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Ottawa, 19 August 1993
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Decision CRTC 93-440
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Campus Laval FM Inc.
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Quebec City, Quebec - 922190400
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Licence renewal for CKRL-FM
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Following a Public Hearing in Quebec City beginning on 4 May 1993, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence of CKRL-FM Quebec City, from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 1996, 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. This three-year term will enable the Commission to assess at an early date the licensee's compliance with the provisions of the Radio Regulations, 1986 (the regulations).
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Subsections 8(5) and 8(6) of the regulations require each licensee to retain, for a period of at least four weeks from the date of broadcast, and furnish to the Commission upon request "a clear and intelligible tape recording or other exact copy of all matter broadcast".
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In this regard, the Commission requested that the licensee submit the station's logger tapes of the programming broadcast during the week of 3 to 9 November 1991. In responding to this request, the licensee informed the Commission that it was unable to provide the requested logger tapes because it had found that they were inaudible. The licensee also reported that it had resolved the problem by acquiring a new tape recorder. The Commission subsequently requested the licensee to submit the logger tapes for the week of 3 to 9 May 1992. Despite repeated requests from the Commission, the licensee failed to respond to this request. At the public hearing, it stated that the video tape recorder it had acquired did not yield the expected results, and that it was therefore unable to comply with the request the Commission made in the spring of 1992. It added that, in January 1993, it had put into service new recording equipment acquired from the CBC, and provided the assurance that it would henceforth be able to fully comply with subsections 8(5) and 8(6) of the regulations. It also committed to inform the Commission in writing of any future breakdowns in logger-tape recording equipment.
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The Commission views with very serious concern the licensee's non-compliance with this regulatory requirement. It notes that, in considering the last two licence renewal applications from CKRL-FM in 1986 and 1988, it had also observed deficiencies on the part of the licensee, in those instances involving commitments contained in its Promise of Performance (see Decisions CRTC 86-772 and 88-722). The Commission intends to monitor the licensee's performance closely during the new licence term, and directs the licensee to take all necessary measures to ensure that the regulations and the licensee's commitments are adhered to at all times. As indicated in Public Notice CRTC 1993-122, of today's date, entitled "Compliance with the Provisions of the Radio Regulations, 1986 Relating to Logger Tapes", it reminds licensees of the requirement to ensure the availability at all times of complete and intelligible logger tapes, and it informs licensees that it intends to use all means available to ensure adherence to the regulations in this area. The Commission approves the application to amend the licence of CKRL-FM by deleting the existing condition of licence concerning advertising and replacing it with the following:
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It is a condition of licence that the licensee broadcast no more than 6 minutes of advertising in every hour of broadcasting and that, on average, it broadcast no more than 4 minutes of advertising per hour of broadcast, up to a total of 504 minutes of advertising per week.
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Notwithstanding the above, the Commission authorizes the licensee to broadcast up to 8 minutes of advertising per hour during ethnic programs. The Commission notes that these two amendments are in accordance with the community radio policy for Type B stations, announced in Public Notice CRTC 1992-38 dated 29 May 1992.
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The Commission notes that the licensee will maintain a minimum of 15% Category 3 music (Traditional and Special Interest) within its overall music programming.
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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. It considers that community radio stations should be particularly sensitive to this issue in order to reflect fully the communities they serve. It encourages the applicant to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
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The Commission acknowledges the written intervention submitted by the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec in support of this licence renewal.
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Allan J. Darling
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Secretary General
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