February 2012 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

For FEBRUARY, 2012

MARCH 1, 2012

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
MB Winnipeg 99.1 CJGV From Smooth Jazz-R&B Classics (Groove FM) to Hot AC (Fresh FM)
ON North Bay 106.3 CFXN From Classic Hits to Hot AC-CHR

NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
ON Kemptville 97.5 CKVV AC (FM 97.5) (Haliburton)
QC Montmagny 90.3 CIQI Hot AC (French) (Groupe Radio Simard) (signed on the air this past Fall, but this info apparently took awhile to get out)

CALL LETTER DATA
AB Leduc 93.1 new Will become CJLD (Black Gold)
AB Siksika 104.7 CHDH Becomes CFXX (Siksika First Nation)
ON Collingwood n/a new Will become CFMO (Evanov)
ON Scarborough 105.9 new Will become CJVF (Tamil One)

BRANDINGS
AB Fort Vermilion 92.7 CIAM has disbanded its 21 station network of 100% rebroadcasters and has replaced them with 8 regional networks. The new networks feature a mix of locally produced programming and partial simulcasting from Fort Vermillion.

CIAM
FORT VERMILION, AB - 92.7 - CIAM
" - Buffalo Head, AB - 95.5 - CIAM-2
" - Chateh, AB - 96.9 - CIAM-17
" - Foggy Mountain, AB - 104.3 - CIAM-4
" - Fort Chipewyan, AB - 95.5 - CIAM-15
" - Meander River, AB - 95.9 - CIAM-16
" - Watt Mountain, AB - 94.1 - CIAM-3

SHARE RADIO
HINES CREEK AB - 94.7 - CIAM-6
" - Cleardale, AB - 91.5 - CIAM-12

YJLU
SLAVE LAKE, AB - 107.5 - CIAM-7
" - Peerless Lake, AB - 96.9 - CIAM-13
" - Red Earth, AB - 102.9 - CIAM-1
" - Wabasca, AB - 95.5 - CIAM-14

PRAIRIE RADIO
THREE HILLS, AB - 97.3 - CIAM-cp

PEACE VALLEY RADIO
WEBERVILLE-PEACE RIVER, AB - 101.7 - CIAM-5
" - Manning - 95.5 - CIAM-18

SUNRISE RADIO
CHARLIE LAKE-FT. ST. JOHN, BC - 92.5 - CIAM-8
" - Dawson Creek, BC - 107.5 - CIAM-9
" - Prespatou, BC - 105.5 - CIAM-19

THE LIGHT
VANDERHOOF, BC - 98.5 - CIAM-11

VICTORY FM
BUCKLAND-PRINCE ALBERT, SK - 100.1 - CIAM-10

TECHNICAL CHANGES ON THE AIR
BC Abbotsford 101.7 CIVL Now operating with 520 watts (880 watts Max. ERP) (had been using a temporary 40 watt transmitter from the UFV campus)

OFF THE AIR
BC Prince Rupert 560 CHTK Simulcast time for FM conversion has expired
BC Victoria 900 CKMO Will be going dark on March 4th (funding is not available to maintain and upgrade transmitting equipment)
QC Mont Joli-Rimouski 93.3 CFYX Station went dark on February 29, 2012. Owner Groupe Radio Simard states the operation was not profitable (includes CFYX-3 103.1 Riviere-du-Loup)

CRTC & IC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
AB Leduc 93.1 1,100 watts (2,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Black Gold Broadcasting)
ON Collingwood n/a power n/a (Classical) (MZ Media) (will partially simulcast CFMZ 96.3 Toronto) (must find a suitable frequency within 90 days as the applied frequency of 104.9 is not available)
ON Shelburne 104.9 12,500 watts (50,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Bayshore Broadcasting)
SK Weyburn 106.7 100,000 watts (Classic Rock) (Golden West)

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

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
ON Gravenhurst 101.9 CIIG Increase power from 25 to 32 watts, lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Hearst 92.9 CHYK-3 Increase power from 140 to 172 watts (140 to 221 watts Max. ERP), lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Windsor 102.3 CJNR-cp 1,900 watts (5,000 watts Max. ERP) (Multilingual) (Neeti P. Ray) (previously approved but applied frequency of 95.9 was not available)

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

EXTENSIONS GRANTED
ON Brockville 91.9 CBOB-cp The CBC has until November 10, 2012 to get this new Radio One Service on the air. This is the final extension to be granted by the CRTC
QC Coaticook 96.7 CIGN-cp Radio Cooperative de Coaticook has until October 27, 2012 to get this new Community Oriented/AC station on the air
YT Whitehorse 94.5 CFWH-cp The CBC has until October 27, 2012 to convert Radio One service from 570 AM to 94.5 FM

DENIALS
AB Medicine Hat 93.7 CJLT Move to 103.3, increase power from 2,300 to 58,000 watts, raise antenna height, relocate transmitter and remove speciality format status enabling the station to flip from Christian programming to AC with the calls CKOV (rejected because of concerns from existing broadcasters as to whether a new mainstream station would be viable in Medicine Hat)
ON Collingwood 102.9 1,000 watts (2,000 watts Max. ERP) (Soft AC) (Evanov) (competing application to MZ Media approval)
ON Shelburne 104.9 15,600 watts (50,000 watts Max. ERP) (AC) (Torres Media) (competing application to Bayshore Broadcasting approval)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
BC Prince George 105.5 2,100 watts (Aboriginal/Classic Rock) (will simulcast CFNR 92.1 Terrace)
BC Salmon Arm 101.7 15 watts (Community) (Voice of the Shuswap Broadcast Society)
ON Alliston 92.1 1,986 watts (3,750 watts Max. ERP) (AC) (My Broadcasting Corporation)
ON Brampton 1190 500 watts (daytime only) (South Asian) (Sarabjeet Arora)
ON Markham 1480 (days)/1490 nights 1,000 watts on 1480 / 500 watts on 1490 (Tamil) (Geethavaani Tamil Radio)
ON Markham 105.9 618 watts (1,600 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A-days/Multilingual-nights) (Bhupinder Bola)
ON Orangeville 101.5 338 watts (625 watts Max. ERP) (AC) (My Broadcasting Corporation)
ON Toronto 88.1 501 watts (975 watts Max. ERP) (Business News) (Channel Zero)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Soft AC-Easy Listening) (Durham Radio)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (Christian) (Family FM)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A) (Larche Communications)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Multilingual - primarily South Asian) (MTSD Broadcast Inc.)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A) (Michael Wekerie)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,800 watts (7,000 watts Max. ERP) (Hot AC) (Newcap)
ON Toronto 88.1 532 watts (875 watts Max. ERP) (Alternative Rock-Indie Music) (Rock 95 Broadcasting)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (Multilingual - primarily Filipino, Russian, Spanish) (Radio 1540)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (College) (Ryerson University)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Multilingual - primarily South Asian) (S. Sivakkumaran)
ON Toronto 88.1 225 watts (Triple A-Emerging Artists) (Stanislaus Antony)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (Talk) (Tietolman Tetrault Pancholy Media)
ON Toronro 88.1 2,000 watts (8,000 watts Max. ERP) (Blues & Classic Rock) (Torres Media)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Asian - primarily Korean) (Tosan Lee)
ON Toronto 88.1 477 watts (800 watts Max. ERP) (Christian) (Trust Communications)
ON Toronto 88.1 1,530 watts (4,000 watts Max. ERP) (News-Talk catering to South Asians) (World Band Media)
YT Haines Junction 99.9 25 watts (Community) (Robert G. Hopkins) (will simulcast CFET 106.7 Tahish)

PROPOSED NESTED REPEATERS
ON Toronto 88.1 250 watts (Standards/Talk) (MZ Media) (will simulcast CFZM 740)
ON Toronto 88.1 98 watts (188 watts Max. ERP) (CBC Premiere Chaine) (will simulcast CJBC 860)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
BC Smithers 93.9 CICK Increase power from 5 watts to 500 watts, raise antenna height and upgrade status from developmental community station to regular community station
ON Toronto 98.7 CKFG Move to 88.1, increase power from 446 to 1,530 watts (1,000 to 4,000 watts Max. ERP) and lower antenna height
ON Toronto 103.9 CIRR Move to 88.1, increase power from 128 to 477 watts (250 to 800 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Toronto 105.1 CHOQ Move to 88.1, decrease power from 570 to 477 watts (1,000 to 800 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter

APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
QC Montreal 105.1 CKDG Application to move to 106.7, increase power from 141 to 407 watts (224 to 1,200 watts Max. ERP) and lower antenna height has been withdrawn (no reason was given)


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[Dan Sys]

One little typo to report on the above list. CICK 93.9 in Smithers, B.C. has applied to increase power from 5 watts to 50 watts (not 500).