ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-589
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| Ottawa, 21 September 2009 | ||
| Notice of application received | ||
| Montréal, Quebec; Toronto, Hamilton, London, St. Catharines, Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario; Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Vernon, Kitimat, Vancouver, Revelstoke, Kelowna, Penticton, Osoyoos, Summerland, Golden, Trail, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek, Princeton, Nelson and Salmon Arm, British Columbia | ||
| Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 13 October 2009 | ||
| The Commission has received the following application: | ||
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[Broadcasting interventions/comments form] |
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Astral Media Radio Inc., on behalf of Astral Media Radio (Toronto) Inc. and 4382072 Canada Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Astral Media Radio G.P. Montréal, Quebec; Toronto, Hamilton, London, St. Catharines, Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario; Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Vernon, Kitimat, Vancouver, Revelstoke, Kelowna, Penticton, Osoyoos, Summerland, Golden, Trail, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek, Princeton, Nelson and Salmon Arm, British Columbia Application No. 2009-0991-3 |
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Montréal, Quebec; Toronto, Hamilton, London, St. Catharines, Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario; Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Vernon, Kitimat, Vancouver, Revelstoke, Kelowna, Penticton, Osoyoos, Summerland, Golden, Trail, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek, Princeton, Nelson and Salmon Arm, British Columbia Application No. 2009-0991-3 |
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| Application by Astral Media Radio Inc., on behalf of Astral Media Radio (Toronto) Inc. and 4382072 Canada Inc., partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Astral Media Radio G.P. (collectively Astral) to address a Canadian content development (CCD) contribution shortfall for the 2008 broadcast year relating to 65 of its commercial radio stations. | ||
| The conditions of licence relating to CCD contributions are set out in Acquisition of assets, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-359, 28 September 2007, and Radio programming undertakings – Licence renewals, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-216, 6 July 2007. As these were transitional conditions of licence, the licensee was required to make a basic annual contribution to CCD. The amount of the contribution was determined in accordance with Commercial Radio Policy 2006, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-158, 15 December 2006 (Broadcasting Public Notice 2006-158), as amended from time to time. The conditions of licence stipulated that 60% of the basic CCD contribution must be allocated to FACTOR or MUSICACTION and that the remainder must be allocated to parties and initiatives fulfilling the definition of eligible initiatives in Broadcasting Public Notice 2006-158. The conditions of licence expired upon the coming into force of the amendments to the Radio Regulations, 1986 relating to CCD on 1 September 2008. | ||
| According to Astral, the shortfall for the 2008 broadcast year amounts to $659,752. Astral proposes to contribute a total amount of $750,000 (which includes a supplementary amount of $90,248) over the course of seven consecutive years, beginning 1 September 2009. Of this amount, Astral proposes to direct $450,000 or 60% to MUSICACTION and $300,000 to the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC). | ||
| The licensee stated that the shortfall was due to a misunderstanding of its transitional CCD conditions of licence. | ||
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Licensee’s address: 1717 René-Lévesque Boulevard East Suite 200 Montréal, Quebec H2L 4T9 Fax: 514-529-3263 E-Mail: rshoan@radio.astral.com |
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Examination of application: 131 Queen Street Unit 2 Woodstock, New Brunswick 187 Industrial Avenue Truro, Nova Scotia (French-language version) 1717 René-Lévesque Boulevard East Montréal, Quebec (English-language version) 1411 du Fort Street 3rd Floor Montréal, Quebec 900 d’Youville Street 1st floor Québec, Quebec 1500 Royale Street Suite 260 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 2070 St-Georges Street Drummondville, Quebec 287 Pierre-Saindon Street Suite 502 Rimouski, Quebec 104 Richelieu Street St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec 259 Casavant Boulevard West St-Hyacinthe, Quebec 2 St. Clair Avenue West 2nd Floor Toronto, Ontario 1504 Merivale Road Ottawa, Ontario 883 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton, Ontario 743 Wellington Road South London, Ontario 12 Yates Street St. Catharines, Ontario 595 Pembroke Street East Pembroke, Ontario 177 Lombard Street 3rd Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba 2940 Victoria Avenue Brandon, Manitoba 1110 Centre Street North 3rd Floor Calgary, Alberta 18520 Stony Plain Road Suite 100 Edmonton, Alberta 11151 Horseshoe Way Richmond, British Columbia 435 Bernard Avenue Kelowna, British Columbia 2800 – 31st Street Vernon, British Columbia 9901 Main Street Suite 200 Summerland, British Columbia 33 Carmi Avenue Penticton, British Columbia 203 – 8309 Main Street Osoyoos, British Columbia 360 Ross Street Salmon Arm, British Columbia 825 – 10th Avenue South Golden, British Columbia Alpine Mall 555 Victoria Road Suite 7 Revelstoke, British Columbia 1560 – 2nd Avenue Trail, British Columbia 513 Front Street Nelson, British Columbia 901 – 102nd Avenue Dawson Creek, British Columbia 10532 & 10534 Alaska Road Fort St. John, British Columbia 4625 Lazelle Avenue Terrace, British Columbia 350 City Centre Kitimat, British Columbia 212 – 215 Cow Bay Road Prince Rupert, British Columbia 5152 Liard Street Fort Nelson, British Columbia |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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13 October 2009 |
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| The intervention must be received by the Commission and by the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays and will not notify a party whose intervention is received after the deadline date. The intervention will not be considered by the Commission and will not be part of the public file. | ||
| Interventions will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to intervening parties, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. Parties will be contacted only if their submissions raise procedural questions. | ||
| Written interventions should be submitted to the Secretary General of the Commission in only one of the following formats: | ||
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| A true copy must be sent to the applicant, and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission. | ||
| The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents or notification, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred. | ||
| Parties must ensure, before initiating service through electronic mode, that they will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed. | ||
| Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary. | ||
| Please number each paragraph of your submission. In addition, where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission. | ||
| Interventions should clearly identify the application referred to and indicate whether parties support or oppose the application, or, if they propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for their proposal. | ||
| Important notice | ||
| Note that all information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission’s website. This information includes personal information, such as full names, e-mail addresses, postal/street addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, and any other personal information parties provide. | ||
| The personal information that parties provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose. | ||
| Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission’s website in their entirety exactly as received, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format. | ||
| Please note that the information that parties provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the web page of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of the Commission’s website with the help of either its own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information that was provided as part of this public process. | ||
| Examination of documents | ||
| An electronic version of the applications is available from the Commission’s website by selecting the application number within this notice. | ||
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission’s website. An electronic version of all interventions/comments submitted will be accessible from this list. To access the list, select "Lists of interventions/comments" under "Public Proceedings" from the Commission’s website. | ||
| Documents are also available during normal office hours at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications, or, upon request, within two (2) working days, at any other Commission offices and documentation centres. | ||
| Location of Commission offices | ||
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Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782 Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782 |
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Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4B1 Tel.: 819-997-2429 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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| Regional offices | ||
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Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel.: 902-426-7997 Fax: 902-426-2721 |
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205 Viger Avenue West Suite 504 Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2 Tel.: 514-283-6607 |
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55 St. Clair Avenue East Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel.: 416-952-9096 |
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Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel.: 204-983-6306 TDD: 204-983-8274 Fax: 204-983-6317 |
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2220 – 12th Avenue Suite 620 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0M8 Tel.: 306-780-3422 |
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10405 Jasper Avenue Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel.: 780-495-3224 |
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580 Hornby Street Suite 530 Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel.: 604-666-2111 TDD: 604-666-0778 Fax: 604-666-8322 |
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| Secretary General | ||
| This document 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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