ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-116
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| Ottawa, 4 December 2008 | |
Notice of consultation |
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Call for comments respecting the capacity of the Iroquois Falls and Cochrane, Ontario radio markets to support the licensing of new commercial radio stations |
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| 1. | The Commission announces that it has received applications for broadcasting licences to provide commercial radio services to Iroquois Falls and Cochrane, Ontario. The Commission is concerned that these markets may not have the capacity to support the addition of new radio stations at this time. |
| 2. | Consistent with Broadcasting Public Notice 2006-159,1 the Commission hereby calls for comments from all interested parties concerning the capacity of these markets to support the licensing of new radio stations. |
| 3. | The Commission will issue a call for applications to serve the market(s) in question if, following an analysis of the comments received in response to this public notice, it determines that either or both of the markets in question can support the licensing of a new radio station. If the Commission determines that the market(s) do not have the capacity to support new radio stations, it will return the application(s) and issue a public notice that sets out and explains its conclusions. |
| 4. | The Commission will accept comments that it receives on or before 5 January 2009. |
Procedures for filing comments |
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| 5. | Interested parties can file their comments to the Secretary General of the Commission: |
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| 6. | Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary. |
| 7. | Please number each paragraph of your submission. In addition, please enter the line ***End of document*** following the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that the document has not been damaged during transmission. |
| Important notice | |
| 8. | Note that all information that you provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's website. This information includes your personal information, such as your full name, e-mail address, postal/street address, telephone and facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide. |
| 9. | The personal information you provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose. |
| 10. | Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission's website in their entirety exactly as you send them, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format. |
| 11. | Please note that the information you provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the webpage of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of our website with the help of either our own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information which was provided as part of this public process. |
| 12. | The Commission encourages interested parties to monitor the public examination file and the Commission's website for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their comments. |
| Examination of public comments and related documents at the following Commission offices during normal business hours | |
| Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782 Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782 |
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| Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Québec K1A 0N2 Tel.: 819-997-2429 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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| Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel.: 902-426-7997 Fax: 902-426-2721 |
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| 205 Viger Avenue West Suite 504 Montréal, Québec H2Z 1G2 Tel.: 514-283-6607 |
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| 55 St. Clair Avenue East Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel.: 416-952-9096 |
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| Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel.: 204-983-6306 TDD: 204-983-8274 Fax: 204-983-6317 |
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| Cornwall Professional Building 2125 - 11th Avenue Room 103 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3 Tel.: 306-780-3422 |
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| 10405 Jasper Avenue Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel.: 780-495-3224 |
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| 530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel.: 604-666-2111 TDD: 604-666-0778 Fax: 604-666-8322 |
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| Secretary General | |
| This document 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. |
Footnote:
1 Revised policy concerning the issuance of calls for radio applications and a new process for applications to serve small markets, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-159, 15 December 2006, paragraphs 13 - 17
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