Profits at Canada's commercial private radio stations declined in 2004. But blame the French. The CRTC (Canada's broadcast regulator) says overall earnings were $224.1 million last year across all 544 of Canada's private stations. It was $227.0 million in 2003. The vast majority of declines came from profit loss in French stations. They were down 19.3%! English-language station profits were actually up 0.6%. (And may I just say how much I love Fido and Blogware? I am blogging this on my Fido Hiptop -- marketed as Sidekick II in the U.S. -- and sending it to my Blogware-powered site from the backseat of a cab!) :-)