ARCHIVED - Decision CRTC 2000-364
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| Decision CRTC 2000-364 | |
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Ottawa, 25 August 2000 |
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Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan – 200001917 |
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Application processed by Public Notice CRTC 2000-63 dated 12 May 2000 |
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| Change to a non-specialty format for a Moose Jaw station | |
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In Decision CRTC 99-473, the Commission granted Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. a licence to operate a new FM station at Moose Jaw. The station was authorized, by condition of licence, to operate in the Specialty format. |
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The licensee has requested the deletion of this condition. Approval of the application would allow the station to broadcast any mix of music, so long as at least 70% is drawn from the pop, rock and dance and/or country categories. |
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Harvard Developments Ltd., licensee of CKRM and CHMX-FM Regina, opposed the proposed format change. The intervener maintained that allowing such a change would defeat the purpose of Golden West’s original application, which was to add diversity to the Moose Jaw market. Harvard stated that had Golden West proposed a conventional music format at the time of its application, it would have intervened against the proposal. |
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Under the terms of its specialty format, the Moose Jaw station is currently authorized to draw a maximum of 67% of its music from the pop, rock, dance and country music subcategories (21 and 22) and the balance from the closely related folk-oriented subcategory (23). A change to the non-specialty format would allow the radio station to draw 70% or more of its music from subcategories 21 and 22. In the Commission’s view, this would result in a sound for the station that would only be marginally different. As such, diversity in the Moose Jaw market would not be significantly affected. |
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Accordingly, the Commission deletes the current condition of licence related to format and replaces it with the following: |
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| Secretary General | |
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This decision is to be appended to t he licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca |
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