For the broadcast year period ended August 31, 2009
Keep one copy of this return for your files and mail 3 completed copies (including financial statements) by November 30, 2009 to: Chief, Industry Statistics and Analysis, Broadcast Analysis, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Ottawa, K1A 0N2.
Confidential when completed
Collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19.
Completion of this questionnaire is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act.
See page 1, Reporting Guide for notice of agreements made by Statistics Canada under Sections 11 and 12 of the Statistics Act with other federal and provincial government bodies concerning information contained in the Annual Return.
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Upon receipt of this annual return, please review the systems listed below. If the list is different from your organizational structure please contact the Chief, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Telephone: (613) 951-1891; Fax: (613) 951-0009.STC R1L
CRTC FILE
ATTN:
System Number
Call Sign
Location
Prov.
CRTC ID
In co-operation with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Section 1 - Licensee (Company) Information
Enquiries concerning this return may be referred to Dany Gravel, Unit Head, Broadcasting section, Business Special Surveys and Technology Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Telephone: (613) 951-0390; Fax: (613) 951-9920; E-mail: dany.gravel@statcan.gc.ca
1. Complete name of licensee:
2. Mailing address of the licensee:
- Street and Number
- City and Province
- Postal Code
- Telephone
- Fax
3. Person to be contacted in connection with this return:
- Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.
- Name
- Title
- Address (if different from licensee address)
- Street and Number
- City and Province
- Postal Code
- Telephone
- Fax
4. If, during the period covered by this return, the licensee conducted business under a name or address other than that listed in 1 or 2, please indicate:
- Name
- Street and Number
- City and Province
- Postal Code
5. If the information in this return is for a period other than the period beginning September 01, 2008 and ending August 31, 2009, please indicate:
- From / To
6. If any undertaking(s) reported in this return was acquired or sold during the reference year ending August 31, 2009, please indicate the undertaking(s) and the name(s) of the previous owner(s)/purchaser(s):
- Date(s) of transaction(s):
7. Type of business organization:
- Incorporated company, shares publicly traded
- Sole proprietorship/partnership
- Co-operative
- Incorporated company, shares not publicly traded
- Non-profit organization
- Military Unit
- Other (specify)
8. Management Certification
I, (Name) (Title), am authorized to certify on behalf of (Licensee) that the information shown on this return and all the attachments thereto are true and complete in all respects to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signature) (Date) (Telephone and Area Code)
Date received
(Official use only) CRTC File Number
International Payments And Receipts (See Guide)
STC ID Record 01
Non-merchandise charges related to broadcast operation
Receipts from non-residents
Business services
($'000 Canadian)
- Program rights and royalties
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Advertising
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Other
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Interest and dividends
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
STC ID Record 02
Payments to non-residents
Business services
($'000 Canadian)
- Program rights and royalties
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Advertising
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Other
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
- Interest and dividends
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- European Union (excl. U.K. and France)
- Japan
- OECD countries (excl. Japan, United States and E.U.)
- All other countries
TOTAL
Section 2 - Radio Station Information
Financial Summary (to be completed for each licensed originating station)
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 10
If the information in this return is for a period other than 12 months, please indicate from: to:
Station location
$(omit cents)
1. Revenue:
- Local time sales -
- Contra or other non-monetary transactions
- Total
- National time sales -
- Contra or other non-monetary transactions
- Total
- Network payments to station
- Sales/Syndication of programs - Canadian + non-Canadian = Total
- Production services sold
- Other revenue - please specify type of revenue
- Total revenue
- Programming and production (from page 6, cell 46)
- Technical (from page 6, cell 07)
- Sales and promotion (from page 6, cell 16)
- Administration and general (from page 7, cell 29)
- Total expenses (from page 7, cell 30)
3. 1. Operating income (loss)
- Less: Depreciation (recorded in accounts)
- Less: Interest expense
- Investments, interest and incidental broadcasting income (incl. Rental income)
- Less: Amortization of goodwill, organization and start-up expenses
- Gain (loss) from disposal of fixed assets, investments, etc.
- Net income (loss) before income taxes
- Provision for income taxes (recovery)
- Net income (loss) after income taxes
4. Total remuneration:
$ (omit cents)
1. Salaries and wages (include sales commissions and talent fees paid to employees), fringe benefits and directors fees
- Programming and production
- Technical
- Sales and promotion
- Administration and general
- Total salary and wages
2. Average number of employees (the typical weekly average of full & equivalent part time employees)
- Programming and production
- Technical
- Sales and promotion
- Administration and general
- Total number of employees
3. Fringe benefits (included in line 4.1 above)
- Total fringe benefits
CRTC Undertaking ID
CRTC File Number
Call Sign
Radio on the Internet
STC ID Record 14
1. Does this station broadcast live on the Internet?
- Yes (please go to question 2)
- No
2. Does your Internet broadcast activity generate revenues distinct from your on-air broadcast activity?
- Yes (please go to question 3)
- No
3. Are the revenues from the Internet broadcast activity reported on page 4 of this survey?
- Yes
- No
Radio - Language - Format - Type
A. Language of broadcast (estimate percent of time devoted to serving your audience in each of the languages indicated below)
- English %
- French %
- Native %
- Other %
B. Indicate the type of music format that best identifies your station: Please identify only one format.
- Adult Contemporary
- Country + Country Oriented
- Gold/Classic Hits
- Middle of the Road
- Contemporary Hits
- Album oriented Rock
- Specialty (e.g., jazz, classical, news)
- Other Popular
- Multilingual
C.
- All-talk station
- Low-use station
- Music station
Complete this summary statement for each licensed radio undertaking only if;
- the undertaking generates revenues of less than $2.0 million, or
- the licensee operates AM and FM undertakings in the same market, and the combined revenues of these undertakings is less than $4.0 million.
Summary Statement
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 60
1. Expenses
- Music licence fee (payments to SOCAN)
- Neighboring rights (payments to NRCC)
- Reproduction of musical works (payments to CMRRA/SODRAC)
- Canadian talent development initiative
- Bad debt expense
- CRTC licence fee
If the above conditions do not apply, please go to the next section (Detailed Financial Statement) and complete the remaining sections of the questionnaire (pages 6 and 7), for each licensed radio undertaking.
Radio - Detailed Financial Statement
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 11
$ (omit cents)
1. Programming and production expenses
- Salaries and wages (should agree with page 4, cell 42)
- News
- Total salaries and wages
- Talent fees non-staff
- News services
- Royalties (excluding music licence fee)
- Music licence fee (payments to SOCAN)
- Neighboring rights (payments to NRCC)
- Reproduction of musical works (payments to CMRRA/SODRAC)
- Music recordings and transcriptions
- Amortization of syndicated programs, taped program services, etc.
- Other production and programming costs
- Payments to network for programs
- Other network expenses
- Total programming and production expenses (enter on page 4, cell 08)
- Total news expenses included in cell 46
- Total expenses
Amounts included in expenses above:
- Staff talent fees (included in 1.1)
- Talent fees paid to non residents of Canada (included in 1.2)
- Canadian talent development initiative (included in program expenses above)
STC ID Record 12
$ (omit cents)
2. Technical expenses
- Transmitter, studio, parts, tapes, supplies, technical consultant services, technical repairs and maintenance, and other technical costs
- Line, microwave or satellite charges
- Remuneration (should agree with page 4, cell 43)
- Total technical expenses (enter on page 4, cell 09)
3. Sales and promotion expenses
- Audience and trade promotion, rating services
- Sales commission representatives - (non-staff)
- Sales commission paid to staff (included in 3.5 below)
- News
- Other sales and promotion expenses
- Remuneration (should agree with page 4, cell 44)
- Total sales and promotion expenses(enter on page 4, cell 10)
4. Administration and general expenses
- Entertainment, travel, motor vehicle operating expenses, telephone, fax, computer services and office supplies
- Cost of premises (rent, repairs and maintenance, insurance, utilities, etc. )
- Real estate and business tax
- Professional services
- Bad debt expenses
- CRTC licence fees
- Management services (non staff)
- Other administration and general expenses
- Remuneration (incl. directors fees) (should agree with page 4, cell 45)
- Total administration and general expenses(enter on page 4, cell 11)
5. Total all expenses (page 6, cells 46, 07 and 16, and page 7, cell 29 above, enter on page 4, cell 12)
CRTC Undertaking ID
CRTC File Number
Call Sign
Section 3 - Television station
Financial summary (to be completed for each licensed originating station)
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 20
If the information on this return is for a period other than 12 months, please indicate from: to:
Station location:
$ (omit cents)
1. Revenue:
- Local time sales (excl. infomercials)
- Contra or other non monetary transactions
- Total Local time sales
- National time sales (excl. infomercials)
- Contra or other non monetary transactions
- National sales + Regional sales = Total
- Network payments to stations
- Infomercials - Local time sales + National time sales = Total
- Sales/Syndication of programs - Canadian + non-Canadian = Total
- Production services sold
- Other revenue - Please specify type of revenue
- Total Revenue
2. Expenses:
- Programming and production (from page 6, cell 06)
- Technical (from page 7, cell 07)
- Sales and promotion (from page 7, cell 16)
- Administration and general (from page 7, cell 29)
- Total expenses (from page 7, cell 30)
3. 1. Operating income (loss)
- Less: Depreciation
- Less: Interest expense
- Investments, interest and incidental broadcasting income (incl. rental income)
- Less: Amortization of goodwill, organization and start-up expenses
- Gain (loss) from disposal of fixed assets, investments, etc.
- Net income (loss) before income taxes
- Provision for income taxes (recovery)
- Net income (loss) after income taxes
4. Total remuneration
($ omit cents)
1. Salaries and wages (include sales commissions and talent fees paid to employees), fringe benefits and directors fees
- Programming and production
- Technical
- Sales and promotion
- Administration and general
- Total salaries and wages
2. Average number of employees (the typical weekly average of full & equivalent part time employees)
- Programming and production
- Technical
- Sales and promotion
- Administration and general
- Total number of employees
3. Fringe benefits (included in line 4.1 above)
- Total fringe benefits
CRTC Undertaking ID
CRTC File Number
Call Sign
Television - Direct Operating Expenses
For The Year Ended August 31, 2009
1. Programming and Production Expenses
$ (omit cents)
A. Programs Telecast: (Note 1)
1. Canadian Programs
1. Station's production (incl. station contribution to cooperative productions)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total station's production (cat. 1 to 15)
2. Programs produced by an affiliated production company
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total programs produced by an affiliated production company (cat. 1 to 15)
3. Programs acquired from other stations
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total programs acquired from other stations (cat. 1 to 15)
4. Programs of network origination
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total programs of network origination (cat. 1 to 15)
5. Programs acquired from independent producers
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total programs acquired from independent producers (cat. 1 to 15)
6. Special recognition programs
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total special recognition programs (cat. 1 to 15)
7. Other Canadian programs from any other source (note 2)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total other Canadian programs from any other source (cat. 1 to 15)
8. Total Canadian programming (lines A1.1. to A.1.7)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total Canadian programming (cat. 1 to 15)
Amounts included in total Canadian programming for:
a) Close captioning
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total close captioning (cat. 1 to 15)
b) Dubbing
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and Entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total dubbing (cat. 1 to 15)
c) Program development
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total program development (cat. 1 to 15)
d) Children's programming
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total children's programming (cat. 1 to 15)
e) Ownership transfer tangible benefits
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total ownership transfer tangible benefits (cat. 1 to 15)
f) Described video
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total described video (cat. 1 to 15)
2. Total non-Canadian programming expenses
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total non-Canadian programming expenses (cat. 1 to 15)
Amounts included in total non-Canadian programming for:
a) Dubbing
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total dubbing (cat. 1 to 15)
3. Total programs telecast (line A.1.8 + A.2)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total programs telecast (cat. 1 to 15)
B. Other programming expenses:
1. Program inventory write-downs for Canadian programs (note 1)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total program inventory write-downs for Canadian programs (cat. 1 to 15)
2. Program inventory write-downs for non-Canadian programs
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total program inventory write-downs for non-Canadian programs (cat. 1 to 15)
3. Script and concept development expenditures for Canadian programs not telecast
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total script and concept development expenditures for Canadian programs not telecast (cat. 1 to 15)
4. Loss on equity investment/principal on loans in arm's length productions of Canadian programs
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total loss on equity investment/principal on loans in arm's length productions of Canadian programs (cat. 1 to 15)
5. Other (note 2)
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total other (cat. 1 to 15)
6. Total - Other programming expenses
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total other programming expenses (cat. 1 to 15)
Amounts included in total other programming (line B.6) for:
a. Ownership transfer tangible benefits
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total ownership transfer tangible benefits (cat. 1 to 15)
7. CTF credit, eligible Canadian programming expenditures not included above
Information
- News (cat. 1)
- Other information (cat. 2 to 5)
Sports (cat. 6)
Music and entertainment
- Drama (cat. 7)
- Music/Variety (cat. 8 & 9)
- Games shows (cat. 10)
- Human interest (cat. 11)
Others (cat. 12 to 15)
Total CTF credit, eligible Canadian programming expenditures not included above (cat. 1 to 15)
Notes:
1. Where applicable, the amortized amount of capitalized assets (e.g. feature films) is to be reflected on this page.
2. If greater than 10% of total (line A1.8), please provide details on separate attachment. If music licence fees are included, please identify the amount.
CRTC Undertaking ID
Call Sign
Television - Direct operating expenses
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 21
$ (omit cents)
C. Production expenses:
- Cost of program sales/syndication Canadian
- Cost of program sales/syndication non-Canadian
- Cost of production services sold
- Infomercials
- Other (note 1) (including music licence fees)
- Total - production expenses
D.1 Grand total- programming and production expenses (lines A.3 + B.6+C.6) (enter on page 4, cell 08)
Amounts included in grand total programming and production expenses for:
- Salaries and wages (should agree with page 4, cell 42)
- Talent fees, non-staff
- News services
- Royalties (excluding music licence fees)
- Music licence fees (included in Line C.5 above)
- Payments to network for programs
- Other network expenses (note 2)
- Talent fees paid to non-residents of Canada
Notes:
1. If greater than 10% of total production expenses, please provide details.;
2. If greater than 10% of total programming expenses, please provide details.
CRTC Undertaking ID
CRTC File Number
Call Sign
Television - Direct operating expenses - Concluded
For the year ended August 31, 2009
STC ID Record 22
$ (omit cents)
2. Technical expenses
- Transmitter, studio, parts, tapes, supplies, technical consultant services, technical repairs and maintenance and other technical costs.
- Line, microwave or satellite charges
- Remuneration (should agree with page 4, cell 43)
- Total technical expenses (Enter on page 4, cell 09)
3. Sales and promotion expenses
- Audience and trade promotion, rating services
- Sales commission representatives - (non-staff)
- Sales commission paid to staff (included in 3.5 below)
- Other sales and promotion expenses
- Remuneration (should agree with page 4, cell 44)
- Total sales and promotion expenses (enter on page 4, cell 10)
4. Administration and general expenses
- Entertainment, travel, motor vehicle operating expenses, telephone, fax, computer services and office supplies
- Cost of premises (rent, repairs and maintenance, insurance, utilities, etc. )
- Real estate and business tax
- Professional services
- Bad debt expense
- CRTC licence fee
- Management services (non staff)
- Other administration and general
- Remuneration (incl. directors fees) (should agree with page 4, cell 45)
- Total administration and general expenses (enter on page 4, cell 11)
5. Total all expenses (page 6 cell 06, page 7 cells 07, 16, 29 above) (enter on page 4, cell 12)