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Decision CRTC 2001-25 |
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Ottawa, 25 January 2001 |
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Jeannine Dancy, doing business under the name of NOTL Info Radio |
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Application processed by Public Notice CRTC 2000-89 dated 28 June 2000 |
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Increase in power for CHQI-FM Niagara-on-the-Lake |
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The Commission approves the application to amend the broadcasting licence for CHQI-FM Niagara-on-the-Lake by increasing the effective radiated power from 1.3 watts to 51 watts, while keeping its assigned frequency of 90.7 MHz. |
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CHQI-FM was first licensed in Decision CRTC 97-685 as an unprotected, low-power service, to provide tourism information consisting of pre-recorded messages related to the national parks and other attractions in the Niagara area. |
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The licensee stated that the proposed power increase will enable CHQI-FM to provide programming service along the Niagara Parkway to Queenston, as well as provide a number of local wineries with a listenable signal at on-site events. The proposal will also allow the licensee to deliver information related to Niagara-on-the-Lake tourism to visitors as they approach the area from various points. |
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An intervention in opposition to this application was submitted by Andy McNabb & Company (Mr. McNabb). Mr. McNabb argued that the change in power for CHQI-FM does not reflect the optimum use of the radio spectrum, and that the current service should remain on an unprotected frequency. Mr. McNabb suggested that, due to the shortage of available frequencies in the Niagara region, any incremental use of protected frequencies should require a call for new licence applications. |
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In response to the intervention, the licensee (Mrs. Dancy) stated that the procedure for a power increase in this case is consistent with established Commission practice, and that none of the 7 commercial and 3 non-commercial licensees in the Niagara region intervened in opposition to this application. Mrs. Dancy noted that the modest increase will provide CHQI-FM with a permanent future on a protected frequency. |
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With respect to spectrum availability, Mrs. Dancy noted there are currently two vacant FM allotments in the Niagara region. She also noted the serious limitations of the 90.7 MHz frequency, with or without a power increase, and that the proposed increase would result in only a slight improvement in the use of that frequency. |
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The Commission has carefully considered the views of the intervener and the applicant. It concurs with the applicant's position that no call for applications is necessary in this situation. Furthermore, the Commission notes that the proposed effective radiated power of 51 watts is the highest power utilization that Industry Canada is prepared to approve as technically acceptable for this frequency. This power level was determined through on-air technical tests that Industry Canada monitored. The tests confirmed that no frequency-related interference to any local stations would result from this approval. |
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The Commission authorizes the licensee to operate the undertaking on the basis of the contours and particulars resulting from the above-mentioned change. |
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Secretary General |
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This decision is to be appended to the licence. |
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