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Decision CRTC 2000-75

Ottawa, 17 March 2000
CJRT-FM Inc.
Toronto, Ontario – 199810156
Application processed by
Public Notice CRTC 1999-100
dated 21 June 1999
Licence renewal for CJRT-FM

1.

The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for CJRT-FM Toronto from 1 April 2000 to 31 August 2006, subject to the conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.

2.

CJRT-FM is owned or controlled by a not for profit organization and is not a community station, a community-based campus or an instructional station. Neither is it considered to be a commercial radio station.

3.

CJRT-FM operates within the Other Special FM category, as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1988-78, offering category 3 music. By contrast, most commercial radio stations play little if any category 3 music.

4.

The Commission recently made revisions to its music categories as set out in Public Notice CRTC  2000-14 Revised content categories and subcategories for radio. In that notice, the Commission noted that the transfer
from the Popular Music category (Category 2) to the Special Interest category (Category 3) of some music genres that broadcasters generally do not program will result in an increase in the number of both Canadian and non-Canadian musical selections available to broadcasters that program Category 3 music.

5.

In Public Notice CRTC 1998-41 Commercial Radio Policy 1998, the Commissionindicated that stations that offer a high level of category 3 music "would generally be expected to propose an increase in the current level of Canadian music that they play". Further, in PNs 2000-12 and 2000-13, the Commission announced plans to impose a minimum Canadian content level of 12% for category 3 musical selections, on both campus and community stations.

6.

In the circumstances, the Commission considers that it would be appropriate to impose on CJRT-FM a condition of licence requiring that it broadcast a minimum Canadian content level of 12% for category 3 musical selections. It is therefore a condition of licence that, in any broadcast week, the licensee devote 12% or more of its musical selections from content category 3 to Canadian selections.

7.

As part of its renewal application, the licensee requested that the Commission delete, from the condition of licence regarding the broadcast of category 3 music, references to specific percentages from the subcategories of concert, folk and jazz music. The Commission approves this request and replaces those individual commitments with an overall percentage, as follows:

It is a condition of licence that, in any broadcast week, a minimum of 75% of the station’s music programming consist of category 3 music drawn from subcategory 31 (concert), subcategory 32 (folk and folk-oriented) and subcategory 34 (jazz and blues).

8.

The Commission notes that these subcategories correspond with those set out in PN 2000-14.

9.

In addition, by condition of licence, the licensee:
  • must, in any broadcast week, broadcast no more than 1% hit material as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1997-42 dated 23 April 1997, as amended from time to time;
  • must allocate a direct costs budget of $20,000 annually to Canadian talent development;
  • is authorized to use a Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations (SCMO) channel for the purpose of broadcasting a predominantly Tamil-language radio service;
  • may broadcast a maximum of 504 minutes of advertising per broadcast week with a maximum of 4 minutes of advertising in any hour. Of the 504 minutes, a maximum of 126 minutes of conventional advertising per broadcast week may be broadcast. The remainder of advertising broadcast must conform to the definition of restricted advertising set out in PN 1993-38; and
  • must 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.

10.

In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy, the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.

11.

Section 22 of the Broadcasting Act states that the Commission may not renew a licence unless the Department of Industry has certified that the licensee has been or will be issued a broadcasting certificate. Accordingly, this renewal is subject to the issuance of technical certification by the Department of Industry.
Related CRTC documents:
• Public Notice CRTC 2000-14 – Revised content categories and subcategories for radio
• Public Notice CRTC 2000-13 – Community radio policy
• Public Notice CRTC 2000-12 – Campus radio policy
• Public Notice CRTC 1998-41 – Commercial Radio Policy 1998
• Public Notice CRTC 1997-42 – Revised Policy on the Use of Hits by English-language FM radio stations
• Public Notice CRTC 1993-38 – Policies for local programming on commercial radio stations and advertising on campus stations
• Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 – Implementation of an Employment Equity Plan
• Public Notice CRTC 1988-78 – Educational and Institutional Radio
Secretary General
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