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Ottawa, 8 June 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-308
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Télémédia Communications Inc.
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Trois-Rivières, Quebec - 940787500
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Licence renewal for CHLN
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1994-146 dated 2 December 1994, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence for CHLN Trois-Rivières from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 1999, subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in the licence to be issued.
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The licence term granted herein, while less than the maximum of seven years permitted by the Broadcasting Act, will enable the Commission to consider the next licence renewal of this undertaking in accordance with the Commission's regional plan and to better distribute the workload within the Commission. This term is not reflective of any Commission concern regarding the licensee's performance.
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The Commission notes the licensee's proposal to decrease the amount of local programming that it produces and broadcasts from 105 hours and 15 minutes to 41 hours and 30 minutes each broadcast week.
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The Commission reaffirms the particular importance it attaches to the development of Canadian talent. As part of its renewal application, the licensee indicated that, other than maintaining any outstanding commitments from the previous licence term, it was unable to make a commitment in direct expenditures to Canadian talent development because of the station's financial difficulties. The Commission notes that the licensee will spend, over the next three years, $15,000 in direct costs which represents the amount unspent from the previous licence term. The Commission expects the licensee to make direct cost contributions to the development of Canadian talent for the subsequent years of the licence term once the station achieves a positive operating income, the profit before interest and tax (PBIT) index being the primary profitability indicator.
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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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The Commission acknowledges the opposing intervention to this application.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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