I’m encouraged to hear that we’re providing that financial management support, and hopefully CKLB can see that as reaching out by this government and I strongly encourage it to take advantage of it.
That being said, the so-called 600-some thousand dollars of programming dollars isn’t enough to keep the doors open per se. I mean, that’s just a smidgen of the amount that’s required to pay wages, operational costs and everything. One of huge undertakings that CKLB is facing today, and has faced for probably over 10 or 15 years, is its community transmitters are in dire need of replacement. As I referenced once, not that long ago, I refer to them as a Timex watch in a digital age, and I meant that. Because we have to not only look at providing some funding, we have to look at how we can help with upgrades or at least open doors to investment dollars or investors who come forward to help bring those much needed dollars to make those upgrades to electronics and equipment. So, to the question, knowing full well that this is another hurdle in the success of this radio station,
what is the government prepared to do, or doing, to look at this dated equipment? Even if you throw money at this, this is a freight train. If you don’t deal with this equipment in due course, this organization is going to be facing the same problem.
So, to the question of aged equipment, what is this government prepared to do or are doing currently? Thank you.