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Decision CRTC 2001-170 |
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Ottawa, 12 March 2001 |
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Wired World Inc. |
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Application processed by |
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Amendments to conditions of licence related to programming on CKWR-FM |
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The Commission approves the application by Wired World Inc. to amend the licence for the Type B community radio programming undertaking CKWR-FM Kitchener. These amendments reflect the new Community radio policy set out in Public Notice CRTC 2000-13. |
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Specifically, the Commission deletes the current conditions of licence that require the licensee to: |
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· broadcast, in any broadcast week, no more than 15% hit material. |
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· broadcast no more than 6 minutes of advertising in every hour of broadcast or no more than 8 minutes per hour during ethnic programs, and broadcast no more than an average of 4 minutes of advertising per hour up to a total of 504 minutes of advertising per week. |
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· ensure that no more than 65% of total music programming is from subcategory 21 (pop, rock and dance). |
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· ensure that at least 30% of total music programming is from category 3 (traditional and special interest). |
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Further, the Commission amends the licence by adding conditions that require the licensee to: |
| · devote, during each broadcast week, a minimum of 20% of its musical selections to musical selections from content subcategories other than the Pop, rock and dance subcategory (content subcategory 21), as defined in Public Notice CRTC 2000-14, as amended from time to time. | |
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· devote, during each broadcast week, a minimum of 5% of its musical selections to musical selections from Special Interest Music (content category 3), as defined in Public Notice CRTC 2000-14, as amended from time to time. |
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· devote, during each broadcast week, at least 25% of its programming to Spoken Word (content category 1) which is comprised of News (content subcategory 11) and Spoken Word - Other (content subcategory 12), with an emphasis on community-oriented spoken word, as defined in Public Notice CRTC 2000-14, as amended from time to time. |
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The Commission notes that a recent analysis of CKWR-FM's programming indicated that the station was operating in compliance with the terms of the Radio Regulations, 1986, its conditions of licence and the Commission's policies. |
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The Commission did not receive any interventions with respect to this application. |
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Related CRTC documents |
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Secretary General |
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This decision is to be appended to the licence. |
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