Agenda, Hearing 27 September 2016
Agenda (Revised on 16 September 2016)
Hearing
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: 27 September 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
Radisson Hotel & Convention Center Edmonton
4520 76 Avenue North-West
Edmonton, Alberta
Hearing Room: Western Conference Ballroom
Temporary Examination Room: Networks Lounge – 780-705-8480
Interventions received concerning the applications scheduled for this hearing are available on the public examination files.
Reference Document: Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2016-232.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Appearing Items
Edmonton market
Phase I – Presentations by the applicants
VMS Media Group Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0372-0Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0358-0Antoine Karam, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2015-0007-5Dufferin Communications Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0329-1Radio India Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
Applications 2016-0344-9 and 2016-0374-6
Application by VMS Media Group Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by Antoine Karam, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by Dufferin Communications Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Applications by Radio India Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial specialty FM radio station in Edmonton.
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0348-1Harmon Bal, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0353-0Akash Broadcasting Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0359-8South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0365-51811258 Alberta Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0360-6
Application by Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by Harmon Bal, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by Akash Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Edmonton.
Application by South Fraser Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station in Edmonton.
Application by 1811258 Alberta Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station in Edmonton.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Société Radio Communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society
Edmonton, Alberta
Application 2016-0354-8
Application by Société Radio Communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society for a broadcasting licence to operate a French-language FM community radio station in Edmonton.
Phase II – Interventions by applicants on competing applications
- VMS Media Group Ltd.
- Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- Antoine Karam, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- Dufferin Communications Inc.
- Radio India Ltd.
- Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
- Harmon Bal, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- Akash Broadcasting Inc.
- South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.
- 1811258 Alberta Ltd.
- Société Radio Communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society
Phase III – Presentations by the interveners
- Rogers Media Inc. (int. #2243)
- Express Media Network (Int. #2151)
- Harpreet Riar (Int. #2192)
- Hardeep Sangha (Int. #2180)
- Mandeep Dhaliwal (Int. #2175)
- Ethnic Synergy Association (Int. #228)
- Charu Ranjan (Int. #475)
- Hindu Society of Alberta (Int. #963)
- Malhar Dixit (Int. #974)
- World Lebanese Cultural Union – Edmonton Chapter (Int. #560)
- Progressive Art Association (Int. #2244)
- Pakistan Canada Women Association Edmonton (Int. #2245)
- Sanjha Vehra Women's Association (Int. #2246)
- Hindu Sikh Forum Canada (Int. #2247)
- Jasbeer Singh(Int. #496)
- Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton (Int. #803)
- Nirmala Brar (Int. #788)
- Eloisa Lau (Int. #1857)
- Neha Batra (Int. #912)
- Avnish Nanda (Int. #1793)
- Jo-Ann Aguilar (Int. #1809)
- Council of Edmonton Filipino Associations (Int. #2049)
Friday, 30 September 2016
Interveners in support of South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.- Theresa Lopez (Int. #1756)
- Centre for Race and Culture (CRC) (Int. #1808)
- Zaheer Lakhani (Int. #1810)
- Punjab United Sports & Heritage Association (PUSHA) (Int. #1942)
- Association des Radios Communautaires de l'Ouest et des Territoires (Int. #813)
- Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta, régionale d'Edmonton (Int. #1629)
- Conseil de développement économique de l'Alberta (Int. #1733)
Phase IV – Replies by the applicants
- Société Radio Communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society
- 1811258 Alberta Ltd.
- South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.
- Akash Broadcasting Inc.
- Harmon Bal, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
- Radio India Ltd.
- Dufferin Communications Inc.
- Antoine Karam, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
- VMS Media Group Ltd.
Non-appearing item
Although there are no oral presentation for the following application, it is, nevertheless, part of this hearing and such, it will be considered by the Panel and a decision will be rendered at a later date.
Please refer to Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2016-232 for a detailed description of the following application which is available electronically in the Temporary Examination Room.
Riding Mountain Broadcasting Ltd.
Brandon, Manitoba
Application 2016-0342-3
Application by Riding Mountain Broadcasting Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM commercial radio station in Brandon to replace its AM commercial station CKLQ Brandon, Manitoba.
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