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Decision

Ottawa, 23 August 1995
Decision CRTC 95-579
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Labrador City/Wabush, Newfoundland - 942453200
Licence renewal for CBDQ
Following Public Notice CRTC 1995-77 dated 10 May 1995, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence for CBDQ Labrador City/Wabush from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2001, 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.
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.
The Commission notes that CBDQ broadcasts programs received from CFGB-FM Happy Valley/Goose Bay and programs produced locally.
It is a condition of licence that the Corporation not broadcast any commercial message of Category 5 (Advertising) except:
a) during programs that are available to the licensee only on a sponsored basis, or
b) as required to fulfil the requirements of the legislation of the Parliament of Canada pertaining to elections, or
c) in communities where there is no other programming undertaking broadcasting in the same language.
It is a condition of licence that 50% or more of the category 2 music selections broadcast each broadcast week be Canadian and that these selections be scheduled in a reasonable manner throughout the broadcast day.
It is a condition of licence that 20% or more of the category 3 music selections broadcast each broadcast week be Canadian.
It is also a condition of licence that the licensee adhere to its self-regulatory guidelines
on sex-role portrayal as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission and, as a minimum, to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' "Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming", as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.
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 the case of the Corporation, the Commission has addressed these matters in the decision renewing the CBC's television network licences.
Allan J. Darling
Secretary General

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