WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1970
An application has been made to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission for an ultra-high frequency instructional TV station at Cobourg. It would, serve the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Victoria as well as Peterborough city.
CJXV-TV, Channel 15, would be owned by Great Pine Ridge Television Association Inc., D.B. Williamson, owner of radio station CHUC Cobourg, and a consulting engineer said this week.
The station would be the first non-government owned UHF station in Canada if approval is given. Capital costs would be about million.
Northumberland-Durham board of education heard some of the details last week in a letter from Mr. Williamson.
The board has invited Mr. Williamson to an informal meeting "to discuss the project in relationship to local broadcasting facilities and its possible effect upon the schools."
In a letter to the board, Mr. Williamson said that the costs are to be shared among various groups, Trent University, Sir Sanford Fleming College and, other interested individuals are willing to participate in the venture, he said.
The company, said Garth Cane, head of audio visual and television services at CDCI, has been met with fascination and interest in Ottawa. The station will not be government controlled on the municipal, provincial and federal levels since transmitting licences cannot be issued to government controlled companies.
Courses would be offered at the station in radio and television broadcasting to blend with mass media courses offered in the school buildings. Students would be expected to work a 20-hour week for the duration of their course, inclusive of radio, television, photography, printing and news work. Classroom and practical work would be given.
The centre would also give 5-week summer courses for teachers in this district in educational television utilization.
The counties board of education is interested and has requested a meeting with Mr.Williamson.
Negotiations are being carried for an available building to house the station.
