Registration for Exempt Low-Power Radio Programming Undertakings - Form 151

Overview

This form is to register a station as an exempt low-power tourist information radio undertaking or a low-power radio undertaking providing programming from a house of worship.

The undertaking is required to provide updates of any subsequent change of information within 30 days by resubmitting this registration form. Registration and subsequent updates, if applicable, are to be filed electronically via My CRTC Account by attaching to the Broadcasting and Online News Act Cover Page a letter explaining changes of information.

The Commission also expects the undertaking to notify the Commission when it no longer wishes to operate the exempted low-power station by means of My CRTC Account, attaching a letter to that effect to the Broadcasting and Online News Act Cover Page.

Please indicate if this form involves:

• The registration of the undertaking; or
• Updating information to the initial registration. If so, please provide details on the requested change(s).

Before completing this application form, please ensure that you have first applied to the Department of Industry (also known as Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada [ISED]) to receive a broadcasting certificate (which includes the assignment of a frequency and approval of a call sign). To do this, contact ISED at 1-800-328-6189 or visit this page.

The terms and conditions applicable to exempt low-power radio programming undertakings are set out in:

• Amendments to exemption orders for various types of radio programming undertakings, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2026-118, 10 June 2026 (BRP 2026-118), Appendix 1 and 2.

Once the registration of the radio programming undertaking is processed, information pertaining to the undertaking will be added to the list entitled List of broadcasting services that do and do not need a licence (the List) available on the Commission’s website.

Filing

You may file electronically via My CRTC Account by attaching the registration form to the  Broadcasting and Online News Act Cover Page. My CRTC Account allows you to securely submit documents to the Commission with a user ID and password. Therefore, a signature is not required when using My CRTC Account.

Registrants who cannot send their form electronically with My CRTC Account can contact the Commission at 1-877-249-CRTC (2782).

Registrants who need further information related to CRTC processes can contact the Commission at 1-866-781-1911.

Instructions

You may complete the downloaded form by inserting your response in bold letters immediately following the question. You may add lines to the tables, if necessary, but do not alter or delete any text from the form.

The application must be divided into sections as set out in the form and include the numbered questions followed by the corresponding response. Responses must be provided, at a minimum, in a 10-font size.

All information requested throughout the application form with an asterisk (*) is required.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some information provided in this application form will be made available to the public on the Commission’s website, such as the undertaking’s name, the call sign, the served area, etc.

1. General information

* Type of station:
AM ( ) FM ( )

* Exemption type:

( ) Exemption order for low-power tourist information related radio programming undertakings

( ) Exemption order for low-power radio programming undertakings providing programming that is derived solely from houses of worship

* Call Sign:
* Location:
* Province or territory:
* The principal language of programming will be:
* Other languages of programming (if applicable):

**Designates programs in languages other than English, French or of languages of Indigenous Canadians.

1.1 Identification of registrant

*Name of legal entity operating the proposed undertaking or the name of the owner of the entity to be incorporated:
*Address:
*City:
*Province or Territory:
*Postal code (A1A 1A1):
*Telephone (999-999-9999): Ext:
Fax (999-999-9999):
*Email (corporationname@yourdomain.com):
Website (www.mycorporation.com):

Contact person representing the registrant

(If there is no appointed designated representative under question 1.3)

*Name:
*Title:
*Telephone (999-999-9999):
*Email (yourname@yourdomain.com):

1.2 Sent by

*Name:
*Telephone (999-999-9999):
*Email (yourname@yourdomain.com):

1.3 Appointment of designated representative

*Is there a designated representative?

Yes ( ) No ( )

I,_________________________, the registrant, hereby designate____________________ as my designated representative for and on my behalf and in my name to sign, file and complete (if necessary) a registration form with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the Commission) and to sign and file a reply with respect thereto and I do hereby ratify, confirm and adopt as my own act, such registration form and all replies made thereto.

*Date:
*At  (city, province or territory):
Signature: (a signature is not required when submitting electronically)
*Address of designated representative:
*Title:
*Telephone (999-999-9999):
Fax (999-999-9999):
*Email (yourname@yourdomain.com):

1.4 Declaration of the registrant or its designated representative

I, *___________________________________ , solemnly declare that:

1. I am the registrant or the designated representative of the registrant named in this registration form and as such have knowledge of all matters declared therein.
2. The statements made in this registration form or in any document filed pursuant to any request for further information by the Commission are (will be) to the best of my knowledge and believed to be true in all respects.
3. The opinions and estimates given in this registration form or in any document filed pursuant to any request for further information by the Commission are (will be) based on facts as known to me.
4. I have examined the provisions of the Broadcasting Act and the broadcasting regulations and policies relevant to this registration form.

And I have signed

Signature (a signature is not required when submitting electronically)
*Date (YYYY-MM-DD):

*At (city, province or territory):

Witnessed by

Signature (a signature is not required when submitting electronically):
*Name:
*Date (YYYY-MM-DD):
*At: (city, province or territory)

2. Technical information

2.1 Broadcasting Certificate

*Has the Broadcasting Certificate been obtained from ISED?
( ) Yes ( ) No
*If yes: provide the Broadcasting Certificate Number:
*If no: indicate the date of filing of your application for a Broadcasting Certificate with ISED (YYYY-MM-DD):

2.2 Technical Parameters

Indicate the basic technical parameters by completing the table below:

2.3 National Public Alerting System

*The licensee will implement the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) by the station’s launch in the manner set out in section 16 of the Radio Regulations, 1986, and in Amendments to various regulations, the standard conditions of licence for video-on-demand undertakings and certain exemption orders – Provisions requiring the mandatory distribution of emergency alert messages, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2014-444 and Broadcasting Orders CRTC 2014-445, 2014-446, 2014-447 and 2014-448, 29 August 2014, as amended from time to time.

( ) Yes ( ) No

If no, explain:

*The licensee will file a letter with the Commission to attest to the implementation date of its NPAS within 14 days after installation of the alerting equipment. This letter must contain evidence that the system is properly configured to receive and distribute alerts from the National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination (NAAD) System (e.g., an attestation by a chief executive officer, president or person exercising a similar supervisory role in the licensee’s operations, as to the installation of a functioning alerting equipment).

( ) Yes ( ) No

If no, explain:

2.4 Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations (SCMO)

To have a complete overview of the broadcasting system, the Commission believes that all licensed station operators, as well as exempt tourist information stations and places of worship that broadcast content on their SCMO, should be required to register it with the Commission.

Do you operate a SCMO?

( ) Yes ( ) No

3. Launch date

*Has the undertaking already commenced operations and is broadcasting on air?
( ) Yes ( ) No
*If yes: provide the date that the undertaking commenced operations and started broadcasting on air (YYYY-MM-DD):
*If no: provide the date that you are expecting to commence operations of your undertaking and broadcasting on air (YYYY-MM-DD):

4. Compliance with the Exemption Order

To operate as an exempt low-power tourist radio programming undertaking or a low-power radio undertaking providing programming from a house of worship, registrants must abide by the terms and conditions applicable to exempt low-power radio programming undertakings as set out in BRP 2026-118.

Confirm that you will abide by the orders and conditions set out in BRP 2026-118, including that the undertaking will meet technical and relevant programming-related requirements that the undertaking has implemented a public alerting system on all of its stations, and that the undertaking will be owned and controlled by Canadians, as defined in the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of non-Canadians), by answering “I agree ” below.

*I agree ( )

*Has the undertaking or anyone involved with the undertaking, including but not limited to involvement with the ownership, operation, management, and financing of the undertaking, been found by the Commission to have been carrying on a broadcasting undertaking in whole or in part in Canada without a licence or without authorization pursuant to an exemption, contrary to the Broadcasting Act?

( ) Yes ( ) No

If yes, please identify who, their role in the undertaking, the Decision in which they were found in non-compliance, and, if granted, proof of prior written permission from the Commission to operate pursuant to BRP 2026-118.

CRTC Form 151 - Registration for Exempt Low-Power Radio Programming Undertakings

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Date modified:

2026-06-10