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Decision
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Ottawa, 30 August 1989
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Decision CRTC 89-637
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CKO Radio Partnership
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St. John's, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saint John, New Brunswick; Pointe-Claire, Quebec; Toronto, London and Ottawa, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Regina, Saskatchewan; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia - 883166100 - 883167900 - 883168700 - 883170300 - 883191900 - 883192700 - 883190100 - 883204000 - 883203200 - 883202400 - 883201600 - 883206500
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Following a Public Hearing in Toronto on 13 March 1989, the Commission renews the broadcasting licences held by CKO Radio Partnership (CKO) for CKO-FM-11 St. John's, CKO-FM-9 Halifax, CKO-FM-10 Saint John, CKO Pointe-Claire, CKO-FM-2 Toronto, CKO-FM-3 London, CKO-FM-1 Ottawa, CKO-FM-7 Winnipeg, CKO-FM-8 Regina, CKO-FM-5 Calgary, CKO-FM-6 Edmonton and CKO-FM-4 Vancouver, from 1 September 1989 to 31 August 1990. The licences will be subject to the same terms and conditions as the current licences.
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The licences for all of the undertakings, except that serving Pointe-Claire, were first issued pursuant to Decision CRTC 76-416 dated 12 July 1976 for the purpose of broadcasting, on a national basis, "only spoken word programming, primarily consisting of news and information content". The undertaking at Pointe-Claire was licensed pursuant to Decision CRTC 77-387 dated 5 July 1977.
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In CRTC - Notice of Public Hearing 1989-1 dated 13 January 1989, the Commission advised that it would wish to discuss with the licensee at the Toronto public hearing its performance in the implementation and expansion of locally-originated programming services in the communities it is licensed to serve, and in the implementation of its authority to operate stations in St. John's, Saint John, Winnipeg and Regina.
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In this regard, the Commission has taken note of the statement made by CKO at the hearing:
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... We understand, and we understood, that the notion of CKO is as a national network and that we were given very valuable licences in major markets and that we were given some licences in minor markets. The package is a package. That was made clear to us ... Therefore, we have placed before you an unequivocal commitment to build them all.
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It also indicated that at the time of the Toronto hearing, four of the eleven licences had still not been implemented even though originally all stations were to have been operational by the fall of 1979. In this regard, at the hearing the licensee made a firm commitment to implement the remaining four stations as follows:
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Winnipeg - upon Commission approval of a temporary transmission site to be utilized until the CBC (with whom CKO will co-locate) resolves technical problems related to its proposed Starbuck transmitter site.
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Regina - by 21 August 1989
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Saint John - by 21 August 1990
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St. John's - by 21 August 1990.
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The Commission notes that the Winnipeg station is currently in operation. On 31 July 1989 an application was received from CKO to amend the technical parameters of the proposed Regina station by changing the transmitter site and the frequency. CKO indicated that the changes are required because it determined that it cannot implement its authority at the currently authorized site. The Commission advises the licensee that this application will be processed expeditiously.
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At the hearing, the Commission requested detailed implementation schedules for the two other unimplemented stations. This information was received on 12 April 1989.
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Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission was advised that an application may be filed requesting authority to transfer the ownership and control of the licensee.
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Accordingly, in light of all of the above, the Commission has determined that it is appropriate to renew the licences of these radio stations for a one-year period. The Commission advises that any subsequent licence renewal applications or application related to the ownership or control of the licensee should contain a detailed business plan and should clearly address the implementation of the coast-to-coast radio network.
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Fernand Bélisle
Secretary General
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