VF8003-FM

On October 28, the CRTC approved the application by Fabrique de la Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Guadeloupe for a broadcasting licence for French-language religious FM radio programming undertaking at La Guadeloupe, on the frequency 92.7 MHz, channel 224LP, with an effective radiated power of 0.8 watts. The licence would expire August 31, 2002. The applicant would broadcast a minimum of 20 hours of local programming per broadcast week. The undertaking would provide live broadcasts of masses, marriages, funerals, baptisms and other such religious ceremonies.
 

VF8003 began broadcasting.
 

On November 21, the CRTC set out an exemption order for low-power radio stations that provided programming that was derived solely from houses of worship. The exemption order went into effect immediately. Licensees of radio programming undertakings that considered their operations to be eligible for exemption under the order could file a simple statement asking that the Commission revoke their licences. VF8003’s broadcasting licence would expire on August 31, 2014.
 

Fabrique de la Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Guadeloupe requested the CRTC revoke its broadcasting licence for the low-power, French-language religious FM radio programming undertaking VF8003 Guadeloupe. It would continue its operation as an exempt undertaking pursuant to Exemption order for low-power radio stations that provide programming from houses of worship, Broadcasting Order CRTC 2013-621, 21 November 2013. The revocation was granted April 29