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Ottawa, 27 January 2014
VIA EMAIL: Kevin.goldstein@bellmedia.ca DM5# 1977536
Kevin Goldstein
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Bell Media Inc.
200 Queen St. West
Toronto, ON
M5V 2Z5
Re: Application 2013-1097-9 – Follow-up to broadcasting decision CRTC 2013 310, Astral broadcasting undertakings - change of effective control – Amendments to the broadcasting licence of CKGM Montréal – Approved
Mr. Goldstein:
In Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-310, conditions of approval were set out by the Commission in Appendix 1. By virtue of conditions of approval 4, 9 and 11, Bell Media Inc. was to file applications with the Commission in order to add the conditions of licence 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 set out in Appendix 2 of that decision to the broadcasting licences of some of the undertakings discussed in that decision.
Consequently, the Commission approves the application by Bell Media Inc. to amend the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial AM radio programming undertaking CKGM Montréal in order to add the following conditions of licence:
Conditions of licence applicable to radio programming undertakings
17. The licensee shall provide commercially reasonable access to advertising availabilities to unrelated operators of broadcasting undertakings and telecommunications service providers.
18. a) The licensee shall pay tangible benefits in respect of any shortfall in the tangible benefits for the radio broadcasting undertakings to be divested by BCE Inc. (BCE) in accordance with Astral broadcasting undertakings – Change of effective control, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-310, 27 June 2013, between $11.05 million attributed to those undertakings and the aggregate value of the tangible benefits to be paid by purchasers of those undertakings as determined by the Commission in the decision approving the transfer of those undertakings by BCE ("shortfall").
b) In the event of a shortfall, the licensee shall file with the Commission a proposal for the payment of the resulting tangible benefits within 30 days of the Commission's decisions approving the transfer of the last of those undertakings by BCE.
Conditions of licence applicable to CKGM Montréal
19 The licensee shall operate CKGM Montréal as an English-language commercial AM radio programming undertaking whose programming is dedicated predominantly to all aspects of sports, including coverage of professional and amateur sports events, sportscasts, magazine shows, interviews, commentaries, documentaries, audience participation and open-line programming, instruction and training programs and other programs that promote physical fitness. CKGM will devote its programming principally to Canadian sports coverage.
20 The licensee shall ensure that not less than 90% of the programming broadcast during each broadcast day consists of programs drawn from content categories 1, 4 and 5 as defined in Revised content categories and subcategories for radio, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-819, 5 November 2010, as amended from time to time.
21 The licensee shall ensure that not less than 96 hours of the programming broadcast during the broadcast week is devoted to local programming as defined in paragraph 207 of Commercial Radio Policy 2006, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-158, 15 December 2006.
22 The licensee shall contribute $245,000 over the next seven broadcast years ($35,000 per broadcast year) to Canadian content development initiatives that will benefit the radio sector, with an emphasis on emerging artists from Montréal's English official language minority community.
All letters of approval issued by the Commission are made available upon request for public examination at the Commission's central and regional offices. The Commission also requires that this letter be appended to the broadcasting licence for CKGM Montréal.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
John Traversy
Secretary General
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