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Decision

Ottawa, 30 August 1995
Decision CRTC 95-656
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Corner Brook, Stephenville, Irishtown, Port-aux-Basques, St. Andrews, Harbour Le Cou, Rose Blanche, Gillams, Lark Harbour, York Harbour and Deer Lake, Newfoundland- 950068700
Licence renewal for CBYT and its transmitters
Following a Public Hearing in Halifax beginning on 4 April 1995, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking consisting of CBYT Corner Brook, CBYT-1 Stephenville, CBYT-2 Irishtown, CBYT-4 Port-aux-Basques, CBYT-5 St. Andrews, CBYT-10 Harbour Le Cou, CBYT-11 Rose Blanche, CBYT-12 Gillams, CBYT-13 Lark Harbour, CBYT-14 York Harbour and CBYAT Deer Lake, from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2000, subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence as well as to those conditions specified in the appendix to this decision and in the licence to be issued.
This term will enable the Commission to consider the renewal of this licence following its consideration of the renewal of the CBC English- and French-language television network licences, which will expire 31 August 1999.
CBYT Corner Brook is owned and operated by the CBC and broadcasts 10 hours of programming per week from CBNT St. John's and 125 hours of programming from the CBC's English-language television network.
Local considerations
In Decision CRTC 88-131 dated 1 March 1988, the Commission reimposed a condition of licence on CBYT with respect to the CBC's commercial activities, allowing for the solicitation and broadcasting of local commercials on television in Newfoundland, subject to certain conditions.
However, in Decision CRTC 91-423 dated 28 June 1991, the Commission
approved, among other amendments, a change in program source for CBYT by adding programs received from CBNT St. John's. In view of the elimination of local programming by CBYT, the above authority is deleted and therefore, the Commission reiterates its statement made in Decision CRTC 91-423 that the CBC shall solicit only sales of national and regional (and not local) advertising in CBYT's coverage area, as defined in that decision.
The Commission notes that since termination of local news programming originating from CBYT, coverage of the Corner Brook area and the Newfoundland west coast area is provided by CBNT St. John's using reporters and staff located in Corner Brook.
Employment equity
In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled "Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In the case of the CBC, the Commission has reviewed these matters in detail at the public hearing held in connection with the renewal of the CBC's television network licences, and it is satisfied with the CBC's commitments in this area.
Interventions
The Commission notes that the Newfoundland Broadcasting Company (NTV) submitted an intervention in which it expressed concerns about the CBC's sales practices and policies. The Commission is satisfied with the licensee's reply thereto.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General
APPENDIX / ANNEXE
Conditions of licence for CBYT Corner Brook and its transmitters
Conditions of licence No. 1 to 4 will apply when the licensee is originating local programming.
1. The licensee shall adhere, once Commission approval has been obtained, to its revised self-regulatory guidelines on violence in television programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
 Until such time as the Commission has approved the revised guidelines, the licensee shall adhere to its current self-regulatory guidelines on violence in television programming and, as a minimum, to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) "Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming", as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
2. The licensee shall caption all local/regional news programming, including live segments, using either real-time captioning or another method capable of captioning live programming by the end of the licence term.
3. The licensee shall adhere to its "Revised CBC Guidelines on Sex-Role Portrayal" dated 12 August 1991 as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission and, as a minimum, to the CAB's "Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming", as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
4. The licensee shall adhere to the standards for children's advertising set out in the Corporation's Advertising Standards Policy C-5 dated 9 May 1990 and entitled "Advertising Directed to Children Under 12 Years of Age", as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, provided that the policy meets, as a minimum, the standards set out in the CAB's "Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children", as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
 In addition, the licensee shall not broadcast any commercial message during any child-directed programming nor any child-directed commercial message between programs directed to children of pre-school age. For the purpose of this condition, programs directed to children and scheduled before 12:00 noon during school-day morning hours will be deemed to be programs directed to children of pre-school age.

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