campus and Community Radio Conference] June 5 - 10, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario
- Dig Your Roots. Discover Your Culture. Grow A Consciousness. [www.DigYourRoots.ca]
- the national campus and community radio report [!earshot online]
- [Women's Hands And Voices]
- [Free Media Archive: NCRA] - A variety of archive and document resources covering the period 1988-1993
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