September 2011 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

For SEPTEMBER, 2011

OCTOBER 1, 2011

RADIO ACTIVITY

NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
ON Toronto 98.7 CKFG Caribbean-African (branding will be revealed during official launch on October 3)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
ON Windsor 97.5 CBEW CBC Radio One (from 1550 AM as CBE) (officially launched on October 1st with rebroadcaster CBEW-1 91.9 Leamington)

CALL LETTER DATA
NS Spryfield-Halifax 94.7 new Will become CIRP
ON Atikokan 93.5 new Will become CKPR-2
QC Kahnawake 89.9 new Will become CKKI
QC Montreal 92.5 CFQR Becomes CKBE

TECHNICAL CHANGES ON THE AIR
ON Ottawa 101.9 CIDG Has increased power from 934 watts (4,500 watts Max. ERP) to 1,793 watts (5,500 watts Max. ERP)

OFF THE AIR
AB Westlock 1370 CFOK Went dark on September 6 immediately after FM flip to CKWB 97.9 without utilizing authorized 90 day simulcast period
ON Windsor 1550 CBE Went dark on September 30 after 61 years of service to Windsor (flipped to 97.5 FM)

CRTC & IC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
NS Spryfield-Halifax 94.7 50 watts (Christian) (City Church Halifax)
ON Atikokan 93.5 180 watts (AC / Talk) (will simulcast CKPR 91.5 Thunder Bay)
QC Kahnawake 89.9 360 watts (610 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Kahnawake First Nations) (station currently operating as a pirate on 106.7)

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
AB Airdrie 106.1 CFIT Increase power from 3,000 watts (6,000 watts Max. ERP) to 60,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (approval comes with the condition that the licensee shall not solicit or accept advertising from businesses in the city of Calgary
AB Brooks 101.1 CIXF Increase power from 2,200 watts to 4,100 watts (8,600 watts Max. ERP)
BC Vancouver 100.5 CKPK Swap frequencies with CFRO 102.7 Vancouver, increase power from 2,800 watts (11,000 watts Max. ERP) to 51,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP), and raise antenna height
BC Vancouver 102.7 CFRO Swap frequencies with CKPK 100.5 Vancouver, decrease power from 5,500 watts to 2,800 watts (11,000 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
NF Grand Falls-Windsor 102.3 CKXG Decrease power from 24,000 watts to 17,000 watts (36,000 watts Max. ERP), lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Sudbury 98.9 CHYC Increase power from 1,400 watts to 4,620 watts and raise antenna height

EXTENSIONS GRANTED
ON Timmins 105.7 new-cp The CBC has until June 29. 2012 to get the new Espace Musique service in Timmins on the air
QC Sainte Marie 101.3 CHEQ FM 101.3 has until August 19, 2012 to move CHEQ from 101.3 to 101.5 and increase power from 4,677 watts to 26,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP)

DENIALS
BC Vancouver 104.3 CHHR Ownership change from Shore Media to Astral (rejected on the grounds that a secret deal between the two parties was reached only a year after CHHR was launched which contradicts CRTC policy that states an ownership change cannot occur until two years after a new station has been launched)
ON Muskoka Lakes 104.7 new 40,000 watts (AC) (Evanov Radio Group) (rejected due to the potential negative financial impact on existing stations in the region)
ON Owen Sound 90.1 CJLF-1 Increase power from 75 watts to 780 watts (rejected because sufficient evidence of the need for the power increase was not provided and the applicant did not submit realistic maps or measurements)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Leduc 93.1 1,100 watts (2,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Mark Tamagi)
NB Bathurst 96.5 50 watts (community) (Ferguson Audio)
QC Montreal 690 50,000 watts fulltime (News-Talk) (French) (Paul Tietolman & Nicolas Tetrault)
QC Montreal 690 50,000 watts fulltime (Gay & Lesbian) (French) (Evanov)
QC Montreal 940 50,000 watts fulltime (News-Talk) (English) (Paul Tietolman & Nicolas Tetrault)
QC Montreal 940 50,000 watts fulltime (All Traffic) (English) (Cogeco)
QC Perce 97.3 50 watts (Hot AC) (French) (will simulcast CFMV 96.3 Chandler)
SK Weyburn 106.7 100,000 watts (Classic Rock) (Golden West)

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
AB Stettler 1400 CKSQ Move to 93.3 with 11,000 watts (23,000 watts Max. ERP) (format will remain Country)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
BC Abbotsford 101.7 CIVL Increase power from 220 watts (550 watts Max. ERP) to 520 watts (880 watts Max. ERP), lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Fergus-Elora 92.9 CICW-cp Reduce power from 85 watts (200 watts Max. ERP) to 46 watts (150 watts Max. ERP), lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
QC Montreal 990 CKGM Move to 690 with 50,000 watts fulltime

PROPOSED OWNERSHIP CHANGES
ON Bolton 105.5 CJFB From Radio Caledon to the Haliburton Broadcast Group (includes rebroadcaster CFGM 102.7 in Caledon)

APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
QC Amqui 92.7 new 280 watts (900 watts Max. ERP) (Classic Rock) (French) (would have simulcasted CFYX 93.3 Mont Joli) (no reason for withdrawal given)

CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
TORONTO
The CRTC has received an application from Evanov to move CIRR (Proud FM) from 103.9 to 88.1 in Toronto. 88.1 recently became available after College Station CKLN was ordered off the air. A call has been issued inviting other interested parties wishing to obtain a radio license to serve Toronto to submit applications.

Keep up to date with all CRTC and Industry Canada actions on a daily basis by checking out the Canadian Radio News Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian- ... 1700931187

Next update November 1, 2011
Send tips to sysdan@gmail.com

[jon]

Nothing official yet, but there is talk around the Ryerson campus of grabbing the CKLN cash held in reserve from student fees to make a bid for a station on 88.1 run by the students of the Radio-Television Arts program for which Ryerson is so famous. They seem very careful to distance themselves from the CKLN staff that killed the station.

[jon]

Vote results just came through: students were 80% in favour of applying for the CKLN license, to be run by the Ryerson students themselves.

The mandatory student fee for CKLN is still in place, which means the money is already there for the license application.