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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-351
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Ottawa, 10 August 2006 |
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Various applicants
Québec, Quebec |
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Public Hearing in Québec, Quebec
20 March 2006 |
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Denial of applications proposing radio service for Québec and the
region
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At the public hearing in Québec
commencing 20 March 2006, the Commission considered 10 competitive
applications to serve the Québec region. Six of these applications were
for licences to operate new FM stations, of which four proposed to serve
Québec and two proposed to serve Lévis. Three applications proposed to
change the authorized contours of FM stations in the Québec area with
the result that these stations could be considered as serving the Québec
market. One final application proposed to operate a new AM station at
Lévis. Some of these applications were also technically mutually
exclusive as they proposed the use of the same frequencies in this
market. |
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In this decision, the Commission
denies seven of the applications proposing to serve Québec. In other
decisions issued today, the Commission approved the remaining three
applications. |
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On 13 July 2004, the Commission issued
Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on a French-language
radio programming undertaking to serve Québec, Quebec, Broadcasting
Public Notice CRTC 2004-49,1
in which it announced that it had received applications
for a broadcasting licence to operate commercial radio programming
undertakings to serve Québec and called for applications from other
parties wishing to provide programming services to the area. The Commission
advised potential applicants that they would be required to provide
evidence 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 achieving
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, 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;
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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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- an analysis of the markets involved and potential advertising
revenues, taking into account the results of any survey undertaken
supporting the estimates; and
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- evidence as to the availability of financial resources consistent
with the requirements established in the financial projections of the
applicant’s business plan.
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A total of 10 competitive applications to
serve the Québec area were considered at the 20 March 2006 Public
Hearing in Québec. Six of these applications were for licences to
operate new FM stations, of which four proposed to serve Québec and two
proposed to serve the city of Lévis. Three applications proposed to
change the authorized contours of FM stations in the Québec area with
the result that these stations could be considered as serving the Québec
market. One final application proposed to operate a new AM station at
Lévis. Some of these applications were also technically mutually
exclusive as they proposed the use of the same frequencies in this
market. |
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In Licensing new radio stations and
licence amendments for radio stations in the area of Québec, Quebec
– Introduction to Broadcasting Decisions CRTC 2006-348
to 2006-351,
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-101,
also issued today, the Commission describes the various applications
and its determination regarding the ability of the Québec radio market
to support new stations serving the market. The Public Notice also
summarizes the Commission’s reasons for approving the application
by 9147-2605 Québec inc. (a corporation controlled by Mr. Jean-Pierre
Coallier) to operate a new FM radio station in Québec, for renewing
the licence of CKNU-FM Donnacona and its transmitter CKNU-FM-1 Sainte-Croix-de-Lotbinière,
for approving amendments proposed by Radio Nord Communications inc.
to its condition of licence restricting the solicitation of advertising
and to the station’s technical parameters, and for approving the application
by 591991 B.C. Ltd., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment Inc., to
change the technical parameters of CFEL-FM Montmagny.2 |
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The Commission hereby denies the
seven other applications listed below: |
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- 591991 B.C. Ltd., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment Inc. –
2005-0222-0
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- 3924301 Canada inc., doing business under the name and style of
Communications Lévis 2001 – 2002-0678-1
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- Standard Radio Inc. – 2004-1198-4
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- Yves Sauvé, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated –
2004-0572-1
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- Radio Couleur Jazz inc. – 2004-1206-5
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- Radio Charlesbourg/Haute St-Charles – 2004-1194-2
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Communications Médialex inc. – 2004-1526-7
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Secretary General |
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This document 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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Footnotes:
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