Vol. 149, No. 25 — December 16, 2015

Registration

SOR/2015-245 November 25, 2015

BROADCASTING ACT

Regulations Amending the Radio Regulations, 1986

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 10(3) of the Broadcasting Act (see footnote a), a copy of the proposed Regulations Amending the Radio Regulaitons, 1986, substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on September 12, 2015 and a reasonable opportunity was given to licensees and other interested persons to make representations to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with respect to the proposed Regulations;

Therefore, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, pursuant to subsection 10(1) of the Broadcasting Act (see footnote b), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Radio Regulations, 1986.

Gatineau, Quebec, November 23, 2015

DANIELLE MAY-CUCONATO
Secretary General
Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE RADIO REGULATIONS, 1986

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) Paragraphs 8(1)(a) and (b) of the Radio Regulations, 1986 (see footnote 1) are replaced by the following:

(2) Clauses 8(1)(c)(iv)(D) and (E) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(3) Subsection 8(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) When a program falls into more than one content category, a licensee shall cause to be entered in its program log or record the numbers of the two principal content categories in descending order of their relative importance in terms of broadcast time.

(4) Subsection 8(4) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(4) A licensee shall furnish, to the Commission on request, its program log or record for any day, with a certificate signed by or on behalf of the licensee attesting to the accuracy of its content.

(5) The portion of subsection 8(5) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

(5) A licensee shall retain a clear and intelligible audio recording or other exact copy of all matter broadcast

(6) Subsection 8(6) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(6) When, before the expiry of the applicable period referred to in subsection (5), the Commission requests from the licensee a clear and intelligible audio recording or other exact copy of matter broadcast, the licensee shall furnish it to the Commission without delay.

2. Paragraph 9(3)(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

3. The schedule to the Regulations is numbered as Schedule 1.

4. Schedule 1 to the Regulations is amended by replacing the section references after the heading “SCHEDULE 1” with the following:

(Clauses 8(1)(c)(iv)(D) and (E))

5. The Regulations are amended by adding, after Schedule 1, the Schedule 2 set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

COMING INTO FORCE

6. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

SCHEDULE
(Section 5)

SCHEDULE 2
(Paragraph 9(3)(a))

STATION SELF-ASSESSMENT REPORT

STATION IDENTIFICATION: _____________________________________

LOCATION OF THE STATION: _______________________________________________________________

WEEK OF: _____________________________________________________

NAME OF THE PERSON COMPLETING THE REPORT FOR THE LICENSEE: ____________________________________________________________________

TITLE OF THE PERSON: ______________________________________________

PHONE No. OF THE PERSON: _________________________________________

SIGNATURE: ________________________________________________________

Table 1

Canadian Content Broadcast Between 06:00 and 24:00
  Number of selections broadcast Number of Canadian musical selections Percentage of Canadian content
Category 2 Category 3 Category 2 Category 3 Category 2 Category 3
Sunday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Monday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Tuesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Wednesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Thursday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Friday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Saturday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
TOTAL ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Applies to all licensees

Table 2

Canadian Content Broadcast Between 06:00 and 18:00
  Number of selections broadcast Number of Canadian musical selections Percentage of Canadian content
Category 2 Category 2 Category 2
Sunday ___________ ___________ ___________
Monday ___________ ___________ ___________
Tuesday ___________ ___________ ___________
Wednesday ___________ ___________ ___________
Thursday ___________ ___________ ___________
Friday ___________ ___________ ___________
Saturday ___________ ___________ ___________
TOTAL ___________ ___________ ___________
Applies to licensees other than French-language licensees

Table 3

French-language Vocal Musical Selections Broadcast Between 06:00 and 24:00
  Number of vocal musical selections Language of vocal musical selections Percentage of French-language vocal musical selections
Category 2 French English Other Category 2
Category 2 Category 2 Category 2
Sunday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Monday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Tuesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Wednesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Thursday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Friday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Saturday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
TOTAL ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Applies to French-language licensees

Table 4

Canadian Content and French-language Vocal Musical Selections Broadcast Between 06:00 and 18:00
  Total selections broadcast Number of Canadian musical selections Number of vocal musical selections Number of French-language musical selections Percentage of Canadian content Percentage of French-language vocal musical selections
Category 2 Category 2 Category 2 Category 2 Category 2 Category 2
Sunday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Monday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Tuesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Wednesday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Thursday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Friday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Saturday ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
TOTAL ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Applies to French-language licensees

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The amendments to the Radio Regulations, 1986 (the Regulations) give effect to the policy determinations of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the Commission), as set out in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2014-554, dated October 28, 2014. In particular, the Commission has modernized wording, standardized retention requirements and added the Station Self-assessment Report form as an appendix to the Regulations.