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Decision

Ottawa, 11 August 1997
Decision CRTC 97-394
CHUM Limited
Halifax, Nova Scotia - 199612354
Licence renewal for CJCH
1. Following Public Notice CRTC 1997-38 dated 16 April 1997, the Commission renews the broadcasting licence for the radio programming undertaking CJCH Halifax, from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 2004, subject to the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those conditions specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.
2. Consistent with Decision CRTC 95-924 dated 21 December 1995, it is a condition of licence, that:
- in those periods of category 2 music consisting exclusively of music composed before 1956, the Canadian content level is not less than 2% on a weekly basis; and
- in those periods of category 2 music consisting of 90% or more, but not exclusively, of music composed before 1956, the Canadian content level is not less than 10% on a weekly basis.
3. In this regard, the Commission notes that it will be the licensee's responsibility to ascertain the date of composition of the selections it broadcasts and that it must also identify periods of pre-1956 station-originated programming whenever requested by the Commission to submit information concerning the station's broadcasting of Canadian music.
4. The licensee is required, by condition of licence, to make payments to third parties involved in Canadian talent development at the level identified for it in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Distribution Guidelines For Canadian Talent Development, as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1995-196 or as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission, and to report the names of the third parties associated with Canadian talent development, together with the amounts paid to each, on its annual return. The payments required under this condition of licence are over and above any outstanding commitments to Canadian talent development offered as benefits in an application to acquire ownership or control of the undertaking.
5. It is a condition of licence that the licensee adhere to the guidelines on gender portrayal set out in the CAB's Sex-Role Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming, as amended from time to time and accepted by the Commission. The application of the foregoing condition of licence will be suspended as long as the licensee remains a member in good standing of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
6. The Commission notes that this licensee is subject to the Employment Equity Act that came into effect on 24 October 1996 (1996 EEA), and therefore files reports concerning employment equity with Human Resources Development Canada. As a result of a consequential amendment to the Broadcasting Act, the Commission no longer has the authority to apply its employment equity policy to any undertaking that is subject to the 1996 EEA.
This decision is to be appended to the licence.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General
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