Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission However, the CRTC is also sometimes erroneously criticized for CBSC decisions — for example, the CRTC was erroneously criticized for the CBSC's decisions pertaining to the airing of Howard Stern's terrestrial radio show in Canada in the late 1990s, as well as the CBSC's controversial ruling on the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing". The commission is not fully equivalent to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which has additional powers over technical matters, in broadcasting and other aspects of communications, in that country. In Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (formerly Industry Canada) is responsible for allocating frequencies and
So Far Away (Dire Straits song) the B-side was "If I Had You", from Dire Straits' 1983 EP "ExtendedancEPlay". In Canada, a Limited Edition double Vinyl featuring the full length version of "So Far Away" was released, along with live renditions of "Going Home" and "Sultans of Swing", the instrumental section of "Why Worry" and a Mark Knopfler solo effort, "Fear and Hatred". One of the songs on Mark Knopfler's 2006 album, "Real Live Roadrunning", is a duet version of "So Far Away" with American country-folk singer Emmylou Harris. So Far Away (Dire Straits song) "So Far Away" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits.