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