GATINEAU – The CRTC will stage a public hearing starting Tuesday morning to consider 18 renewal applications from radio stations that are in apparent non-compliance with the Commission’s radio regulations and/or certain conditions of licence.
One of the applicants, Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR), issued a statement Monday accusing the Commission of censorship after being directed to restrict its presentation to matters pertaining to its licences for CKAV-FM Toronto, CKAV-FM-2 Vancouver, CKAV-FM-3 Calgary, CKAV-FM-4 Edmonton and CKAV-FM-9 Ottawa. AVR, in association with the National Indigenous Media Association of Canada, had proposed that the CRTC also review its native broadcasting policy at that time, but the Commission responded that matter fell outside the scope of this hearing.
Other licensees of note include Corus’ CFNY-FM, Cogeco Diffusion’s CKOI-FM Montreal, Newcap’s CIHT-FM Ottawa, and Rogers Broadcasting’s CFUN-FM Chilliwack including its transmitters in Abbotsford and Vancouver. In addition, the CRTC will consider the licence renewal of the merged Sirius/XM satellite radio service.
A live audio feed of the proceedings will be available through the CRTC website.
