OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Coming up short in its required Canadian content caused the CRTC to issue a shorter than normal license term to Quinte Broadcasting’s CJBQ Belleville.
The license renewal announced today is for a four-year term rather than the full seven. After Quinte and the CRTC reviewed logger tapes from the week of March 9th, “the Commission determined that the licensee had devoted 33.5% of its programming to Canadian musical selections.”
According to the radio regulations, the full complement of required Cancon is 35%.
While this was a first offense and that Quinte had already taken steps to make sure it won’t happen again, says today’s decision, the shorter license term granted, “will enable the Commission to assess at an early date the licensee’s compliance with the Regulations,” says the decision.
Besides Country AM station CJBQ, Quinte Broadcasting also owns Belleville’s Mix 97 CIGL, and Lite 107 CJTN, in Trenton
