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Route reference: 2010-347

Ottawa, 8 September 2010

CKDX Radio Limited
Newmarket, Ontario

Application 2010-0043-9, received 18 January 2010

CKDX-FM Newmarket – Licence renewal

1.      The Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CKDX-FM Newmarket, from 1 December 2010 to 31 August 2017.[1] The licence will be subject to the conditions set out in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2009-62.

2.      The Commission notes that it received an intervention by Matiz Communications Inc. (Matiz) in opposition to CKDX Radio Limited’s (CKDX) licence renewal application. The intervention referred to an ongoing dispute regarding shares in 1093641 Ontario Ltd., a minority shareholder in the licensee, and stated that as a result of this ongoing dispute, the Commission should decline to renew CKDX’s licence until the dispute is resolved or renew the licence on a short-term basis.

3.      Evanov Communications Inc., the majority shareholder in the licensee, replied to the intervention by submitting that this matter should be resolved in civil courts rather than by the Commission and that a delay in renewal or a short-term renewal would not be in the public interest.

4.      The Commission considers that this dispute should be resolved by the civil courts and does not have any bearing on the effective control of the licensee by Evanov Communications Inc.

Employment equity

5.      In accordance with Public Notice 1992-59, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.

Secretary General

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*This decision is to be appended to the licence

Footnote:

[1] The broadcasting licence was administratively renewed from 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010 in Broadcasting Decision 2010-635.

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