Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-322

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Reference: Part 1 application posted on 29 July 2021

Ottawa, 16 September 2021

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Montréal and Mont-Tremblant, Quebec

Public record for this application: 2021-0502-2

CBF-FM Montréal and its transmitter CBF-FM-14 Mont-Tremblant – Technical changes

1. The Commission has the authority, pursuant to subsection 9(1) of the Broadcasting Act (the Act), to issue licences for such terms not exceeding seven years and subject to such conditions related to the circumstances of the licensee as the Commission deems appropriate for the implementation of the broadcasting policy set out in subsection 3(1) of the Act, as well as to amend those conditions on application of the licensee.
2. Consistent with this authority, the Commission approves the application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to change the authorized contours of CBF-FM-14 Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, a rebroadcasting transmitter of the French-language radio programming undertaking CBF-FM Montréal, Quebec (ICI Première), by increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 835 to 1,412 watts (maximum ERP from 835 to 2,435 watts), increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 138.5 to 139.6 metres, and updating the coordinates of the transmitter site. All other technical parameters will remain unchanged.
3. The Commission did not receive any interventions in regard to this application.
4. When requesting technical changes, licensees are generally required to demonstrate a technical or economic need justifying the changes. The CBC indicated that the aim of the requested technical changes is to replace the existing timeworn antenna and to ensure the continuity of a quality ICI Première service for the population of Mont-Tremblant and surrounding areas.
5. The Commission is satisfied that the licensee has demonstrated a technical need for the requested technical changes.
6. Pursuant to section 22(1) of the Act, this authority will be effective only when the Department of Industry notifies the Commission that its technical requirements have been met and that a broadcasting certificate will be issued.
7. The licensee must implement the technical changes by no later than 16 September 2023. To request an extension, the licensee must submit a written request to the Commission at least 60 days before that date, using the form available on the Commission’s website.
8. As set out in section 16 of the Radio Regulations, 1986 (the Regulations), licensees have obligations relating to the broadcast of emergency alert messages received from the National Alert Aggregation and Dissemination System. In regard to the changes to CBF-FM-14’s authorized contours approved in this decision, the Commission reminds the licensee that continued compliance with section 16 of the Regulations may require that any alert broadcast decoders (e.g., ENDEC) used for the purposes of broadcasting emergency alert messages on CBF-FM, or on any rebroadcasting transmitters that may appear on the broadcasting licence for that station, be reprogrammed to properly account for the new authorized contours.

Secretary General

This decision is to be appended to the licence.

Date modified:

2021-09-16