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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-252

  Ottawa, 22 June 2006
  Corus Premium Television Ltd.
Hamilton, Ontario
  Application 2005-1384-7
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-31
15 March 2006
 

CHML Hamilton - Licence renewal

1.

The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CHML Hamilton, from 1 September 2006 to 31 August 2013.

2.

The Commission received one intervention in support of this application.

3.

The licence will be subject to the conditions set out in New licence form for commercial radio stations, Public Notice CRTC 1999-137, 24 August 1999, as well as to the following condition:
 
  • The licensee shall, as an exception to the percentage of Canadian musical selections set out in sections 2.2(8) and 2.2(9) of the Radio Regulations, 1986, in any broadcast week where at least 90% of musical selections from content category 2 that it broadcasts are selections released before 1 January 1981:
 
  • in that broadcast week, devote 30% or more of its musical selections from content category 2 to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety; and
 
  • between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., in the period beginning on Monday of that week and ending on Friday of the same broadcast week, devote 30% or more of its musical selections from content category 2 to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety.
 

The licensee will also be responsible for specifying, on the music lists it provides to the Commission, the year of release for all musical selections it broadcasts.

 

For purposes of this condition, the terms "broadcast week", "content category" and "musical selection" shall have the meaning as set out in section 2 of the Radio Regulations, 1986.

4.

The Commission reminds the licensee of its on-going obligations, currently in place and set to expire in 2007, related to the benefits accepted in Sale of WIC Premium Corporation approved, conditional upon the subsequent divestiture of that company's 50% voting interest in The Family Channel Inc., Decision CRTC 2000-222, 6 July 2000.

5.

Because this licensee is subject to the Employment Equity Act and files reports concerning employment equity with theDepartment of Human Resources and Skills Development, its employment equity practices are not examined by the Commission.
  Secretary General
  This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca 

Date Modified: 2006-06-22

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