Links to important readings
The CRTC maintains a list of Related Documents for Community Radio at its website located at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/forms/reldocs/reldoc114.htm. The documents listed are required reading for anyone interested in becoming a director of Gabriola Co-op Radio. Our constitution and bylaws are also required reading.

Suggested Readings
The following list is suggested reading for anyone interested in becoming a director of Gabriola Co-op Radio. Also see the additional reading listed below.

CRTC Forms and applications
* CRTC 73E (2000-05) Application to obtain a broadcasting licence for a developmental community or campus radio programming undertaking
* CRTC 59E (1999-02) Request for Certification of eligibility of independent production fund

 
Related CRTC documents
* Public Notice 2000-157 – New licence form for community radio stations
* Public Notice 2000-112 dated 4 August 2000
* Public Notice 2000-112-1 dated 29 September 2000
* Public Notice 2000-93 – Regulatory amendments to implement certain aspects of the revised policies for campus and community radio, and incorporate revised content categories for radio
 
* Public Notice 2000-44 – Call for comments – Proposed regulatory amendments for the purpose of implementing certain aspects of the revised policies for campus radio and community radio, and incorporating revised content categories for radio
 
* Public Notice 2000-14 – Revised content categories and subcategories for radio
 
* Public Notice 2000-13 – Community radio policy
 
* Public Notice 2000-12 – Campus radio policy
 
* Public Notice 1997-42 – Revised policy on the use of hits by English-language FM radio stations
* Public Notice 1995-60 – A review of certain matters concerning radio
* Public Notice 1993-121 – Local programming policy for FM radio – Definition of a single-station market
* Public Notice 1993-38 – Policies for local programming on commercial radio stations and advertising on campus stations
 
* Public Notice 1992-72 – A review of the CRTC's regulations and policies for radio
* Public Notice 1992-59 - Implementation of an employment equity policy.
  
* Public Notice 1989-23 – Services using the vertical blanking interval (television) or subsidiary communications multiplex operation (FM)
* Decision CRTC 2001-319 – New community-based campus radio station, Radio Malaspina Society, Nanaimo, British Columbia 1999-0691-3, Ottawa, 5 June 2001, 20 November 2000 Public Hearing in Burnaby
* Decision CRTC 2001-91 – Licence renewal for CKRO-FM, Radio Péninsule inc. Pokemouche, New Brunswick 2000-1380-6, Ottawa, 20 February 2001

Additional Reading
The following is a list of recommended reading culled from, comments submitted on the NCRA listserve during Oct/Nov 2003.

The NCRA publishes a radio handbook, it is included free with membership. They also maintain an articles list for material relevant to campus and community radio.
http://www.ncra.ca/resources/articles/index.cfm

Barrie and Victoria maintain a reading list on their Community Media website. Barrie writes: "There is list of books that we like on our website, although they tend to the spirit and philosophy of radio rather than nuts and bolts."
http://www.community-media.com/reading.html

I personally recommend anything published by CiTR. Beg their station manager for a copy of what they have available.
http://www.citr.ca/

As well there are various handbooks from radio projects in developing nations which are worth looking at. One, from the Open Society Institute is a superb technical handbook and is available on CD. CD based Technical Handbook put out by the Open Society Institue in South Africa. They have a wealth of material on-line at
http://www.osf.org.za/Media/media_detail.asp?ID=61

The Teen Reporter Handbook was produced as part of the excellent "Radio Diaries" radio series in the US. It is available in PDF format
http://www.radiodiaries.org/makeyourown.html

Other books about radio are listed on the Radio College site (soon to absorbed into airmedia.org) at
http://www.radiocollege.org/rc/historybooks.html

And of course people should always check out transom - they specialize in helping new and young producers.
http://www.transom.org/tools/index.html

Anyone interested in youth radio should check out the work being done on both coasts of the US. A good starting point is Blunt Radio's site at
http://www.bluntradio.org/?node=resources

Audio craft - An Introduction to the Tools of Audio Production by Randy Thom excellent intro and guide to all manner of audio production (doesn't include mini disks or mp3 recorders, though), running a board, sound quality, equipment, etc. a very accessible and user friendly book. Produced by the NFCB (nat. federation of community broadcasters) san francisco, ca. ISBN 0-941209-02-04 look for it online, used. you'll find it. there are two editions, the first was way back when in '82. The NFCB in San Francisco puts out a very nice station handbook which has some good stuff.