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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-175
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Ottawa, 13 June 2007
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Chetwynd Communications Society
Chetwynd, British Columbia
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Application 2006-1469-5, received 15 November 2006
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-18
23 February 2007
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CHET-FM Chetwynd and its transmitter - Licence renewal
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The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the English-language community radio programming undertaking CHET-FM Chetwynd and its transmitter CHAD-FM Dawson Creek, from 1 September 2007 to 31 August 2014. The Commission determines that it is appropriate for CHET-FM to retain its status as a Type A community radio station.
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The application
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The Commission received an application by Chetwynd Communications Society to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language Type A community radio programming undertaking CHET-FM Chetwynd and its transmitter CHAD-FM Dawson Creek. The licence expires 31 August 2007.
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The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
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Status of the community station
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In Broadcasting Decision 2002-137, the Commission approved the addition of a transmitter of CHET-FM in Dawson Creek, a community located approximately 100 kilometres from Chetwynd. The Commission indicated that it would evaluate, at the time of CHET-FM's licence renewal, whether it should retain its status as a Type A community radio station or be reclassified as a Type B station given that the addition of the transmitter would result in it operating in a market served by a commercial radio station.
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Under the Community Radio Policy set out in Public Notice 2000-13, a community radio station is a Type A station if, at the time of licensing, no other radio station, other than one owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is operating in the same language in all or part of its market.
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Based on its analysis, the Commission finds that the addition of CHET-FM's transmitter in Dawson Creek has not had any negative financial impact on the incumbent radio station CJDC. The Commission recognizes that the transmitter has increased the diversity of programming available in the Dawson Creek radio market. Furthermore, there were no opposing interventions to CHET-FM's licence renewal application. Accordingly, the Commission determines that it is appropriate for CHET-FM to retain its status as a Type A community radio station.
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Licence renewal
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The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the English-language Type A community radio programming undertaking CHET-FM Chetwynd and its transmitter CHAD-FM Dawson Creek, from 1 September 2007 to 31 August 2014. The licence will be subject to the conditions set out in Public Notice 2000-157 as well as to the following condition:
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The licensee shall devote, in each broadcast week, 12% of its musical selections from content category 3 (Special interest music) to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety.
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Employment equity
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The Commission considers that community radio stations should be particularly sensitive to employment equity issues in order to reflect fully the communities they serve. It encourages the licensee to consider these issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.
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Secretary General
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Related documents
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New transmitter in Dawson Creek for CHET-FM, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-137, 15 May 2002
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New licence form for community radio stations, Public Notice CRTC 2000-157, 16 November 2000
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Community radio policy, Public Notice CRTC 2000-13, 28 January 2000, Public Notice CRTC 2000-13-1, 2 February 2000
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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
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Date Modified: 2007-06-13