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Ottawa, 16 February 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-53
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Vancouver Co-operative Radio
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Vancouver, British Columbia - 941065500
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Licence renewal for CFRO-FM
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Following a Public Hearing held in Vancouver beginning on 1 November 1994, the Commission renews the licence for Type B community radio programming undertaking CFRO-FM Vancouver, from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2000, 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.
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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 for community radio undertakings 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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As a part of this application, the licensee also requested to increase the minimum number of hours of the broadcast week devoted to ethnic programs of types A and B, from 17 to 20. The Commission approves this request, and it is therefore a condition of licence that CFRO-FM devote a minimum of 20 hours of the broadcast week to ethnic programs of types A and B.
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It is also a condition of licence that CFRO-FM provide programming directed to a minimum of 8 ethno-cultural groups in a minimum of 8 different languages.
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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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The Commission notes that the station will broadcast a minimum of 40% Category 3 music (Traditional and Special Interest) 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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The Commission acknowledges the intervention submitted in support of this application.
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Allan J. Darling
Secretary General |
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