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News release
July 24, 2008
CRTC revokes licence of dormant Winnipeg radio station
OTTAWA-GATINEAU — In a decision released today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it has revoked the licence of the campus instructional station CJWV-FM Winnipeg. The licensee, Harmony Broadcasting Corporation, has been in breach of various regulations and conditions of licence since 2005 and has failed to comply with a number of mandatory orders imposed by the Commission. The station has not been broadcasting since October 2007.
“The use of Canada's public airwaves is a privilege, and the rules and regulations must be followed. Failure to do so not only contravenes the Radio Regulations but also puts the integrity of the broadcasting system at risk,” said Len Katz, Vice-Chairman of Telecommunications and Chair of the panel.
Harmony Broadcasting was called to appear before the Commission in September 2006 to explain why it had not complied with its terms of licence. As a result, in January 2007, the Commission imposed six mandatory orders as conditions for keeping its licence.
These mandatory orders required that they submit on-air tapes and other information, broadcast a specified level of Canadian music including special interest music as prescribed by the regulations, news, and educational programming as required by condition of licence. Harmony Broadcasting Corporation remained in non-compliance of these mandatory orders, and particularly failed on two separate occasions to submit on-air tapes as requested by the Commission.
On June 4, 2008, the CRTC held a public hearing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where interested parties of CJWV-FM were given an opportunity to appear before the Commission to explain why the radio station should maintain its broadcasting licence. No convincing reasons for maintaining the licence were advanced. Given the licensee's past history of non-compliance, the CRTC concluded that revoking Harmony Broadcasting's licence is warranted.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-146 [.pdf]
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Reference document: Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-37 [.htm] [.pdf]
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Date Modified: 2008-07-24
