Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

DECISION

Ottawa, 19 August 1993

Decision CRTC 93-430

Trent Radio
Peterborough, Ontario - 922239900


License renewal

Pursuant to Public Notice CRTC 1993-59 dated 5 May 1993, the Commission
renews the licence for campus community radio programming undertaking 
CFFF-FM Peterborough, from 1 September 1993 to 31 August 2000, subject to 
the conditions in effect under the current licence, as well as to those 
conditions specified in this decision and in the license to be issued. 

The commission reaffirms the particular importance it attaches to the
development of Canadian talent. Among other initiatives, the Commission
notes CFFF-FM's plans for programs that feature independent Canadian
artists as well as new Canadian releases.

It is a condition of licence that the licensee retain full control over all 
decisions concerning the management and programming of this station and that 
the majority of directors be students. In addition, the commission reminds 
the licensee that, in accordance with the requirements of the Direction to 
the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licenses), the chairman or 
other presiding officer and each of the directors or other similar officers 
of the licensee must be Canadian citizens. 

In accordance with Public Notice CRTC 1993-38 dated 19 April 1993 entitled
"Policies for Local Programming on Commercial Radio Stations and
Advertising on Campus stations", the Commission authorizes the licensee, by
condition of license, to broadcast up to 504 of advertising per broadcast
week, with a maximum of 4 minutes in any one hour. Of the weekly of 504
minutes, a maximum of 126 minutes of conventional advertising may be
broadcast week. The remainder of advertising broadcast must conform to the
definition of restricted advertising set out in Public Notice CRTC 1993-38.

In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled
"Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy", the Commission announced
that the employment equity practices of Broadcasters would be subject to
examination by the commission. It considers that campus community radio
stations should be particularly sensitive to this issue in order to
reflect fully the communities they serve. It encourages the licensee to
consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other
aspects of its management of human resources.


Allan J. Darling
Secretary General