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Ottawa, 26 March 2013

Notice of hearing

27 May 2013
Gatineau, Quebec
Deadline for submission of interventions/comments/answers: 25 April 2013

[Submit an intervention/comment/answer or view related documents]

The Commission will hold a hearing commencing on 27 May 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec. Subject to interventions, the Commission intends to consider the following applications without the appearance of the parties:

Applicant/licensee and locality

1. Hollywood Suites Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1322-2

2. Hollywood Suites Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1325-6

3. Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada
Application 2012-1458-5

4. Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada
Application 2012-1459-3

5. D&K Communications
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Application 2012-1344-6

6. The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta
Application 2012-1460-1

7. The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta
Application 2012-1466-8

8. Prince George Community Radio Society
Prince George, British Columbia
Application 2012-0586-5

9. Vista Radio Ltd.
Creston, British Columbia
Application 2012-1113-5

10. Wells Community Radio Association, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Wells, British Columbia
Application 2013-0303-1

1. Hollywood Suites Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1322-2

Application by Hollywood Suites Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a national, English-language specialty Category B service to be known as Adrenalin.

The applicant proposes a programming service devoted to the entire genre of action and adventure, including crime fiction and epic and heroic drama. Programming will feature theatrical movies and series, mini-series, made-for-television movies and classical films and occasionally magazine-style shows that focus on this genre and its stars.

The applicant proposes to offer programming from the following program categories set out in item 6 of Schedule I to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990, as amended from time to time: 2(a), 2(b), 3, 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), 11(a), 11(b), 12, 13 and 14.

The applicant proposes the following condition of licence:

• No more than 10% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast month shall be drawn from category 7(e).

Applicant’s address:

186 St. George Street
Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 2N3
Fax: 416-323-1206
Email: david.kines@hollywoodsuite.ca 
Email to request electronic version of application: david.kines@hollywoodsuite.ca 

2. Hollywood Suites Inc.
Across Canada
Application 2012-1325-6

Application by Hollywood Suites Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a national, English language specialty Category B service to be known as Dream.

The proposed service would be devoted to romance, as well as the lighter side of love and relationships. Programming would include series based on relationships, sexuality and gender issues, feature films, mini-series, made-for-television movies, relationship-themed game shows and on occasion magazine-style shows focusing on this genre and its stars.

The applicant proposes to draw programming from the following program categories set out in item 6 of Schedule I to the Specialty Services Regulations, 1990, as amended from time to time: 2(a), 2(b), 3, 5(a), 5(b), 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.

The applicant proposes the following condition of licence:

• No more than 10% of all programming broadcast during the broadcast month shall be drawn from category 7(e).

Applicant’s address:

186 St. George Street
Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 2N3
Fax: 416-323-1206
Email: david.kines@hollywoodsuite.ca 
Email to request electronic version of application: david.kines@hollywoodsuite.ca 

3. Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada
Application 2012-1458-5

Application by Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a national, English-language specialty audio programming undertaking to be known as Popular.

The applicant proposes music directed at bars, restaurants and night clubs and mainly focused on providing mixed music by DJs from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. daily. It also proposes a mix of Motown, classic party hits and popular (top 40) music.

Applicant’s address:

550 Eglinton Avenue West
Suite 23-031
Toronto, Ontario
M5N 1B6
Email: ewk@radiodevelopment.com
Email to request electronic version of application: ewk@radiodevelopment.com

4. Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Across Canada
Application 2012-1459-3

Application by Evan Kosiner, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a national, English-language specialty audio programming undertaking to be known as Pub.

The applicant proposes music directed at bars, restaurants and night clubs and mainly focused on providing mixed music by DJs from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. daily. It also proposes a mix of rock and popular music heard throughout the past four decades featuring traditional pub fare, Irish music and folk music from the Canadian prairies.

Applicant’s address:

550 Eglinton Avenue West
Suite 23-031
Toronto, Ontario
M5N 1B6
Email: ewk@radiodevelopment.com
Email to request electronic version of application: ewk@radiodevelopment.com

5. D&K Communications
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Application 2012-1344-6

Application by D&K Communications for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language, low-power commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Windsor.

The proposed station would operate at 99.3 MHz (channel 257 LP) with an effective radiated power of 45.4 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of the antenna above average terrain of 6.12 metres). These technical parameters reflect those approved by the Department of Industry.

The applicant proposes to broadcast a country and pop music format targeting a 30+ audience. The applicant also commits to broadcast at least 12 hours of local programming and 7 hours of local news in each broadcast week.

Applicant’s address:

13832 Highway 1 RR#1
Hantsport, Nova Scotia
B0P 1P0
Email: davidlague29@live.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: winfm@live.ca

6. The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta
Application 2012-1460-1

Application by The Banff Centre for authorization to acquire the assets of the low-power tourist information FM radio programming undertakings CFPE-FM and CFPF-FM Banff from Friends of Banff National Park Fellowship.

The applicant is also requesting new licences to continue the operation of the undertakings under the terms and conditions in effect under the current licences.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the purchase price is $10,000. The applicant proposes a tangible benefit package representing 6% of the value of the transaction.

Applicant’s address:

107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
P.O. Box 1020
Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5
Fax: 403-762-6650 (Attention Joe Fingerote)
Email: radio@banffcentre.ca
Website to view application: www.banffcentre.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: radio@banffcentre.ca

7. The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta
Application 2012-1466-8

Application by The Banff Centre for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Banff.

The proposed station would operate at 107.9 MHz (channel 300A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 180 watts (maximum ERP of 500 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -326.4 metres).

The applicant proposes an Adult Album Alternative music format.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry at least twenty days prior to the hearing that the application is technically acceptable.

Applican’s address:

107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
P.O. Box 1020
Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5
Fax: 403-762-6650 (Attention Joe Fingerote)
Email: radio@banffcentre.ca
Website to view application: www.banffcentre.ca/radio
Email to request electronic version of application: radio@banffcentre.ca

8. Prince George Community Radio Society
Prince George, British Columbia
Application 2012-0586-5

Application by Prince George Community Radio Society for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM community radio programming undertaking in Prince George.

The proposed station would operate at 93.1 MHz (channel 226A) with an effective radiated power of 494 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -34.5 metres). These technical parameters reflect those approved by the Department of Industry.

The applicant proposes to broadcast 126 hours of programming per broadcast week, of which 110 hours will be local programming.

Applicant’s address:

2880 15th Avenue
Prince George, British Columbia
V2M 1T1
Email: cfisfm@yahoo.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: cfisfm@yahoo.ca

9. Vista Radio Ltd.
Creston, British Columbia
Application 2012-1113-5

Application by Vista Radio Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Creston.

The proposed station would operate at 106.1 MHz (channel 291B) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,100 watts (maximum ERP of 2,800 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 602 metres).

The applicant proposes an Adult Hits/Hot Adult Contemporary hybrid music format.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry at least twenty days prior to the hearing that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant’s address:

1625A McPhee Avenue
Courtenay, British Columbia
V9N 3A6
Email:  edwards@vistaradio.net
Email to request electronic version of application: renewalappinfo@vistaradio.net

10. Wells Community Radio Association, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Wells, British Columbia
Application 2013-0303-1

Application by Wells Community Radio Association, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language developmental community radio programming undertaking in Wells.

The proposed station would operate at 92.5 MHz (channel 223VLP) with an effective radiated power of 2.25 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 10 metres).

The applicant proposes 126 hours of local programming featuring local musicans, community events and information.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry at least twenty days prior to the hearing that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant’s address:

P.O. Box 206
Wells, British Columbia
V0K 2R0
Fax: 250-994-2345
Email: radio@frogonthebog.com
Email to request electronic version of application: radio@frogonthebog.com

Procedure

Deadline for interventions or answers

25 April 2013

The new Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, SOR/2010-277 (the Rules of Procedure), set out, among other things, the rules for content, format, filing and service of interventions and answers of respondents, the procedure for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure, and the conduct of the public hearing. Accordingly, the procedure set out below must be read in conjunction with the Rules of Procedure and its accompanying documents, which can be found on the Commission’s website under “CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure.”

An intervention or an answer from a respondent must be filed with the Commission and served on the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. An answer from a respondent must also be served on any other respondent.

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, a document must be filed with, not merely sent to, the Commission by 5 p.m. Vancouver time (8 p.m. Ottawa time) on the date it is due. The Commission takes no responsibility for postal delays and will not notify a party whose submission is received after the deadline date. Late submissions will not be considered by the Commission and will not be made part of the public file.

The applicant, respondents and interveners are permitted to coordinate, organize and file, in a single submission, interventions of other interested persons who share their position but do not wish to appear at the hearing as a “Joint Supporting Intervention.” More information on how to do so and a template for the covering letter to be filed by the parties can be found in Changes to certain practices for filing interventions – Expansion of filing practices to include the filing of joint supporting comments for broadcasting policy proceedings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-28-1, 10 December 2010.

Interventions and answers will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to parties, provided the procedures set out in the Rules of Procedure and this notice have been followed. Parties will be contacted only if their submissions raise procedural questions.

Submissions must be filed by sending them to the Secretary General of the Commission by only one of the following means:

by using the
[Intervention/comment/answer form]

or

by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2

or

by fax at
819-994-0218

A true copy of each intervention or answer from a respondent must be sent to the applicant and, in the case of a respondent to an application, to any other respondent.

The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents, 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 was completed. The sender must keep proof of the sending and the receipt of the document for 180 days after the day on which it is filed.

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 altered during electronic transmission.

Interventions and answers must 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.

In the event that an application be considered during the non-appearing phase of the hearing is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if parties wish to appear, they must provide reasons why their written interventions or answers are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary. Parties requiring communication support must state their request on the first page of their intervention. Only those parties whose requests to appear have been granted will be contacted by the Commission and invited to appear at the public hearing.

Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the Commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

Important notice

All information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information designated confidential, 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 parties and interested persons to monitor the record of the proceeding, available on the Commission’s website, for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their submissions.

Examination of documents

An electronic version of the applications is available on the Commission’s website by selecting the application number within this notice. It is also available from the applicants/licensees, either on their websites or upon request by contacting the applicants/licensees at their email addresses, provided above.

A list of all interventions and answers will also be available on the Commission’s website. The list is accessible by selecting “View all proceedings open for comment” from the “Public Proceedings” section of the Commission’s website and clicking on the “Interventions/Answers” link associated with this notice.

Documents are also available during normal office hours 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

Nova Scotia

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

Quebec

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

Ontario

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

Manitoba

360 Main Street
Suite 970
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 3Z3
Tel.: 204-983-6306
Fax: 204-983-6317

Saskatchewan

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

Alberta

100 – 4^th Avenue South-West
Suite 403
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3N2
Tel.: 403-292-6660
Fax: 403-292-6686

British Columbia

858 Beatty Street
Suite 290
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1C1
Tel.: 604-666-2111
Fax: 604-666-8322

Secretary General

Date modified:

2013-03-26