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Public Notice

Ottawa, 9 November 1995

Public Notice CRTC 1995-191

Rogers Programming Services Inc.

The Commission has received the following applications:

ATLANTIC AND QUEBEC REGION

1. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia

Application (951296300) by CHUM LIMITED, 1331 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 1Y1, to amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CJCH Halifax, by adding the following conditions of licence in response to Public Notice CRTC 1993-5 dated 29 January 1993 - CHANGES TO THE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CANADIAN MUSIC ON RADIO:

- in those periods of category 2 music consisting exclusively of music composed before 1956, the Canadian content level is not less than 2% on a weekly basis; and

- in those periods of category 2 music consisting of 90% or more, but not exclusively, of music composed before 1956, the Canadian content level is not less than 10% on a weekly basis.

Examination of application:

CJCH 920-C100 FM
2900 Agricola Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia

2. MONT-SAINT-PIERRE, Quebec

Application (952306900) by OMER CLOUTIER to amend the broadcasting licence of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Mont-Saint-Pierre, by adding a condition of licence:

- to be relieved from the requirement that it distribute the local signals CBGAT-4 (SRC) Mont-Louis, CBGAT-10 (SRC) Mont-Louis-en-Haut, CBGAT-11 (SRC) Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and CBGAT-13 (SRC) Rivière-à-Claude, Quebec. The licensee proposes instead to distribute the signal of CBST (SRC) Sept-Iles, Quebec, received off-air, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(a) of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986;

- to be relieved from the requirement that it distribute at least four television programming services delivered to its local head end by a network operator licensed to extend television and radio services to remote and underserved communities, at least one of which must be a Canadian programming service, pursuant to section 23 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986; and

- to be authorized to distribute on the basic service, the signals of TVOntario (La Chaîne française) and CFJP-TV (TQS) Montréal, Quebec, received via satellite.

Examination of application:

Omer Cloutier
24 Prudent Street
Mont-Saint-Pierre
Gaspé County, Quebec
G0E 1V0

3. RIVIÈRE-À-CLAUDE, Quebec

Application (952307700) by OMER CLOUTIER, 24 Prudent Street, Mont-Saint-Pierre, Gaspé County, Quebec, G0E 1V0, to amend the broadcasting licence of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Rivière-à-Claude, by adding a condition of licence:

- to be relieved from the requirement that it distribute the local signals CBGAT-10 (SRC) Mont-Louis-en-Haut and CBGAT-11 (SRC) Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec. The licensee proposes instead to distribute the local signal CBGAT-13 (SRC) Rivière-à-Claude, received off-air, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(a) of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986;

- to be relieved from the requirement that it distribute at least four television programming services delivered to its local head end by a network operator licensed to extend television and radio services to remote and underserved communities, at least one of which must be a Canadian programming service, pursuant to section 23 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986; and

- to be authorized to distribute on the basic service, the signal of CFJP-TV (TQS) Montréal,Quebec, received via satellite.

Examination of application:

616 Principale Street
Rivière-à-Claude
Matane County, Quebec

4. RIVIÈRE-À-CLAUDE, Quebec

Application (952297000) by OMER CLOUTIER, 24 Prudent Street, Mont Saint-Pierre, Gaspé County, Quebec, G0E 1V0, to change the authorized service area of the (cable) distribution programming serving Rivière-à-Claude, by excluding an area located north of the undertaking and an area located west, including the area of Ruisseau-à-Rebour, for a total of 30 potential households.

Examination of application:

616 Principale Street
Rivière-à-Claude
Matane County, Quebec

5. SAINTE-ROSE-DE-WATFORD, Quebec

Application (952313500) by 2971-6214 QUÉBEC INC., 515 - 9th Avenue, Saint-Zacharie, Quebec, G0M 2C0, to amend the broadcasting lience of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, by deleting from the authorized service area, an area located northwest of Sainte-Rose-de-Watford along highway 277/204 towards Lac de la Vase.

The applicant has stated that the low rate of potential subscribers together with the high renting cost of the support structures were a factor in abandonning construction in this area. It is to be noted that the area to be deleted from the authorized service area amount to 12 households.

Examination of application:

Municipal Office
Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, Quebec

6. SHERBOOKE, Quebec

Application (951952100) by VIDÉOTRON LTÉE to amend the broadcasting licence of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Sherbrooke, by adding a condition of licence to be relieved from the requirement that the licensee shall not alter or curtail any programming service or radiocommunication in the course of its distribution except as required or authorized pursuant to a condition of its licence of these Regulations in accordance with subsection 19(a) of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986. The licensee proposes the distribution of the discretionary signal CJFM-FM Montréal, Quebec, without its subcarrier, delivered by optical fibre, for the Sherbrooke undertaking.

Examination of application:

Vidéotron Ltée
300 Viger Avenue East
Montréal, Quebec
H2X 3W4

Vidéotron Ltée
2830 Galt Street West
Sherbrooke, Quebec
J1K 2V8

Vidéotron Ltée
2000 Berri Street
Montréal, Quebec
H2L 4V7

7. VAL-DES-MONTS, Quebec

Application (951596600) by TÉLÉCÂBLE PROVINCIAL INC., Suite 222, 3055 Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard, Québec, Quebec, G1P 4C6, to amend the broadcasting licence of the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Val-des-Monts, as follows:

- by interconnecting the undertaking via optical fibre to the local head end of Laurentien Câble TV Inc., the (cable) distribution undertaking serving Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, Quebec;

- by removing the local head end serving Val-des-Monts and to be relieved of the requirement to own and operate its personal local head end pursuant to Section 4 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986;

- by being authorized to distribute on the basic service, the programming services of WOKR (ABC), WHEC-TV (NBC) WROC-TV (CBS) Rochester and WNPE-TV (PBS) Watertown, New York to be received by optical fibre;

- by being relieved from the requirement that it distribute the priority signals CICA-TV-24 (TVO) and CFMT-TV-2 Ottawa, Ontario, on the basic band (channels 2 to 13) pursuant to section 22 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986. The licensee proposes to distribute these services on channels 22 and 14 respectively; and

- by being relieved from the requirement to distribute at least four television programming services delivered to its local head end by a network operator licensed to extend television and radio services to remote and underserved communities, at least one of which must be a Canadian programming service, pursuant to section 23 of the Cable Television Regulations, 1986.

The licensee proposes to add, on the basic service, the services of RDI, CBC Newsworld and Vision and to move the services of MusiquePlus, MétéoMédia, MuchMusic, The Sports Network (TSN) and Le Réseau des Sport (RDS) from the basic service to a discretionary tier. Consequently, the licensee proposes to lower the basic monthly fee for the new basic service by $1.77. The basic monthly fee will be reduced from $25.90 to $24.13.

Examination of application:

Municipal Office
1 St-Joseph Road
Val-des-Monts, Quebec

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Intervention

- submit your original written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission (CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2);

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION AND PLACED ON THE PUBLIC FILE,

- your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, with facts and grounds therefor. In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of a hearing it would be helpful to the Commission if you would provide reasons why your written comments are not sufficient and an appearance is necessary;

- a true copy MUST be sent to the applicant and a proof of such sending must accompany the original sent to the Commission;

- the intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the deadline date indicated below. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays;

- one may also communicate with the Commission
- by Telecopier: (819) 994-0218

Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out above has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions.

DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTION:
14 December 1995

EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS
DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS

Documents are available:
° at the local address provided in this notice; and
° at the following Commission offices:

Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 201
Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tels: (819) 997-2429 - TDD 994-0423
Telecopier: (819) 994-0218

Bank of Commerce Building
Suite 1007
1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tels: (902) 426-7997 - TDD 426-6997
Telecopier: (902) 426-2721

Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Suite 1920
Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J6
Tels: (514) 283-6607 - TDD 283-8316
Telecopier: (514) 283-3689

Other CRTC regional offices will also make documents available upon request by interested parties (normal delay: 48 hours).

Allan J. Darling
Secretary General