Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
 

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Application for a Programming Amendment to
a Broadcasting Licence for an AM or FM
Radio Programming Undertaking
(including ethnic)

(This form does not apply to Campus and Community radio undertakings)

 

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS


 
1.
 		 FILING
 
  • File electronically via Epass by attaching the application to the Cover Page, which is available on our web site under "File, Register and Epass."   Epass allows secure transmissions to the Commission and also authenticates your identity. A signature is not required when using Epass. For more information, see Broadcasting Circular CRTC 2005-466, Electronic filing of applications.
 
  • When filing your application, please ensure that the file names of the documents attached to your application form reflect the ascending order in which they should appear on the public file and that each file name includes a brief description of the document content. For example, "Doc1-brief description of document"; "Doc2-brief description of document", and so forth. This will ensure that the application and all related documents are presented in the correct order once they are made available for public viewing.
 
  • Applicants who are unable to file their application using Epass should contact the Commission at (819) 953-4405, for information on alternate filing options.
 
2. INSTRUCTIONS
 
  • The following questionnaire is in HTML format and may be downloaded to the word processing software of your choice.  This enables you to complete the downloaded questionnaire 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 questionnaire.
 
  • The Application Brief, filed electronically or otherwise, must be divided into sections, and include the numbered questions, as set out in the questionnaire, each followed by the corresponding response.  Responses must be provided, at a minimum, in a size 10 font.
 
  • The Commission may return the application if it has not been duly completed.  The onus will be on applicants to submit a clear application that provides all of the relevant information, identifies all regulatory issues raised in the application and provides supporting documentation.
 
  • If the proposed amendment is not covered by this questionnaire, or any other existing questionnaire, complete Section 1 and the appropriate appendices.
 
3. PUBLIC EXAMINATION FILE
 
  • Copies of the Commission's letters requesting further information and copies of your replies form part of the application and must be available for examination by the public.
 
4. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUESTS
 
  • Portions of the application may be treated as confidential, at your request, pursuant to section 20 of the CRTC Rules of Procedure.
 
  • The onus is on the applicant to request confidentiality for the information or material and to clearly demonstrate that the public interest will best be served by treating the information as confidential.  For further information, refer to Circular No. 429 dated 19 August 1998.
 
  • Applicants must ensure that documents that they request be treated as confidential are submitted in a separate electronic file and must incorporate confidential in the name of the file. It is incumbent upon applicants to clearly identify the confidential documents by indicating confidential on each page and, in such cases, to file an abridged version of the document for the public file.
 
 

For Commission's use

Application number

 

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Application for a Programming Amendment to
a Broadcasting Licence for an AM or FM
Radio Programming Undertaking
(including ethnic)
(This form does not apply to Campus and Community radio undertakings)

1.  GENERAL INFORMATION


 
AM UNDERTAKING (  )
 		 FM UNDERTAKING (  ) 
 		 CALL SIGN:  __________
 
LOCATION OF UNDERTAKING:  ______________________________________________________
 
1.1 Provide a brief description of your application including the musical format and the designated demographic group:

 
1.2 List all the documents you request be treated as confidential:
1.3 IDENTIFICATION OF LICENSEE
NAME:
ADDRESS:
FAX:
E-MAIL:

CONTACT PERSON REPRESENTING THE LICENSEE
(if there is no appointed agent under question 1.4)

NAME:
TITLE:
TELEPHONE:

Please indicate the E-Mail address and FAX number that should be specified in a Public Notice.

FAX:
E-MAIL:
1.4

APPOINTMENT OF AGENT

I, _________________________, the licensee, hereby appoint _____________________ as my agent for and on my behalf and in my name to sign, file and complete (if necessary) an application with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and to sign and file a reply with respect thereto and I do hereby ratify, confirm, and adopt as my own act, such application and all replies made thereto.

Date:
At:
Signature:
ADDRESS OF AGENT:
TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
FAX:
E-MAIL:
 
1.5
 		 DECLARATION OF THE LICENSEE OR ITS APPOINTED AGENT 
 
  I, ___________________________________ SOLEMNLY DECLARE THAT:
 
  a) I am the ___________________________ (representative/appointed agent) of the licensee named in this Application Brief and as such have knowledge of all matters declared therein.
 
  b) The statements made in this application, or any document filed pursuant to any request for further information by the Commission, are (will be) to the best of my knowledge and belief true in all respects.
 
  c) The opinions and estimates given in this application, or any document filed pursuant to any request for further information by the Commission, are (will be) based on facts as known to me.
 
  d) I have examined the provisions of the Broadcasting Act and the broadcasting regulations relevant to this application.
 
 

AND I HAVE SIGNED

Signature:

Date:

WITNESSED BY

Signature:

Name (Printed):

Date:

At:
 
1.6 EXAMINATION BY THE PUBLIC

Indicate one or more public locations, within the area served, where the application may be examined by the general public.  If several transmitters are in use, indicate a location within the area served by each transmitter.

ADDRESS(ES):




 
1.7 IT IS MANDATORY that you file a Supplementary Brief (no more than five pages) identified as Appendix 1, ensuring that you, at a minimum:
• List the existing programming requirement(s) and the proposed amendment(s).
 
• Provide the rationale for the proposed amendment(s), including reference to any relevant regulations and Commission policies.
 
• Provide supporting evidence or reasons why this amendment(s) should be approved.
 
• In cases where the applicant is proposing an exception to any regulations or Commission policies, provide details, rationale and any other information relevant to such proposal to explain why the proposed exception is warranted in the circumstances.
 
• In Broadcasting Circular CRTC 2006-1, the Commission stated that it would not generally be disposed to review, on an expedited basis, applications for license amendments that are received within two years following the implementation of a new service or the date of a Commission decision relating to an amendment concerning the same or a similar case.  Indicate how long the undertaking has been operating under the existing requirement(s).  If less than 24 months, explain why this amendment(s) is required.
 
 

2.  PROGRAMMING AMENDMENTS

Provide responses only to the questions that relate to the proposed amendment(s).
 

AM AND FM UNDERTAKINGS
 
2.1

CANADIAN CONTENT (IF DIFFERENT FROM LEVELS PRESCRIBED BY THE REGULATIONS)

The licensee will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, broadcast the following MINIMUM levels of Canadian selections:
 
CURRENT REQUIREMENTS

MUSICAL CATEGORIES

% OF MUSICAL SELECTIONS IN
EACH CATEGORY
 Category 2 - Popular Music  Broadcast Week:

 Weekly - 
 6am to 6pm
 (Mon-Fri):

 
 Ethnic selections broadcast within ethnic program periods  Broadcast Week:

 
 Content category 3 - Special Interest Music  Broadcast Week:

 
PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS

MUSICAL CATEGORIES

% OF MUSICAL SELECTIONS IN
EACH CATEGORY
 Category 2 - Popular Music  Broadcast Week:

 Weekly - 
 6am to 6pm
 (Mon-Fri):

 
 Ethnic selections broadcast within ethnic program periods  Broadcast Week:

 
 Content category 3 - Special Interest Music  Broadcast Week:

 

2.2
 


CANADIAN TALENT DEVELOPMENT

a)

 The licensee will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, participate in the Canadian Talent Development Plan (the Plan) created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 dated 17 November 1995, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.

 

CURRENT REQUIREMENT

PROPOSED REQUIREMENT
YES (  ) NO (  ) YES (  ) NO (  )

 
 

b)

 If it is proposed to EXCEED the minimum requirements of the CAB Plan, the applicant will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, devote a MINIMUM of (amend from) $ _________ /year (current) (to) $ _________ /year (proposed) in direct contributions to the development of Canadian talent.  This amount is IN ADDITION TO the amount set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196.  Provide details of the initiatives proposed.
 

c)

 If NO, the applicant will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, devote a MINIMUM of (amend from) $ _________ /year (current) (to) $ _________ /year (proposed) in direct contributions to the development of Canadian talent.  Provide details of the initiatives proposed (refer to Public Notice 1990-111 for a list of initiatives generally accepted by the Commission).

 
2.3

Where the undertaking proposes to offer religious programming, or in the case of a specialty (religious) format where the licensee undertakes to broadcast 30% or more of its music from subcategory 35 Non-classic Religious, the licensee will adhere to the following CONDITION OF LICENCE:
 
  Where the licensee broadcasts religious programming as defined in the Religious Broadcasting Policy, Public Notice CRTC 1993-78, 3 June 1993, the licensee shall adhere to the guidelines set out in sections III.B.2.a) and IV of that public notice with respect to the provision of balance and ethics in religious programming, as amended from time to time.
 
         YES (  )
 		 NO (  )

 		 If NO, explain.

FM UNDERTAKINGS ONLY
 
2.4 STATION FORMAT

The licensee will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, operate within the Specialty format, as defined in Public Notice CRTC 1995-60 dated 21 April 1995 and amended in Public Notice CRTC 2000-14 dated 28 January 2000, or as amended from time to time.

 

CURRENT REQUIREMENT

PROPOSED REQUIREMENT
YES (  ) NO (  ) YES (  ) NO (  )
 
A private commercial FM station is considered as operating in the Specialty format if it meets one or more of the following criteria.  If response to the above is YES, please indicate the Specialty format proposed:
 
CURRENT PROPOSED  
(  ) (  ) the language of broadcast is neither English nor French;
 
(  ) (  ) more than 50% of the broadcast week is devoted to Spoken Word;
 
(  ) (  )

less than 70% of the music broadcast is from Category 2 (Popular Music) as defined in Public Notice CRTC 2000-14 dated 28 January 2000.  In this case, the licensee will, by CONDITION OF LICENCE, broadcast the following:
 

 

MUSIC SUB-CATEGORY BREAKDOWN - SPECIALTY FORMATS

MUSIC SUB-CATEGORY

DESCRIPTION 

MINIMUM % OF TOTAL MUSIC 
   

CURRENT

PROPOSED

21

  Pop, Rock and Dance     

22

  Country and Country-Oriented     

23

  Acoustic     

24

  Easy Listening     

31

  Concert     

32

  Folk and Folk-Oriented     

33

  World Beat and International     

34

  Jazz and Blues     

35

  Non-classic Religious     

ETHNIC PROGRAMMING OR UNDERTAKINGS
 
• Note that ethnic programming means programming provided in any language, that is specifically directed to any culturally or racially distinct group other than one that is Aboriginal Canadian or from France or the British Isles.  Ethnic programming may be in English, French, a third-language or a combination of languages.  Third-language programming means ethnic programming in languages other than French, English or those of Aboriginal Canadians.

 
•

Licensees are reminded to refer to the Ethnic Broadcasting Policy in Public Notice CRTC 1999-117, and consequent amendments to the Radio Regulations, 1986, set out in Public Notice CRTC 2000-92.

 
2.5 Complete the following table relating to the broadcasting of ethnic and third-language programming.

Note that a "broadcast week" refers to the total number of hours devoted to broadcasting during the 126-hour period extending from 6:00 a.m. to midnight, for seven consecutive days beginning on Sunday.  Percentages should be based on the total number of hours of programming broadcast by the station in a broadcast week (that is, the total number of hours of programming by the station in a broadcast week may be less than or equal to 126 hours).

In determining the languages of ethnic programming, DO NOT consider music, advertising, station contests and community and emergency messages during a particular ethnic program.  However, in calculating the actual duration of each program, those elements must be counted.
 

CURRENT REQUIREMENTS

Language in which ethnic programming is provided

Ethnic group to which it is directed
 

Total duration of this programming per broadcast week (hours:minutes)
 

% of the total programming provided during each broadcast week that is devoted to this type of programming
   
 		    
       

 % of the total programming provided during the broadcast week
 that is devoted to ETHNIC PROGRAMMING

  

 % of the total programming provided during the broadcast week
 that is devoted to THIRD-LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

 
  
PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS

Language in which ethnic programming is provided

Ethnic group to which it is directed
 

Total duration of this programming per broadcast week (hours:minutes)
 

% of the total programming provided during each broadcast week that is devoted to this type of programming
    
    

 % of the total programming provided during the broadcast week
 that is devoted to ETHNIC PROGRAMMING

  

 % of the total programming provided during the broadcast week
 that is devoted to THIRD-LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

 
 
3.  FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
 
3.1 Provide a short narrative explaining the expected impact on the market (effect on your station and other stations in the market) that the approval of your proposal would have.





 
  You may choose to include three years of financial projections (revenues and expenses), with and without approval of the proposed amendment, including financial assumptions and calculations.
 

BOOK OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS


 

APPENDIX NUMBER AND NAME

APPENDED
(Yes or No)

E-FILED
(Yes or No)

SECTION 1:  GENERAL INFORMATION

1

  Supplementary Brief (mandatory)    


This document is available in alternative format upon request.
CRTC 104 (2006-10-26) - Radio - Programming Amendment
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