Editing Board of Broadcast Governors

{{short description|Former Canadian broadcasting regulator}}
{{For|the organization in the United States formerly known as Broadcasting Board of Governors|U.S. Agency for Global Media}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Board of Broadcast Governors
| formed = 1958
| dissolved = 1968
}}

The '''Board of Broadcast Governors''' (BBG) was an [[quango|arms-length]] [[Government of Canada]] agency. It was created in 1958 by amending the ''Broadcast Act'' to regulate [[television]] and [[radio]] [[broadcasting]], originally taking over that function from the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]].

The BBG was replaced by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] in the 1968 amendments to the 1958 Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/canada-radio-television-and-telecommunications-commission |title=Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission |website=Mapleleafweb.com }}</ref>

==Board==
The board consisted of 12 members appointed by the federal government:

* 3 full-time members
* 9 part-time

The head of the board was the Governor.

There had only been two Chairmen:

* Dr. [[Andrew Stewart (economist)|Andrew Stewart]] November 10, 1958 – March 18, 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/stewart-dr-andrew |title=Stewart, Dr. Andrew &#124; History of Canadian Broadcasting |website=Broadcasting-history.ca }}</ref>
* [[Pierre Juneau]] March 18–31, 1968

==History==
In 1957, the Progressive Conservative party intended to change the makeup of the Canadian Broadcast system. Up to that point, the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) had been responsible for maintaining broadcast infrastructures, creating programs, and regulating the industry. These roles described the CBC as being both "cop and competitor"<ref>{{cite journal|last=McPhail|first=Brenda|date=1986|title=The Canadian Content Regulations and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|url=http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/369/275|journal=Canadian Journal of Communication|volume=12|pages=41–55|doi=10.22230/cjc.1986v12n1a369|doi-access=free}}</ref> and were argued to be separated. The regulatory function was thus given over to a separate regulatory agency, the BBG.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart |first1=Andrew |author-link1=Andrew Stewart (economist) |last2=Hull |first2=William H.N. |title=Canadian television policy and the Board of Broadcast Governors, 1958-1968|url=https://archive.org/details/canadiantelevisi00stew |url-access=limited |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadiantelevisi00stew/page/n57 43]|date=1994|publisher=University of Alberta Press|isbn=9780888642561|oclc=314469004}}</ref> through the passage of the [[Broadcast Act (1958)]].

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[[Category:Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]


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