Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2006-6

Ottawa, 16 June 2006

The Commission will hold a public hearing commencing on 1 August 2006 at 9:00 a.m., at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec, to consider the following applications. The deadline for submission of interventions/comments is 6 July 2006.

Item Applicant and Locality

1. Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc. Alma, Quebec 2. MZ Media Inc. & Cobourg, 3. Jiska Westbroek Sorrell Lake, Ontario 4. CIMM-FM Radio Ltd. Ucluelet, 5. Standard Radio Inc. (Standard), on behalf of a limited partnership to be established (SR Limited Partnership) Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia

1. Alma, Quebec Application No. 2006-0379-7

Application by Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc., to acquire the assets of the French-language commercial radio programming undertakings CFGT and CKYK-FM Alma, Quebec, as a result of a corporate reorganization involving the wind-up of Radio CKYK FM inc., the current licensee of the above undertakings.

The applicant is also requesting new licences to continue the operation of CFGT and CKYK- FM under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licences, except for the transmitter CKYK-FM-1. The current licensee already informed the Commission that this transmitter ceased operation.

The Commission notes that this transaction will not affect the control of the undertakings which will continue to be exercised by Groupe Radio Nord inc.

Applicant's address:

568 Saint-Joseph Boulevard Roberval, Quebec G8H 2K6 Fax: (418) 275-2475 Email: [email protected]

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Examination of application:

460 Sacré-Coeur Street West Room 200 Alma, Quebec

[Broadcasting intervention/comments form]

2. Toronto & Cobourg, Ontario Application No. 2006-0253-3

Application by MZ Media Inc. to acquire the assets of the English-language commercial radio programming undertakings CFMX-FM-1 Toronto, its transmitter CFMX-FM Cobourg and of the transitional radio programming undertaking CFMX-DR-1 Toronto, Ontario from Trumar Communications Inc., a corporation owned and controlled by Mr. Martin Rosenthal.

The applicant is also requesting licences to continue the operation of the undertakings under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licences, upon surrender of the licences issued to Trumar Communications Inc.

The value of the transaction is estimated at 12 million dollars.

Applicant's address:

15 Olympus Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6S 1L2 Fax: (416) 496-3045 E-Mail: [email protected]

Examination of application:

550 Queen Street East Suite 205 Toronto, Ontario

1 Queen Street Suite 101 Cobourg, Ontario

[Broadcasting intervention/comments form]

3. Sorrell Lake, Ontario Application No. 2006-0315-1

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Application by Jiska Westbroek to acquire the assets of the tourist radio programming undertaking CKFW-FM, Sorrell Lake, Ontario.

The applicant is also requesting a licence to continue the operation of the undertaking under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licence, upon surrender of the licence issued to William J. Smith.

Applicant's address:

777 Red River Road Lower Level Suite A Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 1J9 Fax: (807) 767-5669 E-Mail: [email protected]

Examination of application:

At the applicant's address

[Broadcasting intervention/comments form]

4. Ucluelet, British Columbia Application No. 2006-0448-0

Application by CIMM-FM Radio Ltd. to acquire, as part of a corporate reorganization, the assets of the new English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking approved to McBride Communications & Media Inc. in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-69, 14 March 2006.

CIMM-FM Radio Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the current licensee.

The applicant is also requesting a licence to operate this undertaking under the same terms and conditions as those specified in Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-69 (The decision).

Considering that the undertaking is not yet in operation and that the Commission has not issued the licence for this undertaking, the applicant would need to meet the requirements for the issuance of a licence, set out in The decision, before a licence could be issued for this undertaking.

Applicant's address:

10760 Fundy Drive Richmond, British Columbia V7E 5K7 4

Fax: (604) 677-6316 E-Mail: [email protected]

Examination of application:

200 Main Street Ucluelet, British Columbia

[Broadcasting intervention/comments form]

5. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia Application No. 2006-0595-9

Application by Standard Radio Inc. (Standard), on behalf of a limited partnership to be established (SR Limited Partnership), to acquire the assets of the broadcasting undertakings from Standard, as a result of a corporate reorganization through which Standard will create SR Limited Partnership and cause it to acquire all of its broadcasting undertakings.

The applicant is also requesting, on behalf of the partners-to-be and to carry on business as SR Limited Partnership, the issuance of new licences, under the same terms and conditions, to continue the operation of the broadcasting undertakings currently owned by Standard.

Proposed reorganization

Standard is the licensee of 51 radio stations and related transmitters, seven transitional digital radio undertakings, two conventional television stations, and three radio networks.

Standard has minority interests in the licensees 3937844 Inc., Milestone Radio Inc. and The Haliburton Broadcasting Group Inc. Further, it has a 40% interest in Sirius Canada Inc. The applicant indicated that such interests are not affected by the proposed reorganization.

Standard is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Broadcasting Corporation Limited (Standard Broadcasting), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inc., a private corporation of Mr. Allan Slaight.

In summary, the proposed reorganization contemplates the establishment of SR Limited Partnership, which will acquire the assets of Standard, and the establishment of the Standard Radio Income Fund (the Fund). The Fund will indirectly acquire a 40% minority interest in the broadcasting undertakings. The Fund will obtain financing through an Initial Public Offering of Fund Units to the public (IPO).

The proposed reorganization can be described as follows:

• The Fund will be established as an unincorporated open-ended limited purpose trust; 5

• The Fund will incorporate a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Standard Radio Holdings Inc. (Standard Holdings)

• Pursuant to the Fund’s Declaration of Trust, legal ownership of all of the voting shares of Standard Holdings will be vested exclusively with the Trustees of the Fund;

• The Trustees of the Fund will have full, absolute and exclusive power, control and authority over the trust assets (which assets include the Standard Holdings’ voting shares) and the affairs of the Fund;

• No unit holder of the Fund will have any right of ownership in the Standard Holdings’ voting shares;

• Standard will incorporate a new corporation, Standard Radio GP Inc. (Standard GP), which, upon completion of the transaction, will become the general partner of SR Limited Partnership;

• Standard and Standard GP will form SR Limited Partnership;

• Standard Holdings will acquire, from Standard, units of SR Limited Partnership representing an approximate 40% interest and will acquire 40% of the common shares of Standard GP;

• Standard will hold the remaining 60% of the common shares in Standard GP;

• Standard will appoint a majority of the board of directors of Standard GP;

• Upon approval, Standard will transfer to SR Limited Partnership all assets used in connection with its current broadcasting undertakings, including its transmitters;

• SR Limited Partnership will employ all former employees of Standard’s broadcasting undertakings, including all current senior executives of Standard;

• Upon completion of the transaction, Standard will own exchangeable units in SR Limited Partnership, representing an approximate 60% interest;

• Standard will also receive a corresponding number of Special Voting Units in the Fund, representing an approximate 60% voting interest.

Accordingly, Standard GP, the general partner, Standard and Standard Holdings, the limited partners, to carry on business as SR Limited Partnership, are requesting new licences to continue the operation of the broadcasting undertakings under the same terms and conditions, as those in effect under the current licences, upon surrender of the licences issued to Standard.

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Control of the broadcasting undertakings

The applicant stated that the corporate reorganization would not result in any change in the broadcasting undertakings’ ultimate control which will continue to be exercised by Mr. Allan Slaight.

The sole general partner of SR Limited Partnership will be Standard GP, a company that will be majority owned and controlled by Standard, which in turn is ultimately controlled by Mr. Allan Slaight.

Applicant's address:

2 St. Clair Avenue West 11th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L6 Fax: (416) 323-6828 E-Mail: [email protected]

Examination of application:

See attachment B

[Broadcasting intervention/comments form]

ATTACHMENT A

LIST OF STANDARD RADIO INC. BROADCASTING UNDERTAKINGS HOLDING A BROADCASTING LICENCE

RADIO STATION LOCATION QUEBEC CJFM-FM + Montréal CJFM-FM-DR-1 CHOM-FM + Montréal CHOM-DR-1 CJAD + CJAD-DR-2 Montréal ONTARIO CJEZ-FM + Toronto CJEZ-DR-1 CKFM-FM + Toronto CKFM-DR-1 CFRB + Toronto CFRB-DR-2 CKQB-FM + 7

CKQB-DR-1 CKLH-FM Hamilton CKOC Hamilton CHAM Hamilton CIQM-FM London CJBX-FM London CJBK London CKSL London CHRE-FM St. Catharines CHTZ-FM St. Catharines CKTB St. Catharines CHVR-FM Pembroke MANITOBA CKMM-FM Winnipeg CFQX-FM Selkirk CKX-FM Brandon CKXA-FM Brandon ALBERTA CJAY-FM Calgary CIBK-FM Calgary CKMX Calgary CFMG-FM St. Albert CFBR-FM CFRN Edmonton

BRITISH COLUMBIA CKZZ-FM CISL Richmond B.C. South Region CKOR CIOR Princeton CJMG-FM Penticton CHOR Summerland CJOR CKGR Golden CHSU-FM CKFR Kelowna CKCR Revelstoke CKXR flip FM CICF-FM Vernon CKKC flip FM Nelson CJAT-FM Trail B.C. North Region CFTK Terrace CJFW-FM Terrace 8

CKTK-FM CHTK Prince Rupert B.C. Peace Region CJDC Dawson Creek CKRX-FM Fort Nelson CHRX-FM Fort St. John CKNL-FM Fort St. John

NETWORKS Fort St. John, B.C. Penticton, B.C. Montréal, QC

TELEVISION LOCATION STATION CFTK-TV Terrace, B.C. CJDC-TV Dawson Creek, B.C.

ATTACHMENT B

EXAMINATION OF APPLICATION

Locations Stations Address QUEBEC Montréal CJAD 1411 Fort Street MIX 96 (CJFM) Montréal CHOM-FM ONTARIO Toronto Mix 99.9 (CKFM) 2 St. Clair Avenue West, 2nd Floor CFRB Toronto EZ ROCK (CJEZ) Ottawa THE BEAR (CKQB) 1504 Merivale Road Ottawa Hamilton The Legend (CHAM) 883 Upper Wentworth Street K-LITE FM (CKLH) Hamilton CKOC London CJBK 743 Wellington Road South CKSL London BX93 (CJBX) Q97.5 FM (CIQM) St. Catharines CKTB 12 Yates Street HTZ-FM (CHTZ) St. Catharines EZ ROCK (CHRE) Pembroke Star 96 (CHVR) 595 Pembroke Street East 9

Pembroke MANITOBA Winnipeg HOT 103 (CKMM) 177 Lombard Street, 3rd Floor QX 104 (CFQX) Winnipeg Brandon KX96 (CKX) 2940 Victoria Avenue The Farm (CKXA) Brandon ALBERTA Calgary CKMX 110 Centre Street North, 3rd Floor CJAY 92 (CJAY) Calgary Vibe 98.5 (CIBK) Edmonton THE TEAM (CFRN) 18520 Stony Plain Road, Suite 100 THE BEAR (CFBR) Edmonton EZ ROCK (CFMG) BRITISH COLOMBIA Vancouver CISL 20 – 11151 Horsehoe Way Z95.3 (CKZZ) Richmond B.C. South Region Penticton EZ ROCK 800 (CKOR) 33 Carmi Avenue EZ ROCK 1400 (CIOR) Penticton 1450 AM (CHOR) CJOR (2140 AM) EZ ROCK (102.9N FM) SUN FM (CJMG) Revelstoke/Golden EZ ROCK (CKCR 1340 AM) 208 First Street East EZ ROCK (CKGR 1400 AM) Revelstoke Salmon Arm EZ ROCK (CKXR 580 AM) 360 Ross Street Salmon Arm Kelowna SUN FM (CHSU 99.9 FM) 435 Bernard Avenue, Suite 300 Bullet 1150 FM (CKBL) Kelowna Vernon SUN FM (CICF 105.7 FM) 2800 – 31st Street Vernon Trail KBS CJAT 95.7 1560 – 2nd Avenue KBS CFKC 1340 Trail KBS CKKC 880 KBS 103.1 FM KBS 102 FM KBS 95.3 FM KBS 93.5 FM B.C. Peace Region Dawson Creek CJDC (890 AM) 901 – 102nd Street NTV (CJDC-TV) Dawson Creek Fort Nelson CKRX (102.3 FM) 5152 Liard Street Fort Nelson Fort St. John CKNL (590 AM) 10532 Alaska Road Energy 98 (98.5 FM) Fort St. John B.C. North Region 10

Terrace The Mix (CFTK) 4625 Lazelle Avenue CJFW 103.1 FM Terrace Kitimat The Mix (CKTK) 350 City Centre Kitimat Prince Rupert The Mix (CHTK) 346 Stiles Place CKTK-TV (NTV) Prince Rupert

Public Participation

Deadline for interventions/comments

6 July 2006

The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant on or before the above- mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays.

The intervention must include one of the following statements in either the first or the last paragraph:

1 - I request to appear at the public hearing. 2 - I do not want to appear at the public hearing.

Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions.

Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in only one of the following formats:

by using the Broadcasting Intervention/Comments Form located below the description of each application within this notice of public hearing or

by mail to CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2 or

by fax at (819) 994-0218

A true copy must be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission. 11

The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents or notification, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred.

Before initiating service through electronic mode, please ensure that you will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed.

Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.

Each paragraph of the document should be numbered.

Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal.

In the event that the application is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if you wish to appear, you must provide reasons why your written comments are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary.

Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

Important notice

Note that all information that you provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission’s web site at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission’s web site. This information includes your personal information, such as your full name, e-mail address, postal/street address, telephone and facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide.

Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission’s web site in their entirety exactly as you send them, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format.

The personal information you provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose.

Examination of documents

An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission’s web site by selecting 12

the application number within this notice.

A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission’s Web site. An electronic version of all interventions/comments submitted will be accessible from this list. To access the list, select “Lists of interventions/comments” under “Public Proceedings” from the Commission’s Web site.

Documents are also available during normal office hours at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 2 working days, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres.

Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: (819) 997-2429 Toll free: 1-877-249-2782 TDD: 1-877-909-2782 FAX: (819) 994-0218

Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel: (902) 426-7997 FAX: (902) 426-2721

205 Viger Avenue West Suite 504 Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2 Tel: (514) 283-6607

55 St. Clair Avenue East Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel: (416) 952-9096

Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel: (204) 983-6306 – TDD: 983-8274 FAX: (204) 983-6317

Cornwall Professional Building 2125 – 11th Avenue Room 103 13

Regina, S4P 3X3 Tel: (306) 780-3422 14

10405 Jasper Avenue Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel: (780) 495-3224

530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel: (604) 666-2111 – TDD: 666-0778 FAX: (604) 666-8322

Secretary General

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