ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 98-532
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Ottawa, 23 December 1998
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Decision CRTC 98-532
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Maritime Broadcasting System Limited
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Campbellton, New Brunswick- 199704607
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Licence renewal for CKNB
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1. The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for CKNB Campbellton from 1 January 1999 to 31 August 2005, 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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2. Four interventions were submitted during this renewal application process. Each of the interveners expressed opposition to the continued carriage of French-language programming and advertising on CKNB, based on the potential financial harm to the French-language community station CIMS-FM Balmoral.
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3. The Commission has considered the views of the interveners and of the licensee. It notes that the Campbellton area is an unusually bilingual market, and that CKNB has historically served the community with some French-language programming. The Commission reminds the licensee that, despite the services that it has traditionally offered and proposes to continue to broadcast to the area, its primary responsibility is to serve the English-speaking audience of Campbellton.
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4. The Commission notes that this licensee is subject to the Employment Equity Act that came into effect on 24 October 1996 (1996 EEA), and therefore files reports concerning employment equity with Human Resources Development Canada. As a result of a consequential amendment to the Broadcasting Act, the Commission no longer has the authority to apply its employment equity policy to any undertaking that is subject to the 1996 EEA.
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5. By condition of licence, the licensee must:
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· adhere to the guidelines on gender portrayal set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission. The application of the foregoing condition of licence will be suspended as long as the licensee remains a member in good standing of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council; and
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· make payments to third parties involved in Canadian talent development at the level identified for it in the CAB's Distribution Guidelines For Canadian Talent Development, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 or as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, and to report the names of the third parties associated with Canadian talent development, together with the amounts paid to each, concurrently with its annual return. The payments required under this condition of licence are over and above any outstanding commitments to Canadian talent development offered as benefits in an application to acquire ownership or control of the undertaking.
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Secretary General
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This decision is to be appended to the licence.
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