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Ottawa, 2 October 1995
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Decision CRTC 95-712
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Martin Rosenthal
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Cobourg/Toronto, Ontario
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Use of SCMO channel approved
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Following Public Notice CRTC 1995-84 dated 25 May 1995, the Commission approves the application to amend the broadcasting licence for CFMX-FM Cobourg, by adding a condition of licence authorizing the use of a Subsidary Communications Multiplex Operation (SCMO) channel for the purpose of distributing a commercial Tamil-language service on the licensee's transmitter CFMX-FM-1 Toronto.
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The Commission's policy regarding services delivered by FM licensees using their SCMO facilities is set out in Public Notice CRTC 1989-23 dated 23 March 1989 entitled "Services using the Vertical Blanking Interval (Television) or Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operation (FM)". In that notice, the Commission stated that it would be concerned if such services were to cause any undue negative impact on existing over-the-air local ethnic broadcasting services.
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In assessing this application, the Commission has taken into account opposing interventions submitted by CIAO Brampton, CJMR Mississauga and CIRV-FM Toronto, three ethnic stations in the Toronto area that currently provide Tamil-language programming. Each of the interveners argued that this proposal would result in a loss of both programming and revenues for their stations. In the Commission's view, however, the opposing interveners presented no pursuasive evidence to substantiate their concerns. In fact, the Commission notes that there is a limited amount of Tamil-language programming currently available in this market and that revenues generated by such programming are relatively small. Moreover, the signals of CIAO Brampton and CJMR Mississauga, the two stations that currently provide the majority of the existing Tamil-language programming, are relatively weak in the downtown Toronto area and Scarborough, where the majority of the Tamil-speaking community resides. On balance, the Commission is satisfied that the proposed SCMO service should not have any undue negative impact on existing local broadcasting services.
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In addition, the Commission considers that the Tamil-language service will provide regular in-depth daily coverage of issues and concerns of relevance to the Tamil community as evidenced by the interventions submitted in support of this application by social and benevolent associations serving the Tamil community.
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The licensee is expected to adhere to the guidelines set out in Appendix A to Public Notice CRTC 1989-23.
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Allan J. Darling
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