ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-210
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| Ottawa, 22 April 2009 | ||
| Notice of applications received | ||
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Various locations Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 27 May 2009 |
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| The Commission has received the following applications: | ||
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[Broadcasting interventions/comments form] |
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Blackburn Radio Inc. Wingham, Ontario Application No. 2009-0504-4 |
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Blackburn Radio Inc. Wingham, Ontario Application No. 2009-0503-6 |
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Durham Radio Inc. Oshawa, Ontario Application No. 2009-0491-3 |
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Newcap Inc. Calgary, Alberta Application No. 2009-0514-3 |
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Newcap Inc. Calgary, Alberta Application No. 2009-0517-7 |
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Wingham, Ontario Application No. 2009-0504-4 |
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| Application by Blackburn Radio Inc. relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking CKNX-FM Wingham. | ||
| The licensee proposes to change the authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power from 65,800 to 100,000 watts, by replacing its directional antenna with an omni-directional antenna (maximum effective radiated power 100,000 watts) and by decreasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 217 to 215 metres. | ||
| The licensee stated that this change will reduce the protected area that currently exists between CKNX-FM and CIBU-FM, both owned and operated by the licensee, and CIWV-FM, owned and operated by Durham Radio Inc. All parties agree to eliminate their protection to allow for maximum use of their channels. | ||
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Licensee's address: Blackburn Radio Inc. 700 Richmond Street Suite 204 London, Ontario N6A 5C7 Fax: 519-357-1897 E-mail: jweese@cknxradio.com |
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Examination of application: 215 Carling Terrace Wingham, Ontario |
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Wingham, Ontario Application No. 2009-0503-6 |
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| Application by Blackburn Radio Inc. relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking CIBU-FM Wingham. | ||
| The licensee proposes to change the authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power from 70,100 to 75,000 watts, by replacing its directional antenna with an omni-directional antenna (decreasing the maximum effective radiated power from 100,000 to 75,000 watts) and by decreasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 217 to 215 meters. | ||
| The licensee stated that this change will reduce the protected area that currently exists between CIBU-FM and CKNX-FM, both owned and operated by the licensee, and CIWV-FM, owned and operated by Durham Radio Inc. All parties agree to eliminate their protection to allow for maximum use of their channels. | ||
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Licensee's address: Blackburn Radio Inc. 700 Richmond St. Suite 204 London, Ontario N6A 5C7 Fax: 519-357-1897 E-mail: jweese@cknxradio.com |
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Examination of application: 215 Carling Terrace Wingham, Ontario |
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Oshawa, Ontario Application No. 2009-0491-3 |
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| Application by Durham Radio Inc. relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking CIWV-FM Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario. | ||
| The licensee proposes to change the authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power from 19,500 to 40,000 watts (maximum effective radiated power from 42,500 to 100,000 watts) and to change the class of station from B to C1. All other technical parameters will remain unchanged. | ||
| The licensee stated that this change will reduce the protected area that currently exists between CIWV-FM, owned and operated by the licensee, and CIBU-FM and CKNX-FM, both owned and operated by Blackburn Radio Inc. All parties agree to eliminate their protection to allow for maximum use of their channels. | ||
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Licensee's address: Durham Radio Inc. 1200 Airport blvd. Suite 207 Oshawa, Ontario L1J 8P5 Fax: 905-388-7947 E-Mail: doug@kx96.fm |
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Examination of application: Studios of CIWV-FM 589 Upper Wellington Street Hamilton, Ontario |
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Calgary, Alberta Application No. 2009-0514-3 |
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| Application by Newcap Inc. (Newcap) relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking CFUL-FM Calgary. | ||
| The licensee proposes to amend the technical parameters of CFUL-FM by modifying the antenna radiation pattern from directional to non-directional, by increasing the average effective radiated power from 48,000 watts to an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, by increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 160 to 342.2 metres and by relocating the antenna to another site. | ||
| The licensee stated that these changes will allow it to improve its service and will permit it to optimize the use of the frequency. | ||
| Newcap indicated that the changes proposed in this application will allow it to reduce its operating costs and provide improved operating and maintenance efficiencies for this transmitter and its CFXL-FM Calgary transmitter. Consequently, Newcap requests that this application be processed simultaneously with a similar application for its station CFXL-FM (application 2009-0517-7, item 5 of this Notice of Consultation). | ||
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Licensee's address: 745 Windmill Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1C2 Fax: 902-468-5661 E-mail: dmurray@ncc.ca |
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Examination of application: 1110 Centre Street North East Suite 100 Calgary, Alberta |
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Calgary, Alberta Application No. 2009-0517-7 |
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| Application by Newcap Inc. relating to the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CFXL-FM Calgary. | ||
| The licensee proposes to amend the technical parameters of CFXL-FM by increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 302.5 to 342.2 metres and by relocating the antenna to another site. All other technical parameters will remain unchanged. | ||
| Newcap indicated that the changes proposed in this application will allow it to reduce its operating costs and provide improved operating and maintenance efficiencies for this transmitter and its CFUL-FM Calgary transmitter. Consequently, Newcap requests that this application be processed simultaneously with a similar application for its station CFUL-FM (application 2009-0514-3, item 4 of this Notice of Consultation). | ||
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Licensee's address: 745 Windmill Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1C2 Fax: 902-468-5661 E-mail: dmurray@ncc.ca |
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Examination of application: 1110 Centre Street North East Suite 100 Calgary, Alberta |
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Public Participation |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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27 May 2009 |
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| The intervention must be received by the Commission and by the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays and will not notify a party whose intervention is received after the deadline date. The intervention will not be considered by the Commission and will not be part of the public file. | ||
| Interventions will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to intervening parties, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. Parties will be contacted only if their submissions raise procedural questions. | ||
| Written interventions should be submitted 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. | ||
| The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents or notification, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred. | ||
| Parties must ensure, before initiating service through electronic mode, that they will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Interventions should clearly identify the application referred to and indicate whether parties support or oppose the application, or, if they propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for their proposal. | ||
| Important notice | ||
| Note that all information that parties 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 personal information, such as full names, e-mail addresses, postal/street addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, and any other personal information parties provide. | ||
| The personal information that parties 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. | ||
| Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission's website in their entirety exactly as received, 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. | ||
| Please note that the information that parties 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 web page 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 that was provided as part of this public process. | ||
| Examination of Documents | ||
| An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission's website by selecting the application number within this notice. | ||
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission's website. 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 website. | ||
| 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 Commission offices and documentation centres. | ||
| Location of Commission offices | ||
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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, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: 819-997-2429 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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| Regional offices | ||
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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, Quebec 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 2220 – 12th Avenue, Room 260 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0M8 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. | ||
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