Andrea Langlois et al - Islands of Resistance - Pirate Radio in Canada

220 • islands of resistance
ing. Usually a new radio station would apply for a government
licence to broadcast publicly through the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The majority of Aboriginal radio stations don’t follow this
bureaucracy because the community doesn’t believe a licence
to broadcast their culture is necessary. 13
FX: Near THUNDER
BERLAND: It wouldn’t be Canada without radio.
FX: 5 seconds of RINGING PHONE full then cut
CBC HOST: Caller, are you there?
CALLER: Vertical integration.
CBC HOST: What did you say?
CALLER: I’m here.
Act 5
copper-plated board
CBC HOST: Uh, no — I’m here, you’re there.
CALLER: Where are you?
CBC HOST: In a comfortable, mediatized space — somewhere
between my desires and the state. From here I engage in
rational, transparent dialogue with other Canadians about
the things that most concern us.
FX: ECHO “us” and fade out
FX: LOON CALL
CALLER: Describe it.
CBC HOST: It’s very modern and spacious — mostly white, with
some tastefully integrated colour here and there.
FX: ECHO “there” and fade out
FX: LOON CALL