Radio Regulations, 1986

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]