PUBLIC HEARING

Agenda

18 February 2002

APPEARING ITEMS

1. Genex Communications Inc. (CKNU-FM)
2. Cogeco Radio-Television Inc.
3. Communications Lévis 2001 (3924301 Canada Inc.)
4. Métromédia CMR Montréal Inc.
5. 9098-7280 Québec Inc. (Radio Nord)
6. Genex Communications Inc. (CHOI-FM)
7. Télévision MBS Inc. (CFTF-TV)

1.

Donnacona, Quebec
Application No. 2001-1069-3

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 8

Application by GENEX COMMUNICATIONS INC. to amend the licence of radio station CKNU-FM.

The licensee proposes to decrease the transmitter power from 3,100 to 2,200 watts and to relocate its transmitter to a site on Mont Bélair.

The licensee wishes to increase the quality of the signal of the station in the Quebec market, which involves the following changes:

• the relocation of the main antenna site of the radio station from Donnacona to Mont-Bélair;
  

• the deletion of the condition of licence forbidding the sale of advertising outside of the Portneuf region; and
  

• the substitution of the current condition of licence related to the local programming to reflect the hybrid format in a more regional range as a result of the expansion of the broadcast coverage in Québec.
  

This application is competing for the Québec market with other applications which are scheduled at this hearing.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Patrice Demers
Jean Morin
Franklin Delaney
Jasmin Paquin
Lucie Lebel
Annie Therrien

2.

Québec, Quebec
Application No. 2001-1022-1

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 10

Application by COGECO RADIO-TELEVISION INC. for a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

The new station would operate on frequency 91.9 MHz (channel 220B) with an effective radiated power of 4,500 watts.

The applicant proposes to operate an adult contemporary music format, which is made up predominantly of hits from the seventies to today.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with other applications, which are scheduled at this hearing for the use of the 91.9 MHz frequency.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Michel Carter
Geoffrey Brown
Jacques Boiteau
Christian Jolivet
Monique Lacharité
Richard Lachance
Martin Perkins
Charles Choquette

3.

Lévis, Quebec
Application No. 2001-1024-7

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 11

Application by 3924301 CANADA INC., doing business under the name and style of Communications Lévis 2001, for a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Lévis.

The new station would operate on frequency 91.9 MHz (channel 220B) with an effective radiated power of 3,400 watts.

The applicant proposes to operate a "Pop Rock and Dance" style format.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with other applications which are scheduled at this hearing for the use of the 91.9 MHz frequency.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Michel Cloutier
Gilles Lapointe
Jean Garon
Raymond Gouin
Luc Mercure

4.

Québec, Quebec
Application No. 2001-1023-9

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 13

Application by MÉTROMÉDIA CMR MONTRÉAL INC. for a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

The new station would operate on frequency 91.9 MHz (channel 220B) with an effective radiated power of 10,000 watts.

The applicant proposes to operate a "Pop Rock" style format.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with other applications which are scheduled at this hearing for the use of the 91.9 MHz frequency.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Pierre Béland
Pierre Arcand
Kathleen McNair
André St-Amant
Lyne Vinet
Jacques Papin
Gilles Sénécal

5.

Québec, Quebec
Application No. 2001-0282-2

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 9

Application by 9098-7280 QUÉBEC INC. for a licence to operate a French-language FM radio station in Québec.

The new station would operate on frequency 91.9 MHz (channel 220B) with an effective radiated power of 5,300 watts.

The applicant proposes a popular classical music service.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with other applications which are scheduled at this hearing for the use of the 91.9 MHz frequency.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Pierre R. Brosseau
Francine Côté
Claude Dufault
Réjean Nadeau
Gilbert Paquette

APPEARING INTERVENERS

(Items 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13)
1. ADISQ, Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo, Solange Drouin, Annie Provencher, Jacques Primeau (Int. 026)

(Genex Communications Inc. (CKNU-FM))
2. Roger Bertrand (Int. 011)
3. Pierre de Savoye (Int. 009)
4. Raymond Carpentier (Int. 012)

(Cogeco Radio-Television Inc.)
5. Patrice Fortin (Int. 027)

(9098-7280 Québec Inc. (Radio Nord))
6. Analekta, Mario Labbé (Int. 003)
7. Jeunesse Musicale Canada, Jean-Guy Gingras (Int. 013)

6.

Québec, Quebec
Application No. 2001-0735-1

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 12

Application by GENEX COMMUNICATIONS INC. to renew the licence of radio station CHOI-FM Québec expiring 31 August 2002.

The Commission notes the apparent failure of the licensee to comply with the Radio Regulations, 1986 concerning the provision of logger tapes.

The Commission also notes the apparent failure of the licensee to comply with the Radio Regulations, 1986 concerning the broadcast of French-language vocal music.

The Commission received, during the licence term, several complaints raising a number of concerns which will be discussed with the licensee at the public hearing. The Commission also intends to discuss at the hearing the content of the station's spoken-word programming with regards to the high standard objective stipulated in the Broadcasting Act.

The Commission expects the licensee to show cause at this hearing why a mandatory order requiring the licensee to comply with the Radio Regulations, 1986, should not be issued.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Patrice Demers
Jean Morin
Franklin Delaney
Lucie Lebel
Annie Terrien

APPEARING INTERVENERS

1. ADISQ, Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo, Solange Drouin, Annie Provencher, Jacques Primeau, Mario Lefebvre (Int. 026)
2. Julie Berthold (Int. 005)
3. Gilles Parent (Int. 006)
4. Bernard Labrecque (Int. 014)
5. Productions New Rock, Charles Drouin (Int. 015)
6. S.O.S. Grossesse et Miels-Québec, Marco Tremblay, Anik Simard (Int. 022)
7. Promotions Dan Bibo Inc., Daniel Bibeau (Int. 018)
8. Marc Landriault (Int. 021)

7.

Carleton, Quebec
Application No. 2001-1119-6

Notice of Public Hearing, Item 6

Application by TÉLÉVISION MBS INC. relating to CFTF-TV.

The licensee proposes to amend its licence in order to add a transmitter at Carleton to offer the programming of CFTF-TV Rivière-du-Loup (an affiliate of the TQS network).

The transmitter will operate on channel 44 with a transmitter power of 50,400 watts.

This retransmitter will allow the population from the Peninsula of Gaspé as well as the Acadian population of the Baie des Chaleurs to receive CFTF-TV Rivière-du-Loup (affiliated to TQS network) programming without having to subscribe to a distribution system.

The licensee promises to increase to 30 minutes per week the current level of local original programming.

FOR THE APPLICANT

Stéphane Grégoire
Pierre Harvey

APPEARING INTERVENER

1. TQS inc., René Guimond (Int. 023)