However, the CRTC is also sometimes erroneously criticized for CBSC decisions — for example, the CRTC was erroneously criticized for the CBSC's decisions pertaining to the airing of Howard Stern's terrestrial radio show in Canada in the late 1990s, as well as the CBSC's controversial ruling on the Dire Straits song " Money for Nothing ".

Following a ruling by the CRTC, the station's licence lapsed, with its renewal application denied, in 2004 for failing " to comply with the Radio Regulations 1986 ( the Regulations ) as well as CHOI-FM's Code of Ethics, adherence to which is required by one of its conditions of licence ".

On January 31, 2005, the CRTC disallowed the agreement, ruling in its license renewals for the four stations that the agreement must be terminated no later than May 31 of that year.

The CRTC decision was not met with as much uproar as there had been in 1990, because the ruling was not seen as much of a shock ; indeed, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that the CBC would receive the frequency.

In November 2004, the CBC, in partnership with Standard Broadcasting and Sirius Satellite Radio, applied to the CRTC for a license to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.

On April 9, 2007, Omni Television owner Rogers Communications applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) to purchase all of the A-Channel stations ( including CFPL ), CKX-TV and several cable channels being put up for sale in the wake of CTVglobemedia's pending acquisition of the CHUM group.

In September 2007, Rogers has also applied to the CRTC to acquire 20 per cent of CablePulse 24, a local news channel in Toronto which was previously paired with Citytv ( both stations were previously owned by CHUM Limited ) but was retained by CTVglobemedia in the June 8 licence approval.

In September 2007, Rogers has also applied to the CRTC to acquire 20 per cent of CablePulse 24, a local news channel in Toronto which was previously paired with Citytv ( both stations were previously owned by CHUM Limited ) but was retained by CTVglobemedia in the June 8 licence approval.

On September 29, 2006, YTV Canada Inc. announced it had applied to the CRTC for permission to launch a Category 2 English-language specialty channel called The Anime Channel.

In 1999, Radio-Canada applied to the CRTC for a license to launch a third all-news station in Montreal, on the 690 AM frequency CBF had surrendered in 1997 when it moved to FM.

In January 2011, Dougall Media applied with the CRTC to broadcast its digital signal instead on channel 4.

In January 2011, Dougall Media applied with the CRTC to broadcast its digital signal instead on channel 2, following the digital conversion date.

Baton applied to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) for a licence on for the Wheatley area, to serve both Chatham and Windsor with an independent local television station.

CHUM Limited applied to the CRTC to acquire CKVU Sub Inc. on July 26, 2001 for $ 175 million, with the intention of making it a Citytv station similar to CITY in Toronto, Ontario.

Over 10 years later, another attempt at an arts-based channel was proposed when CHUM Limited applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) for Bravo.

In December 2008, CTVglobemedia applied to the CRTC to operate an HD signal of CKCK-TV which would be delivered as a " satellite-to-cable " feed.

Milestone Radio, first applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) for an urban music station in 1990, but were passed over in favour of a country music station, CISS ( now CKIS-FM ).

When First Choice applied to the CRTC, it estimated that to program major American movies, entertainment specials and Canadian movies and specials, pay for satellite time, and marketing of the channel, it could sell it to the cable companies at a wholesale rate of $ 7. 50 / month.

In response, the station applied to the CRTC in 2004 to disaffiliate from the CBC ; approval was given on February 28, 2005.

On September 28, 2011, Dufferin Communications, the owner of CIRR-FM 103. 9 ( PROUD FM ) applied to the CRTC to move to 88. 1 MHz, formerly held by CKLN-FM, and to increase its transmitter power.

VideoFACT ( as it was originally known ) was created in 1984 with the launch of MuchMusic as a condition of its licence applied by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ).

This system was partially approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) on February 28, 2007, with conditions ; in addition, the CBC and Bell ExpressVu also applied to the CRTC for their own emergency services.

Haliburton applied to the CRTC to move both CHNO and CHYC to FM, which was approved on August 31, 1999.

However, the move was controversial with some of the station's prior listeners, and in July 2006, just seven months after flipping CHNO to the adult hits format, Newcap applied to the CRTC for a new contemporary hit radio station in the Sudbury market.

On May 20, 2010, Haliburton applied to the CRTC to acquire CJJM-FM in Espanola, Ontario, which was owned by Joco Communications and received approval on August 12, 2010.

In 1999, TFO's parent company at the time, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority, applied to the CRTC for mandatory carriage of TFO in the province of Quebec, in addition to a carriage fee, which other over-the-air services do not receive.

On July 9, 2007 CKNR applied to re-broadcast their FM signal at 98. 7 MHz to serve the population of Elliot Lake and received CRTC approval on August 24, 2007.

* Al Jazeera: Was approved by the CRTC in 2004 as an optional cable and satellite offering, but on the condition that any carrier distributing it must edit out any instances of illegal hate speech.

The CRTC argues that allowing free trade in television stations would overwhelm the smaller Canadian market, preventing it from upholding its responsibility to foster a national conversation.

* CHOI-FM: The CRTC announced it would not renew the licence of the popular CHOI-FM radio station in Quebec City, after having previously sanctioned the station for failing to uphold its promise of performance and then, during the years following, receiving about 50 complaints about offensive behaviour by radio jockeys which similarly contravened CRTC rules on broadcast hate speech.

The station was later sold to RNC Media, but instead of renewing its license the CRTC issued RNC a license to launch a new radio station on the same frequency.

Following unprecedented foreign led and domestic political interference with the CRTC's quasi-judicial independent regulatory process, within 6 months of its original decision, an abrupt CRTC " review " of its policy on third-language foreign services determined to drop virtually all restrictions and adopt a new " open entry " approach to foreign controlled " third language " ( non-English, non-French ) channels.

Sirius Canada in fact initially chose not to air Stern based on the possibility of a future issue with the CRTC, although the company reversed its decision and began offering Howard Stern in 2006.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

* Bell Canada usage-based billing: On October 28, 2010, the CRTC handed down its final decision on how wholesale customers can be billed by large network owners.

In May 2010, the CRTC ruled that Bell could not implement its usage-based billing system until all of its own retail customers had been moved off older, unlimited downloading plans.

According to a tweet by Industry Minister Tony Clement, unless the CRTC reverses this decision, the government will use its override power to reverse the decision.

The CMG questioned whether, with its limited Canadian news content, the CBC was meeting its legal requirements under the Broadcasting Act and its CRTC licences.

In fact, in its CRTC application to shut down all of its analog television transmitters, the CBC communicated its opposition to use of subchannels, citing, amongst other reasons, costs.

The CHUM-Astral service, however, was never launched, and its license expired on June 16, 2007 ; CHUM stated that its business plan was based in part on the expectation that in the interests of Canadian content, the CRTC would have rejected the Sirius and XM applications, approving only the CHUM-Astral service.

On January 17, 2012, Rogers announced its intent to acquire SCN outright from Bluepoint Investment Corporation, pending approval by the CRTC.

In the North America, active devices that are characterized as " unintentional radiators " are governed by Part 15 of the FCC regulations and its CRTC equivalents in Canada.

After having L-band DAB for several years, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) have also looked at the use of HD Radio, given its gradual progress in the neighbouring U. S. The CBC began HD Radio testing in September 2006, focusing on transmissions from Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario.

The CRTC has since revised its policy on digital radio to allow HD Radio operations pursuant to Public Notice CRTC 2006-160.