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PUBLIC HEARING
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Agenda
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28 February 2005
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APPEARING ITEMS |
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1. Rogers Broadcasting
Limited and Radio 1540 Limited (OBCI)
2. Sukhvinder Singh Badh (OBCI)
3. South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
4. Radio India (2004) Ltd.
5. CHUM Limited
6. I.T. Productions Ltd.
7. Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation
8. Newlife Communications Inc.
9. Rogers Broadcasting Limited (CKNU-TV/CIIT-TV)
10. Standard Radio Inc.
11. Evanov Radio Group Inc.
12. NL Broadcasting Ltd.
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INTERVENTIONS RECEIVED
CONCERNING THE APPLICATIONS SCHEDULED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION FILES
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1. |
Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1088-7 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 1 |
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Application by Rogers
Broadcasting Limited and Radio 1540 Limited, partners in a
partnership to be established, for a licence to operate a commercial
specialty FM (ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 93.1 MHz (channel 226C1) with an average
effective radiated power of 2,800 watts (maximum effective radiated
power of 6,000 watts/antenna height of 672.5 metres). |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
18 cultural groups in a minimum of 18 different languages per
broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Gary Miles
Lenny Lombardi
Rael Merson
Madeline Ziniak
Joe Mulvihill
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Steve Edwards
Paul Fisher
Paritosh Mehta
Del Ehret
Alain Strati
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2. |
Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1081-1 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 2 |
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Application by
Sukhvinder Singh Badh (OBCI), on behalf of a corporation to be
incorporated, for a licence to operate a commercial specialty FM
(ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 93.1 MHz (channel 226C1) with an average
effective radiated power of 1,780 watts (maximum effective radiated
power of 3,100 watts/antenna height of 617.6 metres). |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
18 cultural groups in a minimum of 15 different languages per
broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Sukvinder Singh Badh
Jenny Banwait
Gail Tibbo
Tony Saini
Rockey Mangat
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Firoz Kassam
Balwant Sanghera
Dr. Alice Wong
Pourang Taheri
Matthew McBride
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3. |
Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1101-7 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 3 |
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Application by South
Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. for a licence to operate a
commercial specialty FM (ethnic) radio programming undertaking in
Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 93.1 MHz (channel 226C) with an average
effective radiated power of 2,800 watts (maximum effective radiated
power of 6,000 watts/antenna height of 672.5 metres). |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
15 cultural groups in a minimum of 15 different languages per
broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Kulwinder Sanghera
Surinder Sanghera
Amarjit Athwal
Bijoy Samuel
Tarannum Thind |
Amrik Singh
Baljinder Singh
Mark Lewis
Jim Moltner
Shahrokh Khorram
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Jaz Cheema
Inder Mehat
Paul Binning
Reema Chatterjea
Krishan Bector
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1018-4 |
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Broadcasting Notices of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11 and 2004-11-1, item 4 |
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Application by Radio
India (2004) Ltd. for a licence to operate a commercial
specialty FM (ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 93.1 MHz (channel 226C1) with an average
effective radiated power of 4,100 watts (maximum effective radiated
power of 7,700 watts/antenna height of 617.7 metres). |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
12 cultural groups in a minimum of 10 different languages per
broadcast week per broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Maninder Gill
Vic Sanghera
Gaytri Kaul
Dalbir Gill
Ashiana Khan
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Gurpreet Singh
Sukminder S. Cheema
Rakesh Chand
Irene C. Yatco
Ramin Mahjouri
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Kerry Wicks
Tom Gill
John Matthews
Jon Festinger
Umendra Singh |
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1085-3 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 5 |
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Application by CHUM
Limited for a licence to operate an English-language commercial
FM radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 93.1 MHz (channel 226C1) with an average
effective radiated power of 1,780 watts (maximum effective radiated
power of 3,100 watts/antenna height of 617.6 metres). |
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The applicant proposes to
offer a youth-oriented music format called "Modern Global" featuring
culturally diverse music from around the world. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Paul Ski
Duff Roman
Peter Miller
Prem Gill
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Roma Khanna
Kerry French
Rob Farina |
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2003-1174-6 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 6 |
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Application by I.T.
Productions Ltd. for a licence to operate a commercial AM
(ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 1200 kHz with a transmitter power of
25,000 watts. |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
11 cultural groups in a minimum of 17 different
languages per broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Shushma Datt
Sudhir Datta
Shavilla Singh
Manu Chopra
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Simmi Cheema
Gobinder Gill
Sonia Lotay
Shankar Roy
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Lee Davis
Grant McCormick
Christopher P. Weafer |
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1100-2 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 7 |
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Application by
Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation for a licence to operate a
commercial AM (ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 1200 kHz with a transmitter power of
25,000 watts. |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
32 cultural groups in a minimum of 16 different languages per
broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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James Ho
Greg Kane
Dan Roach
Phillip Moy
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Kannon Kamalakannen
Catherine Rogers
Greg Meiklejohn
Amar Randhawa |
Harinder Singh sohi
Dipinder Kaur Brar
Tarsem Singh Dhawal
Teresa Wat |
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Vancouver, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1006-9 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 8 |
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Application by Newlife
Communications Inc. for a licence to operate a commercial low
power specialty FM (ethnic) radio station in Vancouver. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 89.5 MHz (channel 208LP) with an effective
radiated power of 50 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height
of 15 metres). |
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The applicant is proposing
a Christian music ethnic service with at least 82% of the weekly
total music drawn from music Subcategory 35 (non-classic religious).
The applicant is also proposing to broadcast 12 hours per week of
religious spoken word programming. |
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By condition of licence,
the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of
14 cultural groups in a minimum of 19 different languages per
broadcast week. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Rev. Edgar Lapeciros
Pr. Jagpal Singh Dhaliwal
Mrs. Ada Dhaliwal
Pastor Rehan Garstin
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Pastor Gordon Lee
Pastor Gideon Chiu
Prescott Sandhu
Matthew Koshys |
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APPEARING INTERVENERS |
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1. Fairchild Radio, Joe
Chan (int. 2442 - items 1 to 8) |
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2. Peoples Law School,
Gordon McLeod Hardy (int. 2737 - item 1) |
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3. Canadian Ethnic
Journalists and Writers Club, Ben Viccari (int. 2904 - item 1) |
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4. T. Sher Singh (int.
3002 item 1) |
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5. Dr. Yoe Sook Youn (int.
3122 item 1) |
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6. Shashi Assanand (int.
3232 item 1) |
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7. JOVENSvancouver
Founder, Terry Costa (int. 3237 item 1) |
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8. Rajinder Saini (int.
1368 item 2) |
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9. Kiran Aujlay (int. 1578
item 3) |
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10. Harleen K. Gill (int.
1586 item 3) |
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11. Baljit Singh Deo (int.
1652 item 3) |
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12. Inder Mehat (int. 1723
item 3) |
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13. Raminderjit Dhami
(int. 1911 item 3) |
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14. Harbajan Mann (int.
2341 item 3) |
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15. Amar Kainth (int. 2577
item 3) |
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16. T. Mann (int. 2125
item 4) |
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17. Deepak Suri (int. 2172
item 4) |
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18. Narinder Sidhu (int.
2373 item 4) |
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19. Infinity Broadcasting,
Ralph H. Kroman (int. 3012 item 4) |
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20. Nina Grewal, M.P.
(int. 414 item 4) |
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21. City of Surrey, Doug
McCallum (int. 1273 item 4) |
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22. South Asian Human
Rights Group of Canada, Harpal Singh Nagra, Adam
Buksh (int. 2912 item 4) |
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23. Wayne Lavallιe (int.
3100 item 5) |
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24. Trevor Chan (int. 1744
item 5) |
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25. Philip Yung (int. 2795
item 5) |
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26. Sukhpreet Singh Heir
(int. 1301 item 6) |
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27. Kuldip Jagpal (int.
2099 item 6) |
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28. Bhupinder Singh Uppal
(int. 2103 item 6) |
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29. Moninder Bual (int.
2143 item 6 |
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30. Parvkar Dulai (int.
2144 item 6) |
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31. Mohinder S. Jawanda
(int. 2157 item 6) |
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32. Brinder Dhami (int.
2264 item 6) |
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33. Joginder Chahal (int.
2315 item 6) |
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34. Farid Rohani (int.
2791 item 6) |
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35. Akali Singh Sikh
Society, Rattan Singh Girn (int. 2836 item 6) |
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36. Ashwant Dwivedi (int.
3043 item 6) |
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37. Associazione Culturale
Pugliese Della B.C., Lidia Catalano (int. 3069 item 6) |
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38. Natraj School of
Dancing, Sheetal Gupta, Nimmi Bali (int. 3071 item 6) |
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39. Guru Nanak Sikh
Gurdwara Society, Balwant Singh Gill (int. 3262 item 6) |
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40. Italian Cultural
Centre Society, Joe Finamore (int. 3265 item 6) |
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41. Mathew Koshy (int.
2423 item 8)
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Fraser Valley and
Victoria, British Columbia
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Applications Nos. 2004-1373-2, 2004-1426-9 |
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Broadcasting Notices of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11 and 2004-11-1, item 13 |
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Applications by Rogers
Broadcasting Limited (Rogers), to acquire the assets of the
English-language television programming undertakings CHNU-TV Fraser
Valley, British Columbia from NOWTV British Columbia Inc. (NOWTV BC)
and CIIT-TV Winnipeg, Manitoba from NOWTV Manitoba Inc. (NOWTV
Manitoba). The latter station is not yet in operation. |
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The value of the
transaction is estimated at $13 million. The allocation between the
two stations is as follows:. |
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- $12.25 million for CHNU-TV
- $750,000 for CIIT-TV |
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Rogers is proposing a
tangible benefits package of $1.3 million over seven years (10% of
the value of the transaction). The benefits package is described as
follows: |
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- NOWTV Documentary Fund
($450,000)
- Aboriginal Faith and Spirituality Documentary Series ($300,000)
- Vision TV Independent Production Initiative ($200,000)
- Willard Thiessen Mentorship/Scholarship Program ($100,000)
- Comparative Religious Studies - Conference/Seminar ($100,000)
- Independent Producers Pilot Development Grants ($150,000) |
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The applicant is also
requesting licences to continue the operation of the undertakings
under the same terms and conditions. |
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As part of this
transaction, Rogers is also seeking authority to amend the licence
of television programming undertaking CHNU-TV Fraser Valley. This
would enable Rogers to add a television transmitter at
Victoria to broadcast the programming of CHNU-TV Victoria and its
surrounding areas. |
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The transmitter would
operate on channel 21B with an average effective radiated
power of 720 watts (maximum effective radiated power of 1,800
watts/antenna height of 273.7 metres). |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Rael Merson,
Leslie Sole
Madeline Ziniak
Tony Viner
Willard Thiessen |
Jeff Thiessen
Laura Nixon
Malcolm Dunlop
Alain Strati
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APPEARING INTERVENERS |
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1. Crossroads Television
System, Fred Vanstone (int. 2952) |
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2. Multivan Broadcast, Art
Reitmayer (int. 2958) |
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3. Dr. John Burns (int.
1823) |
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4. Irene Chu (int. 2877) |
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5. Joseph D. Sorbara (int.
2896) |
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6. Reginald W. Biggy (int.
2993) |
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7. Darrell Peregrym (int.
3209) |
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8. Aboriginal Peoples
Television Network, Jean LaRose (int. 2367) |
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9. Global Television
Network, Jon Medline (int. 3242)
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Kamloops, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1021-7 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 9 |
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Application by Standard
Radio Inc. for a licence to operate an English-language
commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Kamloops. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 95.9 MHz (channel 240B1) with an effective
radiated power of 5,000 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna
height of 127 metres). |
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The applicant proposes a
new country music format. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Don Shafer
Roy McKenzie
Reeny Chew
Betty Selin
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Lori Pierson-Mataj
Tom Tompkins
John Yerxa
Dr. Gordon Tarzwell
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Gord Henke
Kerry Pelser
Joan Phillip |
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Kamloops, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-1039-0 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 11 |
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Application by Evanov
Radio Group Inc. for a licence to operate an English-language
commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Kamloops. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 92.5 MHz (channel 223A) with an effective
radiated power of 1,860 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna
height of 127 metres). |
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The applicant is proposing
a music format that will feature a broad range of musical styles
including crooners, standards, ballads, love songs and contemporary
hits drawn from both current and past musical eras. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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William Evanov
Carmela Laurignano
Paul Evanov
Ky Joseph
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Michael Kilbride
Debra McLaughlin
Stuart Robertson
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Kamloops, British
Columbia
Application No. 2004-0236-3 |
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Broadcasting Notice of
Public Hearing CRTC 2004-11, item 12 |
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Application by NL
Broadcasting Ltd. for a licence to operate an English-language
commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Kamloops. |
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The new station would
operate on frequency 103.1 MHz (channel 276B1) with an effective
radiated power of 5,000 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna
height of 127 metres). |
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The applicant is proposing
a country music format. |
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FOR THE APPLICANT |
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Robbi Dunn
Jim Swetlikoe
Jim Harrison
Elizabeth Lair
Peter Angle |
Ravinder Dhaliwal
Call Dunn
Joanna Linsangan
Dave Coulter |
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APPEARING INTERVENERS |
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1. The Jim Pattison
Broadcast Group Limited Partnership, Rick Arnish, Doug
Collins, Bruce Davis, Chris Weafer (int. 2467 items 10, 11
and 12) |
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2. Active Mountain
Entertainment Corp., Diana Kelly (int. 3014 items 10 and 12) |
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3. Barbara Chrystal (int.
974 item 11) |
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4. National
Campus/Community Radio Association, Robert Schmidt
(int. 2068 item 11) |
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5. Brant Zwicker (int.
2760 item 11) |
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6. Maureen Simpson (int.
2285 item 11) |
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7. Grant Porter (int. 2851
item 11) |
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8. George Evans (int. 2875
item 12) |
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9. Nancy Greene Raine
(int. 1527 item 12) |
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10. Leslie Brochu (int.
1629 item 12) |
