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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-310
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Ottawa, 7 July 2005
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Rawlco Radio Ltd.
Prince Albert, Waskesiu Lake and La Ronge, Saskatchewan |
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Application 2004-1516-8
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-33
18 April 2005 |
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CHQX-FM Prince Albert and its transmitters – Licence renewal
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The Commission renews the
broadcasting licence for the commercial radio programming undertaking
CHQX-FM Prince Albert and its transmitters CHQX-FM-1 Waskesiu Lake and
CHQX-FM-2 La Ronge, from 1 September 2005 to 31 August 2012. |
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2. |
The Commission did not receive any
interventions in connection with this application. |
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3. |
The Commission notes the licensee’s
commitment that, during each broadcast week, and between 6:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, it would devote a minimum of 40% of all
Category 2 musical selections broadcast to Canadian musical selections.
This level exceeds the 35% Canadian content for category 2 music
required by the Radio Regulations, 1986. The Commission
encourages the licensee to achieve this 40% level. |
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4. |
The licence will be subject to the conditions
set out in New licence form for commercial radio stations,
Public Notice CRTC 1999-137,
24 August 1999. |
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5. |
In CHQX-FM Prince Albert – New FM transmitter
in La Ronge, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-122,
5 April 2005, the Commission approved an application by Rawlco Radio
Ltd. to amend the broadcasting licence for CHQX-FM, in order to operate
an FM transmitter in La Ronge to rebroadcast the programming of CHQX-FM.
That authority has not yet been implemented. |
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6. |
The Commission reminds the licensee that
the Department of Industry (the Department) has advised the Commission
that, while the application to add a transmitter at La Ronge is
conditionally technically acceptable, it will only issue a broadcasting
certificate when it has determined that the proposed technical
parameters will not create any unacceptable interference with
aeronautical NAV/COM services. |
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The Commission reminds the licensee that,
pursuant to section 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act, the authority
for the transmitter at La Ronge will only be effective when the
Department notifies the Commission that its technical requirements have
been met, and that a broadcasting certificate will be issued. |
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The Commission also reminds the licensee
that the transmitter at La Ronge must be operational at the earliest
possible date and in any event no later than 5 April 2007, unless a
request for an extension of time is approved by the Commission before
that date. 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
that date. |
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9. |
Because this licensee is subject to the
Employment Equity Act and files reports concerning employment equity
with the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development,
its employment equity practices are not examined by the Commission. |
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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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