Crossroads Television System (CTS) has publicly acknowledged it has been soliciting money from viewers without Revenue Canada Charities blessing.

CTS is a federally-incorporated, not-for-profit corporation without share capital. CTS is licenced for religious programming and has stations in Burlington, Edmonton and Calgary.  Iner Smith, CTS Development representative:

CITS Media Resources Organization launched in the winter of 2009 and applied for charitable status with the Canada Revenue at that time. We received notice from the CRA in December that this application was refused. While we consider our next steps, all parties donating to CITS MRO have been contacted offering a refund of their donation(s).

Here is a timeline of events for CITS Media Research Organization/CITS Media Resources Organization/Hope for TV, CTS Our Cause/CTS The Cause.

• October 2, 2008: A letters patent application is made in Burlington Ontario by CTS to Industry Canada for CITS Media Resources Organization
• October 27, 2008: The CITS Media Resources Organization application is Gazetted (granted) Industry Canada file #449772-4
• September 2009: CTS (Crossroads Television System) registers a website: Hope for TV
• Time unknown: CTS puts up Our Cause explaining CITS Media Research Organization or CITS Media Resources Organization
• Time unknown: Hope for TV (CTS)  puts four broadcast ads and copy on its website.
• All website links at Hope for TV go straight to CTS Our Cause/The Cause (CITS Media Research Organization/CITS Media Resources Organization). The public is asked for money, and provided with two donation fields, one of which said tax receipts will be granted at the end of the year.
• Time unknown: CTS begins broadcasting Hope for TV advertisements across Canada, asking for viewer donations in violation of it’s broadcast licence

It is not known how many donors CTS will be paying back, or whether CTS will be fined for operating a charity without without registration.
CTS which advertises itself as “Television You Can Believe In,” has removed the two solicitation fields from it’s website as of today.