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Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2004-4 |
| Ottawa, 8 June 2004 | |
| The Commission will hold a public hearing commencing on 9 August 2004 at 9:00 a.m., at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec, to consider the following applications.The interventions/comments deadline is 15 July 2004. | |
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Ola Farm Hollywood Corporation Across Canada |
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The Natural Resources Television Channel (IDRN-TV) Inc. Across Canada |
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Hola! Canadian Hispanic TV Network Inc. Across Canada |
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ResponseTV, Inc. Across Canada |
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Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership Across Canada |
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Arya Persian TV Network Inc. Across Canada |
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Golden Tunes Productions Inc. Across Canada |
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Metromedia CMR Broadcasting Inc. Longueuil, Quebec |
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Building Technologies Inc. Province of Ontario |
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Bell Canada Toronto, Hamilton/Niagara, Oshawa, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Ottawa, and surrounding areas of each location (Ontario); and Montréal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Québec City, and surrounding areas of each location (Québec). |
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Loyalist College Radio (CJLX-FM) Belleville, Ontario |
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Andy McNabb (OBCI) City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario |
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Northwestern Radio Partnership (CJCQ-FM) Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan |
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Rogers (Alberta) Ltd. (CHRK-FM-1) Banff, Alberta |
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Newcap Inc. Camrose, Alberta |
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Chase and District Lions Community Club Chase, British Columbia |
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Across Canada Application No. 2002-0396-9 |
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| Application by Ola Farm Hollywood Corporation for a licence to operate a Category 2 national English-language specialty programming undertaking to be known as People T.V. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming from category 8(c) Music video programs as set out in Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990. The applicant states that the programming will consist of only Canadian contemporary Christian music video programs. | |
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Applicant's address: Box 1, group 6, RR1 Anola, Manitoba R0E 0A0 Fax: (204) 866-3534 |
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Examination of application: SE 12-10-7e Queen Valley Road Anola, Manitoba |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2003-1690-3 |
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| Application by The Natural Resources Television Channel (IDRN-TV / IDNR-TV) Inc. for a licence to operate a Category 2 national bilingual specialty programming undertaking. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming focusing on the field of natural resources. The programs will be dedicated to the workers of this industry, to the promotion of Canadian expertise and technologies, to the analysis and interpretation of the legislative and federal and provincial programs, to relations with the native population, and the financial services and markets related to the natural resources. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming from the following categories: 1, 2(a), 2(b), 3, 4, 5(a), 5(b), 7(c), 7(d), 12 and 14 as set out in Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990. | |
| In order to prevent direct competition with existing services, the applicant would be prepared to accept as a condition of licence that no more than 20% of its programming be devoted to programs from category 7d (theatrical feature films aired on television). | |
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Applicant's address: 3565 Berne Street Brossard, Quebec J4Z 2P1 Fax: (514) 844-8129 E-Mail: enntv@videotron.ca |
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Examination of application: 1259 Berri Street Suite 1000 Montréal, Quebec |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2003-1816-4 |
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| Application by Hola! Canadian Hispanic TV Network Inc. for a licence to operate a Category 2 national ethnic Spanish-language specialty programming undertaking. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming targeting the Spanish-speaking communities of Canada. Not less than 90% of the programming would be in Spanish language. | |
| The applicant requests a condition of licence that would permit up to six minutes of local paid advertising per hour instead of the standard condition of licence that only permits national paid advertising. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming from the following categories: 1, 2(a), 2(b), 3, 4, 5(a), 5(b), 6(a), 6(b), 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), 8(a), 8(b), 8(c), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 as set out in Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990. | |
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Applicant's address: Malicki & Malicki Attorneys and Notaries 3020 Kirwin Avenue Mississauga, Ontario L5A 2K6 Fax: (905) 279-3878 E-Mail: Elvira@malicki.ca |
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Examination of application: At the applicant's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2003-1666-3 |
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| Application by RESPONSETV, Inc. to acquire the assets of the English-language Category 2 specialty television service (known as ResponseTV) approved in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-343, 6 November 2002 (Decision 2002-343) from IBDG, Inc. | |
| The application is also requesting a licence to operate this specialty service under the same terms and conditions as those specified in Decision 2002-343. | |
| The purpose of this transaction is to transfer the specialty service known as ResponseTV from IBDG, Inc., a corporation owned and controlled by Beverley Milligan to a new corporation (ResponseTV, Inc.), also owned and controlled by Beverley Milligan. The ultimate control of ResponseTV would therefore remain unchanged if this transaction is approved. | |
| The service is not in operation and the Commission has not issued the licence for this undertaking because the requirements for the issuance of the licence have not yet been met. | |
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Applicant's address: Response TV 3266 Yonge Street, suite 2020 Toronto, Ontario M4N 3P6 Fax: (416) 488-0796 Email: bmilligan@responsetv.ca |
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Examination of application: At the applicant's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2004-0082-0 |
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| Application by BELL EXPRESSVU INC., (the general partner), and BCE INC. and 4119649 CANADA INC. (partners in BCE HOLDINGS G.P., a general partnership that is the limited partner), carrying on business as BELL EXPRESSVU LIMITED PARTNERSHIP for a licence to operate an English-language video-on-demand programming undertaking. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer a general interest service featuring feature films, non-live events, children's programming, archival television programming and adult programming. | |
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Applicant's address: 105 Hôtel de Ville 5th floor Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4H7 Fax: (819) 773-5282 E-Mail: cfrank@expressvu.com |
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Examination of application: At the applicant's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2003-1235-6 |
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| Application by Arya Persian TV Network Inc. for a licence to operate a Category 2 national Farsi-language specialty programming undertaking to be known as Arya TV. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming to enhance the educational and cultural knowledge of the Iranian Community. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programs from the following categories: 1, 2(a), 3, 5(b), 6(b), 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 8(a), 8(b), 8(c), 9, 10, 11, and 13 as set out in Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990 | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming targeting a Farsi-speaking audience. Not less than 80% of the programming would be in the Farsi language. | |
| No more than 15% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast week would be drawn from category 7 (Drama). | |
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Applicant's address: 89 Glenayr Road Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 2V5 Fax: (905) 737-0447 E-Mail: alast@sympatico.ca |
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Examination of application: At the applicant's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Across Canada Application No. 2002-0711-9 |
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| Application by GOLDEN TUNES PRODUCTIONS INC. for a licence to operate a Category 2 national ethnic specialty programming undertaking to be known as Venus TV. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming services devoted to all aspects of life, culture and issues related to the South Asian communities residing in Canada. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer programming from the following categories: 1, 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g) as set out in Schedule I of the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990. | |
| The applicant proposes to broadcast not less than 70% of its programming in South Asian languages including Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Sinhalese, Bengali and not more than 30% in the English language. | |
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Applicant's address: 1585 Britannia Road East Building -E, Unit-9 Mississauga, Ontario Fax: (416) 946-1318 E-Mail: summit-recordings@on.aibn.com |
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Examination of application: At the licensee's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Longueuil, Quebec Application No. 2004-0181-0 |
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| Application by METROMEDIA CMR BROADCASTING INC. for a licence to operate a French-language radio network undertaking to broadcast all of the Montréal Expos baseball matches of the National Baseball League. | |
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Applicant's address: 4255 Wellington Street Montréal, Quebec H4G 1V9 Fax: (514) 769-5886 |
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Examination of application: 211 Gordon Street Verdun, Quebec |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Ontario (primarily the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and surrounding municipalities in Eastern Ontario) Application No. 2004-0050-8 |
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| Application by BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES INC. for a licence to operate a regional English-language video-on-demand programming undertaking. | |
| The applicant proposes to offer entertainment programming limited to feature films, both recently released and older titles. | |
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Applicant's address: 190 Colonnade Road, Unit 19 Ottawa, Ontario K2E 7J5 Fax: (613) 226-1116 E-Mail: harvey@buildingstech.com |
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Examination of application: At the applicant's address |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Toronto, Hamilton/Niagara, Oshawa, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Ottawa, and surrounding areas of each location, (Ontario); and Montréal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Québec City, and surrounding areas of each location (Quebec) Application Nos. 2004-0008-6; 2004-0007-8 |
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| Applications by BELL CANADA for two regional licences to operate cable distribution undertakings to serve the above-noted locations. | |
| Bell Canada is controlled by BCE Inc., an important Canadian communications corporation. BCE's group of services includes, among others, telephony, Internet and satellite TV services (Bell Canada), news and entertainments services television, print and Internet content with Bell Globemedia and, E-Commerce services (BCE Emergis). | |
| In this context, the Commission may examine whether the issuance of new cable distribution licences would provide Bell Canada with an undue competitive advantage that may be detrimental to the broadcasting industry. | |
| The applicant proposes to charge a basic monthly fee of $22.94 for the basic service. | |
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Applicant's address: 105 Hôtel-de-Ville 5th Floor Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4H7 Fax: (819) 773-6188 E-Mail: bell.regulatory@bell.ca |
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Examination of applications: 419 King Street West Oshawa, Ontario 125 York Street London, Ontario 999 Upper Wentworth Hamilton, Ontario 3100 Howard Avenue Windsor, Ontario 2960 Kingsway Drive Kitchener, Ontario 110 O'Connor Street 14th Floor Ottawa, Ontario 483 Bay Street Floor 10NP Toronto, Ontario 1000 de la Gauchetière 38th Floor Montréal, Quebec 3050 Portland Street Sherbrooke, Quebec 1171 Charest boulevard West Québec (Quebec) |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Belleville, Ontario Application No. 2003-1907-1 |
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| Application by Loyalist College Radio to amend the licence of the radio programming undertaking CJLX-FM Belleville. | |
| The licensee proposes to change the frequency of its transmitter from 92.3 MHz (channel 222LP) to 91.3 MHz (channel 217B1). The licensee also proposes to change its authorized contours byincreasingthe effective radiated power from 50 watts to 3,400 watts, by increasing the antenna height and by relocating the transmitter (non-directional antenna/antenna height of 164.1 metres). | |
| The transmitter would be relocated to a site approximately 16.5 kilometres northwest from the current site and the antenna height would increase from 36 metres to 164.1 metres. | |
| The licensee wishes to increase the quality of the signal of the station. | |
| Under this proposal, the status of CJLX-FM would change from a low power unprotected service to a regular Class B1 FM station. | |
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Licensee's address: P.O. Box 4200 Belleville, Ontario K8N 5B9 Fax: (613) 966-1993 E-Mail: cjlx@loyalistc.on.ca |
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Examination of application: Loyalist College Library 376 Wallbridge-Loyalist Road Belleville, Ontario |
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Intervention/comments form |
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City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario Application No. 2003-0669-8 |
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| Application by ANDY McNABB, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a licence to operate an English-language commercial (specialty) FMradio programming undertaking in the City of Kawartha Lakes. | |
| The new station would operate on frequency 96.7 MHz (channel 244B) with an average effective radiated power of 14,500 watts (maximum effective radiated power to 50,000 watts/antenna height 128 metres). | |
| The applicant is proposing to operate a Christian music service (specialty format) with at least 95% of the weekly music drawn from subcategory 35 (non-classic religious). | |
| The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable. | |
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Applicant's address: 14 Westdale Drive St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 2R8 Fax: (905) 704-1768 E-Mail: andymcnabb@sprint.ca |
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Examination of application: Salvation Army 51 Eglington Street Lindsay, Ontatio |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan Application No. 2004-0079-7 |
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| Application by 587681 SASKATCHEWAN LTD., DEKKERCO HOLDINGS LIMITED and RAWLCO RADIO LTD., partners in a general partnership known as NORTHWESTERN RADIO PARTNERSHIP to amend the licence of radio programming undertaking CJCQ-FM North Battleford, Saskatchewan. | |
| The licensee proposes to add an FM transmitter atMeadow Lake to broadcast the programming of CJCQ-FM, in order to serve the population of Meadow Lake. | |
| The transmitter would operate on frequency 104.5 MHz (channel 283B) with an effective radiated power of 45,000 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height of 157.6 metres). | |
| The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable. | |
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Licensee's address: P.O. Box 1460 North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 2Z5 Fax: (306) 446-2508 E-Mail: ddekker@rawlco.com |
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Examination of application: 225 Centre Street Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Banff, Alberta Application No. 2004-0094-5 |
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| Application by Rogers (Alberta) LTD. to amend the licence of the radio programming undertaking CKIS-FM Calgary, Alberta. | |
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The licensee proposes to amend the licence by changing the frequency of its transmitter CHRK-FM-1 Banff from 94.3 MHz (channel 232A) to 94.1 MHz (channel 231A). The licensee also proposes to change its authorized contours by decreasingthe average effective radiated power from 200 to 25 watts (maximum effective radiated power from 420 watts to 53 watts/antenna height 320.2 metres). |
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| The licensee wishes to effect these changes in order to resolve interference problems with NAV Canada's monitoring station in the area. | |
| The Commission will only proceed with this application at the public hearing if advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that it is technically acceptable. | |
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Licensee's address: 777 Jarvis Street 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3B7 Fax: (416) 935-4655 E-Mail: alain.strati@rci.rogers.com |
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Examination of application: 749 Railway Avenue Canmore, Alberta |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Camrose, Alberta Application No. 2004-0272-7 |
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| Application by Newcap inc. (Newcap) to acquire the assets of the new FM radio programming undertaking approved in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-615, 19 December 2003, FM station for Camrose (Decision 2003-615) from 3937844 Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Newcap. | |
| The applicant is also requesting a licence to operate this undertaking under the same terms and conditions as those specified in Decision 2003-615. The applicant would need to meet the requirements for the issuance of a licence, set out in that decision, before a licence could be issued for this undertaking. | |
| Newcap has advised that the application approved in Decision 2003-615 had, in error, been filed on behalf of its subsidiary instead of on its own behalf. It has submitted the current application to correct this error. | |
| The undertaking is not yet in operation and the Commission has not issued the licence for this undertaking because the requirements for the issuance of the licence have not yet been met. | |
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Licensee's address: Newcap Inc. 745 Windmill Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1C2 Fax: (902) 468-7557 E-Mail: dmurry@ncc.ca |
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Examination of application: 4925-51 Street Camrose, Alberta T4V 1S4 |
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Intervention/comments form |
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Chase British Columbia Application No. 2004-0051-5 |
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| Application by CHASE AND DISTRICT LIONS COMMUNITY CLUB for a licence to operate an English-language FM developmental communityradio programming undertaking in Chase. | |
| The new station would operate on frequency 103.5 MHz (channel 278LP) with an average effective radiated power of 4.7 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height of -221.3 metres). | |
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Applicant's address: 513 Lakeshore Drive P.O. Box 12 Chase, British Colombia V0E 1M0 Fax: (250) 679-3219 E-Mail: ronfair@cablelan.net |
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Examination of application: Jim's Bookkeeping 834 Shuswap Avenue Chase, British Columbia |
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Intervention/comments form |
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION |
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DEADLINE FOR INTERVENTIONS/COMMENTS |
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| The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant ON OR BEFORE the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays. | |
| The intervention must include one of the following statements in either the FIRST or the LAST paragraph: | |
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1 - I want to appear at the public hearing. |
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| Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions. | |
| Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in ONLY ONE of the following formats: | |
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| A true copy MUST be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission. | |
| Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission. | |
| Each paragraph of the document should be numbered. | |
| Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal. | |
| In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if you wish to appear, you must provide reasons why your written comments are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary. | |
| Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made. | |
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Important All information submitted, including your email address, name and any other personal information as provided, will be posted on the Commission's web site. Documents received in electronic format will be posted on the Commission's web site exactly as you send them, and in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in .pdf format. |
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| EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS | |
| An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission's web site by selecting the application number within this notice. | |
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission's web site. An electronic version of all interventions/comments submitted will be accessible from this list. To access the list, select "Lists of interventions/comments" under "Public Proceedings" from the Commission's web site. | |
| Documents are also available during normal office hours at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 2 working days, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres. | |
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Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423 FAX: (819) 994-0218 |
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Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997 FAX: (902) 426-2721 |
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405 de Maisonneuve Blvd East 2nd Floor, Suite B2300 Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5 Tel: (514) 283-6607 FAX: (514) 283-3689 |
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55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel: (416) 952-9096 FAX: (416) 954-6343 |
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Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue, Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274 FAX: (204) 983-6317 |
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Cornwall Professional Building 2125 - 11th Avenue, Room 103 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3 Tel: (306) 780-3422 FAX: (306) 780-3319 |
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10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel: (780) 495-3224 FAX: (780) 495-3214 |
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530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778 FAX: (604) 666-8322 |
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| This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca | |
| Secretary General |
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