The CRTC has approved a broadcasting licence for Comité de la radio communautaire Huronne-Wyandot inc. (Radio Huronne-Wyandot) to operate an indigenous (Type B) FM radio station in Wendake, located in the Quebec City region.
The station will operate at 100.3 MHz with an average effective radiated power of 239 watts. Its licence will expire Aug. 31, 2030.
As part of its conditions of service, not-for-profit corporation Radio Huronne-Wyandot each broadcast week must devote at least 35 per cent of its popular music selections to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety.
In addition, Radio Huronne-Wyandot must adhere to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Equitable Portrayal Code and to the Broadcast Code for Advertising to Children if the radio station originates 42 hours or more of original programming in any broadcast week.
In its application, Radio Huronne-Wyandot proposed to broadcast 126 hours of local programming each broadcast week, including six hours of spoken word programs and 120 hours of musical content. Of this, 102 hours of weekly programming would be in French and 24 hours in various indigenous languages, specifically Wendat, Innu and Atikamekw, the application said.
