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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-122

  Ottawa, 12 June 2008
  591991 B.C. Ltd.
Sherbrooke, Quebec
  Application 2008-0445-2, received 14 March 2008
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-32
17 April 2008
 

CIGR-FM Sherbrooke - Licence amendment

  In this decision, the Commission approves an application to amend the broadcasting licence for CIGR-FM Sherbrooke by deleting condition of licence number 8 relating to the development of Canadian content.
 

Introduction

1.

In CIGR-FM Sherbrooke - Acquisition of assets, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-435, 24 December 2007 (Broadcasting Decision 2007-435), the Commission approved an application by 591991 B.C. Ltd. (Corus) to acquire the assets of the radio programming undertaking CIGR-FM Sherbrooke. The approval was subject, among other things, to a condition of approval requiring Corus to submit, within 30 days of the date of the decision, a tangible benefits package amounting to at least $66,000.

2.

In response to that condition of approval, the licensee proposed to contribute $9,429 per year for the seven years of its licence as tangible benefits. However, Corus indicated that it had inadvertently allocated the amounts that were to be paid as tangible benefits to Canadian content development (CCD) in the form of surplus contributions.

3.

In order to compensate for this error, Corus requested that the Commission amend the broadcasting licence for CIGR-FM Sherbrooke by deleting condition of licence number 8 relating to CCD, as set out in the appendix to Broadcasting Decision 2007-435.

4.

The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application.
 

Commission's analysis and determination

5.

The explanations provided by Corus have convinced the Commission that the misallocation was indeed an error. Accordingly, the Commission approves the application by 591991 B.C. Ltd. to amend the broadcasting licence for the radio programming undertaking CIGR-FM Sherbrooke by deleting condition of licence number 8 set out in Broadcasting Decision 2007-435.

6.

The Commission notes that the licensee remains subject to the condition of approval regarding the tangible benefits package amounting to at least $66,000. The licensee submitted the following tangible benefits package in response to this condition of approval:
 

The licensee shall, on an annual basis, contribute tangible benefits with a value of $9,429, to be allocated as follows:

 
  • 3% to the Radio Starmaker Fund and Fonds Radiostar;
 
  • 2% to FACTOR or to MUSICACTION; and
 
  • 1%, at the discretion of the licensee, to any described eligible initiative.
  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: http://www.crtc.gc.ca.

Date Modified: 2008-06-12

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