The council's membership includes more than 760 private sector radio and television stations, specialty services and networks from across Canada, programming in English, French and third languages.

As such, the council allows the private broadcasting industry to be self-regulating; it acts as an intermediary in the regulatory process, which is governed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

In January 2011, the council's Atlantic Regional Panel ruled against CHOZ-FM[1] in a complaint regarding the song "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits (CBSC Decision 09/10-0818).

[3] On 19 October 2016, CBSC's French language panel ruled video clips showing dildos and macaroni and cheese being stirred in a pot and making 'squishy' noise from MusiquePlus program CTRL broadcast on 11 November 2015 were not considered as sufficiently explicit to be classified as 'explicit sexual content'.

However, the council determined MusiquePlus didn't post a viewer advisory warning of explicit language and sexual content during the episode in question.