Truro Gets a New Mini-Radio Station
My hometown of Truro, Nova Scotia, is getting a new radio station that will broadcast performances and recordings by local musicians. Earlier this month, t he Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission approved an application from the Truro Live Performing Arts Association to set up a low-wattage developmental station--operated by volunteers for training purposes--at 106.1 FM. The Truro Live Performing Arts Association appears to be an equal-opportunity music organization; its website emphasizes that it is committed to promoting all things musical in the Marigold City. This bodes well for the new station, and I look forward to programming that's truly local, and eclectic. I'll have to listen to it in my car, though: the range is only five kilometers, and the transmitter is up on Young Street. My parents live in the exurbs.