(April 18, 2008)
Broadcasting decision:
2008-74-1 Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace, B.C.)
Terrace and Smithers, British Columbia
CFNR-FM Terrace – New transmitter in Smithers: Clarification of when the authority will expire
Archive for the 'Decisions' Category
(April 1, 2008)
2008-74 Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace, B.C.)
Terrace and Smithers, British Columbia
APPROVED – Amendment to the broadcasting licence for the radio programming undertaking CFNR-FM Terrace in order to operate a transmitter in Smithers.
(March 3, 2008)
2008-53 Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace, B.C.)
Terrace and Williams Lake, British Columbia
APPROVED – New low-power FM transmitter at Williams Lake.
2008-45 Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc.
Montréal, Quebec; Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario; Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia
APPROVED – Replacement of current conditions of licence
DENIED – Amendment to condition of licence relating to spoken word programming
2008-24 Sidney E. Dolson
Muncey, Ontario
DENIED – Broadcasting licence to operate a predominantly English-language, low-power Type B Native FM radio programming undertaking in Muncey, Ontario.
“In his application, Sidney E. Dolson indicated that the proposed station would be owned and operated solely by himself. Furthermore, the applicant did not indicate that a board of directors and officers would be established once the licence was granted. Therefore, the Commission has determined that the applicant is ineligible to hold a licence to operate a Type B Native radio undertaking.”
“Further, with respect to the station’s programming plans, the Commission notes that the applicant provided very little details and remained vague in his responses to the Commission’s queries.”
2008-19 C.M.E.S. Community Media Education Society
Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George, Terrace, Vernon, Penticton and Vancouver (including Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley), British Columbia, and Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, Alberta
DENIED - Broadcasting licence to operate an English-language community programming undertaking to serve Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George, Terrace, Vernon, Penticton and Vancouver (including Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley), British Columbia, and Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Note: Interesting decision. CMES proposed establishing a non-profit community cable network in British Columbia and Alberta.
2007-418 Radio Boréale, Amos, Quebec. APPROVED – Type B FM community radio programming undertaking in Amos. The licence will expire 31 August 2014.
2007-389 Seaside Broadcasting Organization, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. APPROVED – Change the authorized contours of CFEP-FM Eastern Passage by increasing the effective radiated power.
2007-385 CKUA Radio Foundation, Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie, Peace River, Red Deer, Hinton, Edson, Whitecourt, Athabasca, Fort McMurray, Spirit River, Drumheller, Banff and Lloydminster, Alberta. APPROVED – Renewal of the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking CKUA-FM Edmonton and its transmitters. The licence will expire 31 August 2014. APPROVED – Exemption from the requirement to devote a minimum of 60% of the basic annual Canadian content development contributions to FACTOR or MUSICACTION.
2007-381 Trent Radio, Peterborough, Ontario. APPROVED - Type B community radio programming undertaking in Peterborough. The licence will expire 31 August 2014.
Note that Trent Radio has changed from being a Community-based Campus to a Type B Community radio station.
The Commission first gazetted this application in Broadcasting Public Notice 2007-31. In this public notice, the Commission also noted that the licensee had advised the Commission that over the last licence term CFFF-FM’s board of directors did not include representation from the university as required under Public Notice 2000-12 (the Campus radio policy).
In light of this information, the Commission was of the view that CFFF-FM’s board of directors did not include balanced representation from the university and considered changing the station’s class of licence from a community-based campus to a Type B community radio programming undertaking under the terms and conditions set out in Public Notice 2000-13 (the Community radio policy) and Public Notice 2000-157. The licensee agreed with the Commission’s assessment and requested that the Commission change CFFF-FM’s class of licence to a Type B community station. Accordingly, the Commission was of the view that it would be more appropriate to consider this application as an application for a new Type B community radio programming undertaking.