Don Shafer of Roundhouse Radio (RHR) summarizes his intervention as follows:
a. The Applicant has not followed procedure by failing to notify RHR and other radio broadcasters licensed to serve Vancouver;
b. The Applicant could and should have raised any concerns about the licensing of a new Vancouver radio station as part of the public process that resulted in the licensing of RHR;
c. The Applicant’s proposal does not represent the best possible use of a scarce and valuable public resource;
d. Approval of the application would prevent the use of 99.9 MHz by another broadcaster;
e. If approved, the Applicant would essentially have another radio station duplicating much of CKNW’s AM coverage area on the FM band;
f. The application contravenes the Commission’s long-standing Common Ownership Policy; and
g. Approval of the application would jeopardize the success of RHR and would go against CRTC Decision 2014-554 giving new entrants two years to get established.
Bell Media summarized their intervention with:
a. The technical issues impacting CKNW are not unique to the station as all urban AM stations suffer from similar problems;
b. The addition of an FM rebroadcasting transmitter violates the Policy;
c. An exception is not warranted; and
d. Current precedents do not apply.
e. In addition, in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2013-572, Call for comments on a targeted review for the commercial radio sector, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), representing the majority of private radio broadcasters, submitted comments on a variety of issues, including proposed amendments to the Policy to allow for the transition of heritage AM stations to the FM band. However, the Commission declined to consider this issue, leaving the current Policy framework intact.
I've loaded PDF copies of each of the full intervention letters for easy access:
Roundhouse -
http://radiowest.ca/misc/cknwfmrhr.pdfBell -
http://radiowest.ca/misc/cknwfmbell.pdf