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Kamloops City council sensibly voted in favour of the new CBC radio station. The vote that followed to remove what they called a "subsidy" was bewildering.

Peter Mansbridge of CBC's The National (right)

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Kamloops city council voted in favour of CBC Radio's proposed studio in Kamloops. Then they voted to reduce the "subsidy" the CBC receives (story below).

View of downtown Kamloops  at dusk (left)

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Councilor Wallace (left) was the only councilor to vote against a motion supporting CBC's proposed new radio station in Kamloops. She went on to vote in favour of a letter to be sent to the federal government asking for $1 billion to be slashed from CBC's operating expenses, claiming they were a "subsidy."

Councilor Pat Wallace (left)

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Environmentalist and resident of Shuswap Lake, Jim Cooperman, says that Salmon Arm city council is mistaken in their support of continued coverage of that city from Kelowna CBC. "It makes perfect sense to align the Shuswap with the new Kamloops station," he says, "as we share the same watershed and “foodshed.” The Shuswap area is one of the headwaters for the Thompson River, and millions of salmon spawn here. Plus, the Shuswap is on the Trans-Canada Highway corridor along with Kamloops. There would be likely far more coverage of Shuswap issues from the Kamloops station, than if the Shuswap was aligned with the Kelowna station which would also have to cover the entire Kootenay region, along the heavily populated Okanagan."

Salmon Arm councilor Ivan Idzan argued that although realignment with Kamloops CBC radio station might provide better coverage of stories in the Shuswap, they might not include all issues in the Shuswap related to "geo-political affiliations" with the North Okanagan and Central Okanagan.

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Adams River salmon from Cooperman's blog (above)

Before you rush out to buy a settop converter or a new TV to get ready for the digital TV conversion Aug. 31, consider this: there will be no conversion in Kamloops. That’s right — no change. TV viewers who receive the free, over-the-air signal from CFJC-TV 7 will continue to get the same service.

That is contrary to a regional marketing campaign by Telus, which states: “If you want to enjoy your favourite TV programs, you’ll have to switch to digital, too.” Rick Arnish, president of the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and general manager of TV 7, has confirmed in the past that local, over-the-air viewers will see no change at month’s end. Shawn Hall, a spokesman for Telus, said he wasn’t aware that smaller cities such as Kamloops are unaffected by the change.

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Kamloops Daily News January 4, 2011 CFJC digital in fall, but free TV OK for now

Large Canadian cities will switch to free over-the-air digital TV on August 31 of this year but not Kamloops says Rick Arnish, general manager of Kamloops' station CFJC.  He explains that the small market doesn't justify the cost of new equipment.  So, Kamloops' viewers will have to make do with the old technology unless funds are available.  Even though over-the-air viewers will see no change, cable viewers will experience High Definition TV in the fall, says Arnish. Funds would be available if SOCK's proposal were implemented. We propose that funding for new transmitters in small centres like Kamloops be paid out of a fund set aside for that purpose from the sale of Canwest TV to Shaw cable.

No allocations of the fund have been announced and SOCK is hopeful a small amount of the $26 million in the fund will be used to help CFJC build a modern digital transmitter, says Pam Astbury, president of SOCK.

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