CHBC management made a decision not to air an advocacy commercial even though it had been given a broadcast number by Telecaster, a broadcast commercial clearing house.
The ad was paid for by a BC anti-abortion group called Kelowna Right for Life, and it is probable the group was attempting to garner some pre-Olympic attention.
CHBC general manager Dennis Gabelhouse:
Gabelhouse said from what he knows, the ad was created in the U.S. in 1989 and has never actually aired on North American television, despite many attempts over the years by pro-life groups to air it on local stations.
The ad insertion was paid for by Kelowna Right to Life and was scheduled to begin airing after midnight on Friday, but Gabelhouse said the station had already received complaints from people who had viewed it on the Internet.
Even if those complaints weren’t made, Gabelhouse said he’s certain there would have been some as soon as the ad started running.
“Advertising Standards Canada would eventually tell us to pull it,” he added.
The station has run ads for Kelowna Right to Life before, albeit of a less graphic nature, and Gabelhouse said he expects they will again in the future.
The ad advertises Priests for Life, a US anti-abortion group run by Father Frank Pavone. Pavone has a show on EWTN and is a member of Focus on the Family Institute.
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