ARCHIVED -  Public Notice CRTC 1999-103

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A BROADCASTING LICENCE TO CARRY ON
A RADIO PROGRAMMING UNDERTAKING TO SERVE BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO

The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide an FM radio service to serve Belleville, Ontario.

Persons interested in submitting such an application are required to file a letter of intent no later than 3 August 1999, followed by a formal application to the Commission no later than 31 August 1999, and are also required to submit all necessary technical documentation to the Department of Industry by the latter date.

It should be noted that, in making this call, the Commission has not reached any conclusion with respect to the licensing of such a service, nor should it necessarily be construed that the Commission will, by virtue of having called for applications, authorize such a service at this time.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence giving clear indication that there is a demand and a market for the station and the proposed service. Without restricting the scope of the issues to be considered, the following should be addressed:

1. The contribution that the proposed service will make to achieving the objectives established in the Broadcasting Act and, in particular, to the production of local and regional programming.

4. An analysis of the markets involved and potential advertising revenues, taking into account the results of any survey undertaken supporting the estimates.

5. Evidence as to the availability of financial resources consistent with the requirements established in the financial projections of the applicant's business plan. For the convenience of applicants, the Commission has available upon request a document entitled "Documentation Required by the Commission to Support the Availability of an Applicant's Proposed Financing".

The Commission also reminds applicants that they must comply with the eligibility requirements set out in P.C. 1997-486, dated 8 April 1997 Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians) and amended by P.C. 1998-1268, dated 15 July 1998 and in P.C. 1997-629 dated 22 April 1997 Order Amending the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to hold broadcasting licences).

The Commission will announce at a later date the public process where applications will be considered and where they may be examined by the public.

There are a number of Commission policies affecting radio that are scheduled to come under review in the upcoming months. These matters, outlined in Public Notice CRTC 1997-105 dated 1 August 1997 entitled "An Agenda for Reviewing the Commission's Policies for Radio", and the Commission's April 1998 Vision Action Calendar, include a review of the Commission's policies for campus and community radio, as well as of its policy for ethnic broadcasting. Changes to policies that might follow these reviews could be of significance to parties interested in providing a radio service. Parties who find themselves constrained in their ability to finalize their plans to submit an application by possible changes in the Commission's policies may express their concerns to the Commission in writing. The Commission will then take any such views received into account in scheduling upcoming public hearings. The Commission notes that it issued its Commercial Radio Policy CRTC 1998, Public Notice 1998-41, on 30 April 1998.

Notice of each application will also be published in newspapers of general circulation within the area to be served.

The public will be given the opportunity to comment on any application by submitting written intervention(s) to the Secretary General of the Commission (CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2) and by serving a true copy of the intervention(s) on the applicant(s) at least twenty-five (25) days before the date of the hearing.

Interested parties may forward their submissions to one of the following Commission offices:

Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
Ground Floor
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

530 - 580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3B6
Tels: (604) 666-2111
TDD 666-0778
Telecopier: (604) 666-8322

C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre
Cornwall Professional Building
Room 103
2125, 11^th Avenue
S4P 3X3
Regina, Saskatchewan
Telephone: (306) 780-3422
Telecopier: (306) 780-3319

This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca