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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-433
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Ottawa, 25 August 2005
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Various applicants
Woodstock, Ontario |
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Public Hearing at Niagara Falls, Ontario
6 June 2005 |
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Denial of various applications proposing radio services for
Woodstock, Ontario
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At a public hearing commencing 6 June
2005 in Niagara Falls, the Commission considered six applications, all
of which proposed the use of FM frequency 104.7 MHz. Five of the
applicants proposed to serve Woodstock, Ontario, while one proposed to
serve the nearby community of Tillsonburg, Ontario. In this decision,
the Commission denies four of the applications that proposed to
serve Woodstock. In other decisions issued today, the Commission
approves, either in whole or in part, the two remaining applications. |
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On 8 November 2004, the Commission issued
Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a
radio programming undertaking to serve Woodstock, Ontario, Broadcasting
Public Notice CRTC 2004-83,
8 November 2004 (the Call for Applications) in which it announced
that it had received an application for a broadcasting licence to
provide a commercial radio service in Woodstock, Ontario and called
for applications from other parties wishing to provide radio programming
services to the area. The Commission advised potential applicants
that they would be required to provide evidence giving a clear indication
that there is a demand and a market for the service they propose,
and that they should address, among other things: |
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- the contribution that the proposed service will make to achieve
the objectives established in the Broadcasting Act and, in
particular, to the production of local and regional programming;
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- the factors relevant to the evaluation of applications, as
outlined in Introductory statement – Licensing new radio
stations, Decision CRTC 99-480,
28 October 1999 (Decision 99-480),
i.e., the quality of the application (including the business
plan and the proposed format), the diversity of news voices,
the market impact and the competitive state of the market; and
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- the means by which the applicant will promote the development of
Canadian talent, including local and regional talent.
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The Commission received four applications
in response to the Call for Applications. These, together with the
application that prompted the Call for Applications, were considered at
the 6 June 2005 Public Hearing at Niagara Falls. At the hearing, the
Commission also considered an application by the licensee of the
existing AM station in the nearby community of Tillsonburg to convert
its station to the FM band, since it proposed to use the same frequency
as the applicants that proposed to provide service to Woodstock. |
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In Licensing of new radio stations to
serve Woodstock and Tillsonburg, Ontario – Introduction to
Broadcasting Decisions CRTC 2005-431
to 2005-433, Broadcasting Public
Notice CRTC 2005-85,
of today’s date, the Commission describes the various applications,
determines that the Woodstock market can support an additional commercial
FM radio station, and summarizes its rationale for approving the application
by Byrnes Communications Inc. for a new English-language FM commercial
radio station to serve Woodstock and for approving in part the application
by Tillsonburg Broadcasting Company Limited to convert its existing
AM station CKOT to the FM band.1 |
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The Commission hereby denies the
four other applications listed below. |
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- Standard Radio Inc. – 2005-0015-9
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- CHUM Limited – 2005-0020-9
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- Newcap Inc. – 2005-0026-6
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- Sound of Faith Broadcasting – 2005-0048-0
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Secretary General |
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This decision 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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Footnote:
[1]
See English-language FM radio station in Woodstock,
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-431,
25 August 2005, and CKOT Tillsonburg – Conversion to FM
band, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-432,
25 August 2005. |