Radio Regulations, 1986 (SOR/86-982)
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Radio Regulations, 1986
SOR/86-982
Registration 1986-09-18
Regulations Respecting Radio Broadcasting
Whereas a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting radio broadcasting, substantially in the form set out in the schedule hereto, was published in the Canada Gazette Part I on March 29, 1986 and a reasonable opportunity was thereby afforded to licensees and other interested persons to make representations with respect thereto.
Therefore, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, pursuant to subsection 16(1) of the Broadcasting Act, hereby revokes the Radio (A.M.) Broadcasting Regulations, C.R.C., c. 379 and the Radio (F.M.) Broadcasting Regulations, C.R.C., c. 380 and makes the annexed Regulations respecting radio broadcasting, in substitution therefor.
Hull, Quebec, September 18, 1986
SHORT TITLE
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Radio Regulations, 1986.
INTERPRETATION
2. In these Regulations,
- “Act”
“Act” means the Broadcasting Act; (Loi)
- “alcoholic beverage”
“alcoholic beverage”, in respect of a commercial message, means an alcoholic beverage the sale of which is regulated by the law of the province in which the commercial message is broadcast; (boisson alcoolisée)
- “A.M. licensee”
“A.M. licensee” means a person licensed to operate an A.M. station; (titulaire M.A.)
- “A.M. station”
“A.M. station” means a station that broadcasts in the A.M. frequency band of 525 to 1605 kHz, but does not include a transmitter that only rebroadcasts the radiocommunications of a licensee; (station M.A.)
- “broadcast day”
“broadcast day” means the total number of hours devoted to broadcasting for a period beginning at six o’clock in the forenoon and ending at midnight on the same day; (journée de radiodiffusion)
- “broadcast week”
“broadcast week” means seven consecutive broadcast days, beginning on Sunday; (semaine de radiodiffusion)
- “campus station”
“campus station” means an A.M. station, F.M. station or digital radio station that is licensed as a campus station; (station de campus)
- “Canadian”
“Canadian” means
(a) a Canadian citizen,
(b) a permanent resident, as defined in the Immigration Act, 1976,
(c) a person whose ordinary place of residence was in Canada throughout the six months immediately preceding that person’s contribution to a musical composition, performance or concert, or
(d) a licensee; (Canadien)
- “commercial message”
“commercial message” means an advertisement intended to sell or promote goods, services, natural resources or activities and includes an advertisement that mentions or displays in a list of prizes the name of the person selling or promoting those goods, services, natural resources or activities; (message publicitaire)
- “commercial station”
“commercial station” means an A.M. station, F.M. station or digital radio station, other than one that
(a) is owned and operated by the Corporation or a not-for profit corporation; or
(b) is a campus station, community station, native station or ethnic station; (station commerciale)
- “community station”
“community station” means an A.M. station, F.M. station or digital radio station that is licensed as a community station; (station communautaire)
- “content category”
“content category” means a content category of broadcast matter that is described in the appendix to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2010-819, dated November 5, 2010 and entitled Revised content categories and subcategories for radio; (catégorie de teneur)
- “content subcategory”
“content subcategory” means a content subcategory of broadcast matter that is described in the appendix to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2010-819, dated November 5, 2010 and entitled Revised content categories and subcategories for radio; (sous-catégorie de teneur)
- “contour”
“contour” means a service contour marked for a licensed A.M. station or a licensed F.M. station on the map that pertains to that station and that is most recently published by the Department of Industry; (périmètre de rayonnement)
- “digital radio licensee”
“digital radio licensee” means a person licensed to operate a digital radio station; (titulaire radio numérique)
- “digital radio station”
“digital radio station” means a station that broadcasts in the frequency band of 1452 to 1492 MHz (L-band) using a digital transmission system, but does not include a transmitter that only rebroadcasts the radiocommunications of a licensee; (station de radio numérique)
- “digital service area”
“digital service area” means a service area marked for a licensed digital radio station on the map that pertains to that station and that is most recently published by the Department of Industry; (zone de desserte numérique)
- “election period”
“election period” means
(a) in the case of a federal or provincial election or of a federal, provincial or municipal referendum, the period beginning on the date of the announcement of the election or referendum and ending on the date the election or referendum is held, or
(b) in the case of a municipal election, the period beginning two months before the date of the election and ending on the date the election is held; (période électorale)
- “ethnic program”
“ethnic program” means a program in any language that is specifically directed toward any culturally or racially distinct group, other than one whose heritage is Aboriginal Canadian, from France or from the British Isles; (émission à caractère ethnique)
- “ethnic station”
“ethnic station” means an A.M. station, F.M. station or digital radio station that is licensed as an ethnic station; (station à caractère ethnique)
- “F.M. licensee”
“F.M. licensee” means a person licensed to operate an F.M. station; (titulaire M.F.)
- “F.M. station”
“F.M. station” means a station that broadcasts in the F.M. frequency band of 88 to 108 MHz, but does not include a transmitter that only rebroadcasts the radiocommunications of a licensee; (station M.F.)
- “licensed”
“licensed” means licensed by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act; (autorisé)
- “licensee”
“licensee” means a person licensed to operate an A.M. station, F.M. station, digital radio station or radio network; (titulaire)
- “market”
“market” means
(a) in the case of an A.M. station, the A.M. daytime 15mV/m contour or the central area as defined by the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement (BBM), whichever is smaller,
(b) in the case of an F.M. station, the F.M. 3mV/m contour or the central area as defined by the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement (BBM), whichever is smaller, or
(c) in the case of a digital radio station, the digital service area; (marché)
- “medley”
“medley” means a compilation of one minute or more in duration in which artists or musicians combine excerpts from several musical selections within a single performance; (pot-pourri)
- “montage”
“montage” means a compilation of one minute or more in duration containing excerpts from several musical selections but does not include a medley; (montage)
- “musical selection”
“musical selection” means any live or recorded music of one minute or more in duration that is broadcast uninterrupted, and includes a medley and a montage; (pièce musicale)
- “native station”
“native station” means an A.M. station, F.M. station or digital radio station that is licensed as a native station; (station autochtone)
- “network”
“network” means a licensed radio network; (réseau)
- “official contour”
“official contour” [Repealed, SOR/2008-177, s. 1]
- “production content”
“production content” [Repealed, SOR/91-517, s. 1]
- “quarter hour”
“quarter hour” means a period of 15 minutes, commencing on the hour, or 15, 30 or 45 minutes past the hour; (quart d’heure)
- “spoken word content”
“spoken word content” [Repealed, SOR/93-258, s. 1]
- “station”
“station” means a radio programming undertaking or a broadcasting transmitting undertaking; (station)
- “third language program”
“third language program” means an ethnic program in a language other than English, French, or a language of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada; (émission dans une troisième langue)
- “Type A community station”
“Type A community station”[Repealed, SOR/2011-146, s. 1]
- SOR/88-549, s. 1;
- SOR/91-517, s. 1;
- SOR/93-258, s. 1;
- SOR/94-222, s. 1;
- SOR/96-324, s. 1;
- SOR/98-597, s. 1;
- SOR/2000-235, s. 1;
- SOR/2000-239, s. 1;
- SOR/2008-177, s. 1;
- SOR/2011-146, s. 1.