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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-97
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Ottawa, 7 March 2005
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Edmonton, Coronation and Red Deer, Alberta |
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Application 2004-0967-4
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
10 January 2005 |
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CBXT Edmonton – New transmitters in Coronation and Red Deer
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The Commission approves the
application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC) to amend the broadcasting licence for the television
programming undertaking CBXT Edmonton in order to operate a transmitter
in Coronation and a transmitter in Red Deer, Alberta. |
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2. |
The licensee will broadcast the programming
of CBXT on the transmitters providing the CBC English-language
television network and regional service to the above-noted localities. |
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The new transmitters will operate on
channel 13 with an average effective radiated power of 80,600 watts, and
on channel 22C with an average effective radiated power of
417,500 watts, in Coronation and Red Deer, respectively. |
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4. |
The Commission received interventions in
support of this application. |
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The CBC has not implemented and has indicated
that it will not implement the transmitters approved in CBXT Edmonton
– New transmitters in Coronation and Red Deer, Broadcasting
Decision CRTC 2004-100, 26 February
2004. Instead, the CBC applied to operate transmitters in Coronation
and Red Deer by way of the authority requested in the present decision. |
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The Commission reminds the licensee that,
pursuant to section 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act, this authority
will only be effective when the Department of Industry notifies the
Commission that its technical requirements have been met, and that a
broadcasting certificate will be issued. |
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The transmitters must be
operational at the earliest possible date and in any event no later than
24 months from the date of this decision, unless a request for an
extension of time is approved by the Commission before 7 March 2007. In
order to ensure that such a request is processed in a timely manner, it
should be submitted in writing at least 60 days before this date |
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Secretary General |
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This decision is to be appended to the
licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may
also be examined in PDF format or in HTML
at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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