August 2011 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

For AUGUST, 2011

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
AB Westlock 97.9 CKWB From Classic Hits (as CFOK 1370) to Country (The Range) (on Sep/6)
BC Chilliwack 107.5 CFUN From Oldies (Fun FM) to CHR (Sonic) (includes CFUN-1 92.5 Abbotsford and CFUN-2 104.9 Vancouver)
BC Vernon 107.5 CKIZ From AC to Classic Hits-Hot AC (includes CKIZ-1 93.9 Enderby)
ON Niagara Falls 105.1 CFLZ From Hot AC (The River) to Variety Hits (Ed FM)
QC Montreal 730 CKAC From All Sports to All Traffic (French) (on Sep/6)
QC Saint Jerome 103.9 CIME From AC to Hot AC (Rythme FM) (includes CIME-2 101.3 Mont-Tremblant)
SK Regina 92.1 CHMX From AC (as Lite 92) to Hot AC (My 92.1)

NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
BC Abbotsford 88.5 CBU-1 CBC Radio One (simulcasts CBU 690 Vancouver)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
AB Westlock 97.9 CKWB From 1370 (as CFOK)
BC Golden 106.3 CKGR From 1400 (testing)

CALL LETTER DATA
QC Gatineau 104.7 CJRC Becomes CKOF
QC Trois Rivieres 106.9 CHLN Becomes CKOB

BRANDINGS
ON Fort Erie 101.1 CKEY From Z101 to THE NEW Z101.1 (format remains CHR)
QC Montreal 92.5 CFQR From THE Q to THE BEAT (on Sep/6) (format remains Hot AC)
QC Montreal 107.3 CITE From ROCK DETENTE to ROUGE FM (includes CFVM 99.9 Amqui; CHRD 105.3 Drummondville; CIMF 94.9 Gatineau; CITF 107.5 Quebec City; CJOI 102.9 Rimouski; CFIX 96.9 Saguenay; CITE-1 102.7 Sherbrooke; and CHEY 94.7 Trois Rivieres) (format remains AC)

TECHNICAL CHANGES ON THE AIR
ON London 99.9 CHJX Moves from 105.9 and increases power from 10 watts to 234 watts (500 watts Max. ERP)

CRTC & IC DECISIONS

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
AB Edmonton 99.3 CIUP Raise antenna height and relocate transmitter

OWNERSHIP CHANGES GRANTED
QC La Tuque 1240 CFLM From Mr. Réjean Leclerc to Anne Armstrong

EXTENSIONS TO CP's GRANTED
AB Saint Paul 97.7 CHLW Newcap has until April 21, 2012 to get the FM conversion from 1310 AM to 97.7 on the air
ON Windsor 105.5 CBEF-2 The CBC has until May 9, 2012 to get the nested repeater for CBEF 540 at 105.5 on the air

DENIALS
NB Moncton 90.1 CIRM Move to 96.3 and increase power from 22 watts to 500 watts

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
NB Grande Anse 540 CBGA-1 Shut AM facility down and launch 5 FM signals:
Chandler, QC 93.5 1,010 watts
New Carlisle, QC 98.7 710 watts
New Richmond, QC 104.3 1,030 watts
Perce, QC 104.5 980 watts
Port Daniel, QC 92.5 920 watts
(all will simulcast CBGA 102.1 Matane, QC)
ON Atikokan 1240 CFOB-1 Move to 95.9 with 50 watts (simulcasts CFOB 93.1 Fort Frances)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
AB Cleardale 91.5 CIAM-12 Lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
AB Red Deer 90.5 CKRD Increase power from 9,000 watts (18,000 watts Max. ERP) to 18,400 watts (38,000 watts Max. ERP)
MB Selkirk 104.1 CFQX Raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
MB Selkirk 105.5 CICY Raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Ottawa 96.5 CIIO Move to 97.5 (has been off the air on 96.5 since being displaced by CFTX Gatineau)

PROPOSED OWNERSHIP CHANGES
BC Kelowna 96.3 CKKO From Sun Country Cable to Newcap
BC Penticton 100.7 CIGV From Great Valleys Radio to Newcap (includes CIGV-1 98.9 Keremeos and CIGV-2 98.1 Princeton)

PROPOSED CHANGES TO SPECIALTY LICENSES
MB Winnipeg 99.1 CJGV Change format from Smooth Jazz-Blues-R&B to Hot AC-Classic Hits

PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGULAR LICENSES
QC Laval 1570 CJLV Wishes to add Multilingual programming to 40% of the broadcast day. 50% of that total will be devoted to Spanish language programming.

Next update October 1, 2011
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[drmusic]

QC Montreal 730 CKAC From All Sports to All Traffic (French) (on Sep/6)

Uh, wow. More info here. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release ... 556827.htm

Also found this article and let Google translate it. http://argent.canoe.ca/lca/affaires/que ... 54254.html I sure hope this is a bad translation. Cause if not, it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard a professor say.

"Sport is meant to be televised, it goes without saying

[Dan Sys]

From what I've been able to gather from the Radio In Montreal Yahoo Group is Cogeco was at risk of losing the money from the Quebec government to fund the two All Traffic stations unless they did something immediately. Cogeco expected the CRTC to rubber stamp their initial 690 & 940 proposals, they weren't prepared for the opposition that led to the CRTC opening up the frequencies to other potential applicants.