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Decision

Ottawa, 18 August 1997
Decision CRTC 97-466
Kincardine Cable T.V. Ltd.
Kincardine, Ontario - 199700472
Licence renewal
1. Following Public Notice CRTC 1997-56 dated 8 May 1997, the Commission renews the Class 2 licence held by Kincardine Cable T.V. Ltd., for the cable distribution undertaking Kincardine, from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 2004.
2. The operation of this undertaking is regulated pursuant to Parts I, II and IV of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) and the licence will be subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
3. In addition to the services required or authorized to be distributed pursuant to the applicable sections of the regulations, the licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to continue to distribute, at its option, CHCH-TV (IND) Hamilton, as well as WTOL-TV (CBS) Toledo, Ohio, WXYZ-TV (ABC), WTVS (PBS) and WDIV (NBC) Detroit, Michigan, received via satellite from CANCOM, as part of the basic service.
4. The licensee is authorized, by condition of licence, to continue to distribute, at its option, CKVR-TV (IND) Barrie and CFMT-TV (IND) Toronto, received via microwave, as part of the basic service.
5. Consistent with Decision CRTC 91-758 dated 25 September 1991, the licensee is relieved, by condition of licence, of the requirement of section 9 of the regulations that it distribute TFO, the French-language educational television programming service operated by TVOntario, on the basic band (channels 2 to 13), so long as the service is distributed as part of the basic service.
6. It is a condition of licence that, for community programming and any other programming of a service that it originates, the licensee adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
7. 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 this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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