The CRTC opened up comments on Friday, until June 1st, on Roundhouse Radio's proposal to move CIRH-FM's approved transmitter site at 1785 Quebec Street in False Creek, after the City of Vancouver refused to issue a Building Permit due to new Municipal Regulations.
Roundhouse proposed six potential sites and was able to get 666 Burrard Street (corner of Dunsmuir) approved. The tower height above average terrain will be much higher -- 87.5 metres Above, rather than 11 metres below -- necessitating a major decrease in power. Maximum ERP will now be 1700 watts instead of 6000 watts. Still with a directional transmission.
Roundhouse's CRTC submission says that the higher tower with lower power will give them a fair bit less primary (3 mV/m) coverage, but slightly more secondary (0.5 mV/m) coverage. Frequency, of course, remains 98.3 MHz.
Total ("purchase") price of the new transmitter site is listed as nearly $400,000. There is mention of a Landlord, and existing 15 metre tower(s) on the roof at that location, as would be expected on a multi-million dollar building of this size. Cannot see much on the roof with Google Earth.