Speech
Opening remarks
by Michel Arpin
Vice-Chairman, Broadcasting
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
at the public hearing in Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
June 19, 2006
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this public hearing.
My name is Michel Arpin and I am the Vice-Chair of Broadcasting for the CRTC. I will be presiding over this hearing. Joining me on the panel are my colleagues, Barbara Cram, Regional Commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan; Rita Cugini, Regional Commissioner for Ontario; Ronald Williams, Regional Commissioner for Alberta and the Northwest Territories, and Stuart Langford, National Commissioner.
The Commission team assisting us includes Hearing Manager Joe Aguiar, Manager, English Radio Applications, Legal Counsels Anne-Marie Murphy and Shari Fisher, as well as Chantal Boulet, Hearing Secretary. Please speak with Ms. Boulet if you have any questions with regard to hearing procedures.
Radio applications
At this hearing, we will first study 10 applications to operate a new English-language commercial FM radio station in the Grande Prairie, Alberta market. We will then look at nine applications to operate an English-language commercial FM radio station in the Fort McMurray market.
The applications
The panel will examine the applications in the order in which they are listed in Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-4. Some applications are competing technically for the use of the same frequencies in the Grande Prairie and in the Fort McMurray markets.
The panel will study the proposals to operate a new radio station in light of the cultural, economic and social objectives defined in the Broadcasting Act.
The panel will base its decision on several criteria, including the state of competition and the diversity of editorial voices in the market, as well as the quality of the applications. It will also look at the ability of the markets to support new radio stations, the financial resources of each applicant, and proposed initiatives for the development of Canadian talent.
Process
I will now invite the Secretary, Ms. Chantal Boulet, to explain the procedures we will be following. Ms. Boulet …
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