Speech
Opening remarks
by Andrée Wylie
Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
at the public hearing in Edmonton, Alberta (Radio)
Edmonton, Alberta
June 18th, 2003
(CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY)
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this public hearing.
I am Andrée Wylie, and I am the Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting, of the CRTC. I
will be chairing this hearing. I have been joined on this Panel by my colleagues,
Ronald Williams, Regional Commissioner for Alberta and Northwest Territories
Regions; Barbara Cram, Regional Commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Regions; and by Commissioners Andrew Cardozo and Stuart Langford.
The Commission team accompanying us is composed of Steve Parker, Hearing Team
Leader, Peter McCallum, Legal Counsel, and Pierre LeBel, Hearing Secretary.
Please do not hesitate to speak with any of them if you have any questions with
regard to hearing procedures.
The main purpose of this hearing is to consider three applications for
licences to operate FM programming undertakings and one application for a new CBC
transmitter to serve Red Deer, Alberta, and nine other competing applications to
operate FM programming undertakings to serve Edmonton. During this hearing, we
will also consider a renewal application for CFCR-FM in Saskatoon.
Red Deer, Alberta
We will begin by hearing three applications for new FM commercial radio
services in Red Deer.
We will then hear an application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to
amend the licence of CBR-FM Radio Two in Calgary by adding an FM re-transmitter
at Red Deer.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Next we will hear an application by the Community Radio Society of Saskatoon
for renewal of the licence of radio station CFCR-FM.
At this hearing, the Commission expects the licensee to show cause why a
mandatory order requiring the licensee to comply with subsections 8(5) and
8(6) of the Radio Regulations should not be issued and why the Commission should
not suspend or fail to renew its licence for non-compliance with conditions of
licence or regulations.
Edmonton, Alberta
We will then hear eight applications for new, English-language commercial FM
radio services here in Edmonton.
We will also hear an application by Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc. for a new
English-language FM Native Type B radio station in Edmonton. This station would
operate as part of the Aboriginal Voices Radio Network and originate nine hours
of local programming per week.
Process
We expect to complete this hearing by the end of next week. Each day will
begin at 9 a.m. and end at approximately 6 p.m. We will let you know as soon as
possible of any change in the schedule.
You must turn off your cell phones and beepers when you are in the hearing
room. They are an unwelcome distraction for participants and panel members. We
would appreciate your cooperation in this regard at all times.
I now invite the Secretary, Mr. Pierre LeBel, to explain the hearing
procedures to you. Mr. LeBel...
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997-9403, TDD: (819) 994-0423, Fax: (819) 997-4245
e-Mail:
denis.carmel@crtc.gc.ca
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