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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-91
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Ottawa, 24 March 2006 |
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Coast Broadcasting Ltd.
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
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Application 2005-0437-5
Public Hearing at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3 October 2005 |
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Denial of application proposing radio service for Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island
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In this decision the Commission
denies an application for a broadcasting licence to operate an
English-language, commercial FM radio station in Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. |
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On 11 January 2005, the Commission issued
Call for applications for a broadcasting licence to carry on radio
programming undertakings to serve Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-3,
in which it announced that it had received an application for a broadcasting
licence to provide a commercial radio programming undertaking to serve
Charlottetown, 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
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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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The application by Coast Broadcasting Ltd.
(Coast) was one of four applications to serve Charlottetown considered
at the 3 October 2005 public hearing. Maritime Broadcasting System
Limited (Maritime) and Newcap Inc. (Newcap) both proposed to convert
existing local AM stations to the FM band. Newcap and Coast each
proposed to establish new FM radio stations. Coast’s proposed station
would operate at 95.1 MHz (channel 236C1) with an average effective
radiated power of 17,900 watts. The application was considered to be
technically mutually exclusive with the application filed by Maritime to
convert its station CFCY from the AM band to the FM band using the same
frequency. |
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In Licensing of new radio stations to
serve Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Introduction to Broadcasting
Decisions CRTC 2006-88 to 2006-91,
Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-34
(Public Notice 2006-34),
of today’s date, the Commission describes the various applications,
and determines that the Charlottetown market can support the conversion
of the two existing AM radio stations to the FM band, as well as the
entrance of one new commercial FM radio station. In Public Notice
2006-34 the Commission
also summarizes its rationale underlying approval of the two AM to
FM conversions, as well as its approval of the Newcap application
for a broadcasting licence to operate a new commercial FM radio programming
undertaking.1 |
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The Commission hereby denies the
application by Coast Broadcasting Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to
operate an English-language, commercial FM radio programming undertaking
at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |
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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:
See CHTN Charlottetown – Conversion
to FM band, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-88,
CFCY Charlottetown – Conversion to FM band, Broadcasting Decision
CRTC 2006-89, and English-language
FM radio station in Charlottetown, Broadcasting Decision CRTC
2006-90, all dated 24 March 2006. |