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Public Notice

Ottawa, 30 April 1993
Public Notice CRTC 1993-46
EXEMPTION ORDER RESPECTING LOW-POWER RADIO: ULTRA LOW-POWER ANNOUNCEMENT SERVICE (LPAS) UNDERTAKINGS
The Commission, pursuant to subsection 9(4) of the Broadcasting Act, by this order, exempts from the requirements of Part 1 of the Act and any regulations, those persons carrying on broadcasting undertakings of the class defined by the following criteria:
Purpose
The purpose of these radio programming undertakings is to allow those such as real estate agents, store owners and local authorities to communicate to the public messages of an informative, sometimes commercial nature, regarding their activities by means of ultra low-power transmitters, e.g., "talking signs".
Description
1. The undertaking operates between 525 and 1705 kHz in the AM frequency band, or between 88 and 107.5 MHz in the FM frequency band.
2. In the case of an undertaking using the AM broadcasting band, the maximum power output of the transmitter into its antenna, without modulation, does not produce a field strength, as measured at a distance of 30 metres, of more than 0.25 millivolts per metre (mV/m) and, in the case of an undertaking using the FM broadcasting band, the maximum power output of the transmitter into its antenna, without modulation, does not produce a field strength, as measured at a distance of 30 metres, of more than 0.1 mV/m.
3. The Commission would not be prohibited from licensing the undertaking by virtue of any direction to the Commission by the Governor in Council.
4. The undertaking meets all technical requirements of the Department of Communications and has acquired all authorizations or certificates prescribed by the Department.
5. The undertaking originates all of its programming.
6. The undertaking does not rebroadcast the programming of another undertaking.
7. The undertaking does not broadcast programming that is religious or political in nature.
8. The undertaking, if it promotes commercial activity , e.g., "talking signs", or is commercially oriented, does not broadcast the same message on more than one transmitter.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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