Clearview Community Radio plans to broadcast council meetings once it is fully licensed.
Sandra Green was before Clearview council recently seeking permission to record meetings beginning in September, which will be broadcast live and unedited.
“This has been a tough go,” said Green. “We would love council support because we love Clearview…We found hat Clearview doesn’t have as strong of a voice as Barrie, Collingwood and Wasaga Beach.”
Council members approved of the idea in principle and directed staff to work out the details.
The non-commercial community radio station is based in Creemore and is operated by Green and her husband Steve. They currently broadcast online but are in the process of getting permission to get on radio.
Green said by the fall, Clearview Community Radio will find out if its CRTC application is approved.
Green said if approved the station would operate at 90.1 and its call letters would be CKAW. The station is run by a board of directors and the content would be dictated by strict CRTC rules and will be tailored to suit listeners.
Since the fall, the Greens have been operating out of the Bank Café in Creemore but they are now looking for a new home. Green said although the station is based out of Creemore and hopes to continue to operate in Creemore, it serves all of Clearview.
Several council members expressed their full support for the proposal.
Councillor Connie Leishman asked if the radio station is really going to broadcast the meetings in their entirety, even when they go for up to five hours.
Green said the station will broadcast the meetings unedited, and that they are mandated to provide a certain number of hours of spoken work programming and the meetings would help fulfill the requirement.
“We need you to talk for a very long time,” said Green laughing.
“Oh, there is no problem there,” replied Leishman.