Public Notice
CRTC 2001-51

Ottawa, 10 May 2001

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A BROADCASTING LICENCE TO CARRY ON A TELEVISION PROGRAMMING UNDERTAKING TO SERVE ALL OR ANY ONE OF TORONTO, HAMILTON AND KITCHENER, Ontario

The Commission announces that it has received applications for broadcasting licences to carry on television programming undertakings to provide television services to serve Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener.

The Commission hereby calls for applications from other parties wishing to obtain broadcasting licences to provide television services to all or any one of Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener.

The Commission has issued a call for comments on a licensing framework for low-power community television undertakings (Public Notice CRTC 2000-127). The Commission does not consider it appropriate to proceed with applications for low-power television undertakings until a new low-power television licensing framework has been released. Accordingly, the public process which follows this call will not consider applications for low-power television undertakings.

Persons interested in submitting such an application are required to file a letter of intent no later than 9 July 2001, followed by a formal application to the Commission no later than 8 August 2001, and are also required to submit all necessary technical documentation to the Department of Industry by the same date.

It should be noted that, in making this call, the Commission has not reached any conclusion with respect to the licensing of such a service, nor should it necessarily be construed that the Commission will, by virtue of having called for applications, authorize such a service at this time.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence giving clear indication that there is a demand and a market for the station and the proposed service. Without restricting the scope of the issues to be considered, the following should be addressed:

1. 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.

2. The expected audience of the proposed service.

3. The proposed expenditures and the means by which the applicant will promote the development of Canadian talent, including local and regional talent.

4. An analysis of the markets involved and potential advertising revenues, taking into account the results of any survey undertaken supporting the estimates.

5. An indication of possible shared investment or co-operative program buying arrangements with Canadian or foreign broadcasters.

6. Evidence as to the availability of financial resources consistent with the requirements established in the financial projections of the applicant's business plan. For the convenience of applicants, the Commission has available upon request a document entitled "Commission Policy Regarding Documentary Evidence to Confirm the Availability of Financing".

The Commission also reminds applicants that they must comply with the eligibility requirements set out in the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians), SOR/97-192, dated 8 April 1997, as amended by SOR/98-1268, dated 15 July 1998 and the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences), SOR/85-627, dated 27 June 1985, as amended by SOR/97-231, dated 22 April 1997.

The Commission will announce at a later date the public process where applications will be considered and where they may be examined by the public.

Notice of each application will also be published in newspapers of general circulation within the area to be served.

The public will be given the opportunity to comment on any application by submitting written intervention(s) to the Secretary General of the Commission (CRTC, Ottawa, K1A 0N2) and by serving a true copy of the intervention(s) on the applicant(s) at least twenty-five (25) days before the date of the hearing.

Interested parties may forward their submissions to one of the following Commission offices:

Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room G-5
Hull, Quebec K1A ON2
Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423
FAX: (819) 994-0218
Toll Free Tel.: 1-877-249-2782
E-Mail address: procedure@crtc.gc.ca

Bank of Commerce Building
1809 Barrington Street
Suite 1007
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8
Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997
FAX: (902) 426-2721

405 de Maisonneuve Blvd. East
2^nd Floor, Suite B2300
Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5
Tel: (514) 283-6607 - TDD: 283-8316
FAX: (514) 283-3689

55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2
Tel: (416) 952-9096
FAX: (416) 954-6343

Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274
FAX: (204) 983-6317

Cornwall Professional Building
2125 - 11^th Avenue
Room 103
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3
Tel: (306) 780-3422
FAX: (306) 780-3319

10405 Jasper Avenue
Suite 520
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4
Tel: (780) 495-3224
FAX: (780) 495-3214

530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6
Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778
FAX: (604) 666-8322

This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be viewed at the following Internet site:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca 

Secretary General