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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-324

Ottawa, 21 October 2002

CHUM Limited
Toronto, Woodstock and Ottawa, Ontario

Application 2001-1321-7
Public Hearing in the National Capital Region
6 May 2002

Licence renewal for CITY-TV Toronto and its transmitters CITY-TV-2 Woodstock and CITY-TV-3 Ottawa

1.

The Commission has considered the application by CHUM Limited (CHUM) for renewal of the licence for the television programming undertaking CITY-TV Toronto and its transmitters CITY-TV-2 Woodstock and CITY-TV-3 Ottawa. CITY-TV is a conventional English-language television station whose programming emphasis is on news, movies and music directed to a local urban audience. CHUM's application was considered as part of a group licence renewal process involving applications in respect of five other television stations operated by CHUM in Ontario and one in British Columbia.

2.

The Commission received 55 interventions with regard to this application, and all have been taken into account by the Commission in its deliberations. The vast majority of the interventions were in support of the licence renewal for CITY-TV. In some cases, support was conditional upon the licensee's acceptance of requirements with respect to various matters, such as the provision of priority programming, local programming, and described video programming. These and other interventions are discussed in Licence renewals for seven CHUM Limited television stations, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-323, 21 October 2002 (Decision 2002-323) which introduces this and other decisions of today's date.

3.

Based on its examination of this application, the Commission is satisfied that a long-term renewal of the licence for CITY-TV is justified, and renews the licence from 1 December 2002 to 31 August 20091. The licence will be subject to the conditions of licence set out below, as well as to others contained in Decision 2002-323.

Conditions of licence

1.a) The licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, in the first, second and third broadcast years of the licence term, an average of six hours per week of Canadian programs in the priority program categories between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., from Monday to Sunday. In the fourth year of the licence term and for the remainder of the term, the licensee shall broadcast, at a minimum, seven hours per week of Canadian programs in the priority program categories between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., from Monday to Sunday. As defined in Definitions for new types of priority programs; revisions to the definitions of television content categories; definitions of Canadian dramatic programs that will qualify for time credits towards priority programming requirements, Public Notice CRTC 1999-205, 23 December 1999 (Public Notice 1999-205), as it may be amended from time to time, the priority program categories are:
Canadian drama programs; Canadian music and dance and variety programs; Canadian long-form documentaries; Canadian regionally-produced programs in all categories other than News and information and Sports; Canadian entertainment magazine programs.
b) For the purpose of fulfilling the above-noted condition, the licensee may claim the dramatic programming credit announced in set out in Public Notice 1999-205, as it may be amended from time to time.
2. The licensee shall broadcast a minimum of 100 hours per year of Canadian long-form features during peak viewing hours, including theatrical features, movies-of-the-week and a maximum of ten hours of feature-length documentaries.
3.a. Beginning 1 December 2002, the licensee shall broadcast between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. an average of two hours per week of described video programming.
b. Beginning 1 September 2004, the licensee shall broadcast between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. an average of three hours per week of described video programming
c. Beginning 1 September 2006, and for the remainder of the licence term, the licensee shall broadcast between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. an average of four hours per week of described video programming.

In fulfilling this condition, all of the described video programming must be Canadian, and a minimum of 50% of the required hours must be original broadcasts. Further, the licensee may broadcast up to one hour per week of described children's programming at an appropriate children's viewing time.

4. Beginning 1 December 2002, the licensee shall caption 90% of all programming during the broadcast day, including 100% of all category 1 - News programming.

Other matters

4.

The Commission expects the licensee to broadcast a minimum of 29 hours per week of local programming.

5.

The Commission expects the licensee to ensure that a minimum of 75% of the described video programming required under condition of licence 3 above, is priority programming.

6.

The Commission expects the licensee to adhere to its commitment to expend a minimum of $1,050,000 on script and concept development over the licence term.

7.

Similarly, the Commission expects the licensee to adhere to its commitment to broadcast a minimum of 10 hours per week of ethnic programming. For the purpose of this condition, "ethnic programming" means programming in any language that is specifically directed to any culturally or racially distinct group other than one whose heritage is Aboriginal Canadian, from France, or from the British Isles.

Secretary General

This decision is to be appended to the licence. It is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined at the following Internet site: www.crtc.gc.ca

1 In Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-238, 22 August 2002, the Commission granted a three-month administrative renewal for CITY-TV, CFPL-TV, CHWI-TV, CKVR-TV, CHRO-TV, CKNX-TV and CKVU-TV, from 1 September to 30 November 2002.

Date Modified: 2002-10-21

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