[IRCA] Application by CINA-1650 Mississauga ON to increase day power to 5kW approved by CRTC

[Deane McIntyre <dmcintyr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The application by CINA-1650 Mississauga ON to increase day power from 1kW to 5 KW
daytime has been approved by the CRTC.  Night power will remain 680 watts, and it
appears that critical hours power will be limited to 1 kW, at least in the afternoon (
the details are not yet in the IC database):




<http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-183.htm>


CINA Mississauga – Technical change
The Commission approves an application by 1760791 Ontario Inc. to amend the broadcasting 
licence for the commercial ethnic radio station CINA Mississauga by changing the authorized 
contours by increasing the transmitter power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts day time.

Introduction
1.      The Commission received an application by 1760791 Ontario Inc. to amend the 
broadcasting licence of the commercial ethnic radio programming undertaking CINA Mississauga. 
The licensee proposed to change CINA’s authorized contours by increasing the day time 
transmitter power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts. The night-time power would remain at 
680 watts and all other technical parameters would remain unchanged.

2.      The licensee submitted that the proposed change would significantly improve 
CINA’s daytime coverage in Mississauga, resulting in a better quality signal to listeners 
located in the western and south western parts of its licensed area who are currently 
experiencing poor reception. The licensee is also concerned that listenership will continue 
to erode if the signal quality is not consistent throughout its principal listening area.

6.      Michel Mathieu expressed concern that a phenomenon known as “critical hours,” which 
consists of sky wave interference occurring approximately one hour before sunset and one hour 
after sunrise, could potentially cause interference with the signal of CJRS – Radio Shalom, 
which operates on the same frequency (1650 kHz) in Montréal. Michel Mathieu suggested that 
CINA’s transmitter site be relocated to minimize interference to Radio Shalom and to maintain 
the station’s current service levels.

12.  In addition, the Department of Industry has recently informed the Commission that it has 
imposed specific conditions in the technical comments (TA). One condition is to switch the 
day-time power from 5,000 to 1,000 watts 90 minutes before local sunset to maintain the current 
protection of CJRS Montréal. The Commission considers that this responds adequately to the 
concerns raised by Michel Mathieu in his intervention.

73,

Deane McIntyre VE6BPO



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