OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will be questioning commercial radio station CJMS Saint-Constant over its failure to once again meet its contributions to Canadian content development.
The CRTC has added the station’s licence renewal to a May 13 public hearing at which a number of new radio licence applications will be heard, including for the Ottawa area.
The regulator notes that it appears CJMS Saint-Constant “may have failed” once again to comply with its contributions to Canadian content development for the 2006 broadcast year.
In Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing 2008-1-2, issued Wednesday, the commission states it expects the radio station to show cause why a mandatory order should not be issued requiring it to comply with its conditions of licence.
In 2006, the radio station was issued a licence renewal for just two years – shorter than the average seven years – so the CRTC could reassess its compliance with paying annual Canadian talent development expenditures, submitting logger tapes and annual reports and broadcasting French-language vocal music.
Comments are due by April 21.
