Decision
CRTC 98-58
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Ottawa, 24 February 1998
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Connelly Communications Corporation
New Liskeard, Ontario – 199707874
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Conversion of CJTT from AM to FM and exemption from the requirement to broadcast less than 50% hits
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Following a Public Hearing in the National Capital Region on 15 December 1997, the Commission approves the application for a broadcasting licence for an English-language FM radio programming undertaking at New Liskeard on the frequency 104.5 MHz, channel 283B, with an effective radiated power of 10,000 watts.
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Subject to the requirements of this decision, the Commission will issue a licence expiring 31 August 2004. This licence will be subject to the conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
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The licensee currently operates CJTT New Liskeard and will cease operation of that AM undertaking following the implementation of the FM station. The Commission will not issue a licence for authority to carry on the proposed new FM undertaking until the licensee surrenders the licence currently issued for CJTT, for cancellation by the Commission.
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In approving this application, the Commis-sion has taken into consideration the fact that New Liskeard is a small market and that CJTT is the only radio station in this community. Accordingly, the Commission is satisfied that an approval will not have any impact on other radio broadcasters.
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The Commission also approves the licensee’s request for an exemption from the Commission’s longstanding policy which requires that the level of hits broadcast by English-language commercial FM stations be less than 50% of all musical selections broadcast each week.
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CJTT currently receives programming entitled "Good Time Oldies", hits before 1980, from the Pelmorex radio network. The licensee broadcasts this network programming from 6:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, and from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on weekends. For the remainder of the station’s programming, CJTT, itself, offers a variety of music, including many hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
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In support of this request, the licensee stated that it wishes to convert CJTT to the FM band so that it can offer a better service to its listeners. At the same time, it wants to maintain its "oldies" program format because of its popularity with listeners. The licensee also stated that its closest competing radio station is in North Bay, some 150 kilometres south of New Liskeard.
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It is a condition of licence that this station not be operated within the Specialty format as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1995-60, or as amended from time to time by the Commission.
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The licensee is required, by condition of licence, to make payments to third parties involved in Canadian talent development at the level identified for it in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Distribution Guidelines For Canadian Talent Development, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 or as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, and to report the names of the third parties associated with Canadian talent development, together with the amounts paid to each, on its annual return. The payments required under this condition of licence are over and above any outstanding commitments to Canadian talent development offered as benefits in an application to acquire ownership or control of the undertaking.
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It is a condition of licence that the applicant adhere to the guidelines on gender portrayal set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming, as amended from time to time and accepted by the Commission.
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It is also a condition of licence that the licensee adhere to the provisions of the CAB's Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children, as amended from time to time and accepted by the Commission.
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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.
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This authority will only be effective and the licence will only be issued at such time as construction of the undertaking is completed and it is prepared to commence operation. If the construction is not completed within twelve months of the date of this decision or, where the applicant applies to the Commission within this period and satisfies the Commission that it cannot complete construction and commence operation before the expiry of this period, and that an extension of time is in the public interest, within such further periods of time as are approved in writing by the Commission, the licence will not be issued. The applicant is required to advise the Commission (before the expiry of the twelve-month period or any extension thereof) in writing, once it has completed construction and is prepared to commence operation.
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The Department of Industry has advised the Commission that this application is conditionally technically acceptable, and that a Broadcasting Certificate will only be issued once it has been determined that the proposed technical parameters will not create any unacceptable interference with aeronautical NAV/COM services.
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In accordance with subsection 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act, the Commission will only issue the licence and the authority will only be granted at such time as written notification is received from the Department of Industry that its technical requirements have been met, and that a Broadcasting Certificate will be issued.
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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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This document is available in alternative format upon request.
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