ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-271

Additional reference: 2010-271-1

Ottawa, 13 May 2010

Notice of applications received

Various locations
Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 17 June 2010

The Commission has received the following applications:

[Broadcasting interventions/comments form]

Applicant and Locality

1.      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Moncton, New Brunswick
Application Nos. 2010-0458-0, 2010-0459-8, 2010-0526-5 and 2010-0527-3

2.      Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio Ltd.
Montréal, Quebec
Application No. 2010-0560-4

3.      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Armstrong, Ontario
Application Nos. 2010-0473-8 and 2010-0477-0

4.      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Application No. 2009-1369-1

5.      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Application Nos. 2010-0474-6, 2010-0478-8, 2010-0528-1, 2010-0529-9, 2010-0530-7 and 2010-0531-4

6.      Rawlco Radio Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
Application No. 2009-1713-0

1. Moncton, New Brunswick
Application Nos. 2010-0458-0, 2010-0459-8, 2010-0526-5 and 2010-0527-3

Applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking CBAFT Moncton.

The licensee proposes to broadcast, on the rebroadcasting transmitters CBFNT Port-au-Port and CBFJ-TV St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the programming of CBAFT instead of the programming from CBFT Montréal, Quebec, in order to adequately serve the populations of Port-au-Port and St. John's.

The Commission notes that these applications have no technical implications because no transmitters will be moved, added or taken away, and because no changes in the official contours are planned.

Licensee's address:

P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
KIY 1E4
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca  

Examination of applications:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1400 René-Lévesque Boulevard East
Montréal, Quebec

and

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
250 University Avenue
Moncton, New Brunswick

2. Montréal, Quebec
Application No. 2010-0560-4

Application by Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio Ltd. to amend the broadcasting licence for the commercial radio programming undertaking CKDG-FM Montréal.

The licensee proposes to change the frequency from 105.1 MHz (channel 268A) to 106.7 MHz (channel 294B1). The licensee also proposes to change the authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 141 watts to 407 watts (maximum ERP from 224 watts to 1,200 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 194.4 metres).

The licensee wishes to increase the quality of the signal of CKDG-FM in the Greater Montréal Area and resolve the existing reception problems experienced with the current technical parameters.

The licensee indicated that the technical amendment would also allow it to have both of its ethnic radio services (CKDG-FM and the new ethnic service approved in Licensing of new radio stations in Montréal and Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-217, 6 July 2007) in adjacent frequencies on the 106 band, which would facilitate the promotion and the advertising sales of the stations.

The Commission notes that, should the application be approved, the population within the 3 mV/m contour would increase from 562,500 to 980,100 and, within the 0.5 mV/m contour, from 2,070,000 to 2,405,000.

Licensee's address:

5899 du Parc Avenue
Montréal, Quebec
H2V 4H4
Fax: 514-273-3707
E-mail: marie@mikefm.ca

Examination of application:

At the licensee's address

3. Armstrong, Ontario
Application Nos. 2010-0473-8 and 2010-0477-0

Applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking CBLT Toronto, Ontario.

The licensee proposes to broadcast, on the rebroadcasting transmitter CBLIT Armstrong, the programming of CBLT instead of the programming of CBMT Montréal, Quebec, in order to adequately serve the population of Armstrong.

The Commission notes that these applications have no technical implications because no transmitters will be moved, added or taken away, and because no changes in the official contours are planned.

Licensee's address:

P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
KIY 1E4
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca

Examination of applications:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
250 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario

and

Whitesand Social Services
Armstrong, Ontario

4. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Application No. 2009-1369-1

Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking CBWT Winnipeg.

The licensee proposes to add the transmitter CBWST Dauphin, Manitoba as a rebroadcasting transmitter for CBWT.

The licensee stated that CBWST can no longer receive feed from its former television affiliate CKX-TV Brandon, Manitoba, as CKX-TV ceased operations on 2 October 2009.

The Commission notes that the CBC will relinquish its current radiocommunication distribution undertaking licence for CBWST.

The Commission also notes that this application has no technical implications because no transmitters will be moved, added or taken away, and because no changes in the official contours are planned.

Licensee's address:

P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
KIY 1E4
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca

Examination of application:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Reception
541 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba

and

City Hall
100 Main Street South
Dauphin, Manitoba

5. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Application Nos. 2010-0474-6, 2010-0478-8, 2010-0528-1, 2010-0529-9, 2010-0530-7 and 2010-0531-4

Applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to amend the broadcasting licence for the television programming undertaking CBWT Winnipeg.

The licensee proposes to broadcast, on the rebroadcasting transmitters CBDE-TV Brochet, CBDI-TV Poplar River and CBDG-TV Shamattawa, Manitoba, the programming from CBWT instead of the programming from CBMT Montréal, Quebec, in order to adequately serve the populations of Brochet, Poplar River and Shamattawa.

The Commission notes that these applications have no technical implications because no transmitters will be moved, added or taken away, and because no changes in the official contours are planned.

Licensee's address:

P.O. Box 3220, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
KIY 1E4
Fax: 613-288-6257
E-mail: regulatoryaffairs@cbc.ca

Examination of applications:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1400 René-Lévesque Boulevard East
Montréal, Quebec

and

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
479B Warsaw Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba

and

Reception
Office of the Community Clerk
Brochet, Manitoba

and

Reception
Office of the Poplar River First Nation
Poplar River, Manitoba

and

Reception
Office of the Shamattawa First Nation
Shamattawa, Manitoba

6. Edmonton, Alberta
Application No. 2009-1713-0

Application by Rawlco Radio Ltd. to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CHMC-FM Edmonton, which expires 31 August 2010.

In regard to its existing Smooth Jazz music format, the licensee has requested to delete the following conditions of licence:

The licensee shall operate the station within the Specialty format as defined in A review of certain matters concerning radio, Public Notice CRTC 1995-60, 21 April 1995, and in Revised content categories and subcategories for radio, Public Notice CRTC 2000-14, 28 January 2000, as amended from time to time.

The licensee shall ensure that a minimum of 70% of all musical selections broadcast during each broadcast week shall be devoted to selections drawn from subcategory 34 Jazz and blues.

The licensee shall devote a minimum of 35% of all category 3 musical selections broadcast during each broadcast week to Canadian selections, broadcast in their entirety.

The licensee has indicated that it would be prepared to commit, by condition of licence, to a weekly two-hour specialty Smooth Jazz program.

The licensee states that while it has operated CHMC-FM as a Smooth Jazz Specialty station over its first licence term, it has suffered significant financial losses. The licensee states that the Smooth Jazz format is no longer viable in Edmonton and proposes to provide a middle-of-the-road format instead. The new format would include compatible music from other genres while mixing in Smooth Jazz music.

Licensee's address:

140-6807 Railway Street South-East
Calgary, Alberta
T2H 2V6
Fax: 403-291-0037
E-mail: regulatory@rawlco.com

Examination of application:

102 – 9894 42nd Avenue North West
Edmonton, Alberta

Public participation

Deadline for interventions

17 June 2010

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. In such a case, 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:

by using the
[Broadcasting interventions/comments form]

or

by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2

or

by fax at
819-994-0218

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 that, before initiating service through electronic mode, they will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed.

Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary.

 Each paragraph of the submission should be numbered. In addition, 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.

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

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.

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 the Commission's website with the help of either its 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.

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 interventions.

Examination of documents

An electronic version of the applications is available from the Commission's website by selecting the application number within this notice.

 A list of all interventions will also be available on the Commission's website. An electronic version of all interventions 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 two (2) working days, at any other Commission offices and documentation centres.

Location of Commission offices

Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782
Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782

Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
Central Building
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 4B1
Tel.: 819-997-2429
Fax: 819-994-0218

Regional offices

Metropolitan Place
99 Wyse Road
Suite 1410
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B3A 4S5
Tel.: 902-426-7997
Fax: 902-426-2721

205 Viger Avenue West
Suite 504
Montréal, Quebec
H2Z 1G2
Tel.: 514-283-6607

55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario
M4T 1M2
Tel.: 416-952-9096

 Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 2B3
Tel.: 204-983-6306
Fax: 204-983-6317

2220 – 12^th Avenue
Suite 620
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4P 0M8
Tel.: 306-780-3422

10405 Jasper Avenue
Suite 520
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 3N4
Tel.: 780-495-3224

580 Hornby Street
Suite 530
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 3B6
Tel.: 604-666-2111
Fax: 604-666-8322

Secretary General 

Date modified:

2010-05-13