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Ottawa, 12 June 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-318
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Radio Basse-Ville
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Quebec City, Quebec - 940946700
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Licence renewal for CKIA-FM
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1994-146 dated 2 December 1994, the Commission renews the licence for Type B community radio programming undertaking CKIA-FM Quebec City, from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 1999, subject to conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
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This term will enable the Commission to consider the renewal of this licence one year prior to that of community radio stations across Canada in order to assess at an earlier date the licensee's compliance with the Radio Regulations, 1986 (the regulations) regarding the Canadian content level of musical selections from content category 3 (Traditional and Special Interest).
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Paragraph 2.2(3) of the regulations states that the F.M. licensee shall, each broadcast week, devote "10 per cent or more of its musical selections from content category 3 to Canadian
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The Commission's analysis revealed that, on 31 May 1994, the licensee devoted only 4% of its musical selections from content category 3 to Canadian selections. For the week of 29 May to 4 June 1994, the Commission estimated the level of Canadian musical selections from category 3 to be 4.5% rather than the 10% required by the regulations.
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The Commission views with great concern the licensee's failure to comply with this regulatory requirement. It intends to monitor the licensee's performance during the new licence term, and directs the licensee to take all necessary measures to ensure that its commitments and the regulations are adhered to at all times.
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The Commission approves the application to amend the present condition of licence relating to advertising by 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 any hour of broadcast, and that it broadcast no more than an average of 4 minutes of advertising for every hour of broadcast up to a total of 504 minutes of advertising per week, in accordance with the community radio policy for Type B stations.
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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.
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The Commission notes that the station will broadcast a minimum of 11% Category 3 music as a percentage of 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 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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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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