January 2007 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS


FOR JANUARY, 2007

FEBRUARY 1, 2007 (next update Mar/1/2007)

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
AB Grande Prairie 97.7 CFGP From Hot AC (Sun FM) to Active Rock (Rock 97.7)
ON Cornwall 101.9 CJSS From Classic Rock (Rock 101.9) to Active Rock (The New Rock 101.9)
ON Sarnia 1070 CHOK From News-Talk/Oldies to Country

NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR
ON Strathroy (London) 105.7 CJMI AC (My FM)
QC Montreal 1450 CHOU Multilingual (primarily Arabic)

CALL LETTER DATA
AB Grande Prairie 104.7 new Becomes CFRI
NB Moncton 1070 CBA Will become CBAM (when flip to 106.1 occurs)
ON Cobourg 103.1 CFMX Becomes CFMZ (named after new owner Moses Znaimer)
ON Toronto 96.3 CFMX-1 Becomes CFMZ-1
ON Whitchurch-Stouffville 102.7 CJIM Becomes CIWS (cp-never on the air as CJIM)

BRANDINGS
AB Fort McMurray 97.9 CKYX From KYX 98 to ROCK 97.9 (remains Active Rock)

TECHNICAL CHANGES
ON Brantford 1380 CKPC Increases power from 10,000 watts to 25,000 watts (fulltime)

CRTC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC Atlin 98.7 36 watts (AC) (will simulcast CKRW 96.1 Whitehorse,YT)
BC Campbell River 100.7 540 watts (Aboriginal) (Bute Inlet Development Corporation)
NF Grand Falls 103.5 50 watts (Religion)
NT Inuvik 98.7 44 watts (AC) (will simulcast CKRW 96.1 Whitehorse,YT)
ON Brockville 99.9 50 watts (Christian) (will simulcast CKJJ 102.3 Belleville)
ON Cobourg 100.9 50 watts (Christian) (will simulcast CKJJ 102.3 Belleville)
ON Newmarket 102.7 5 watts (College) (Pickering College)
PE St. Edward 101.1 1,910 watts (CBC Radio One)
QC Quebec City 96.9 13 watts (Religion)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
AB Edson 970 CFXE Move to 94.3 with 11,000 watts
NB Moncton 1070 CBA Move to 106.1 with 69,500 watts

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
AB Calgary 101.5 new-cp 48,000 watts (Hot AC) (CHUM) previously approved but applied frequency of 90.3 was not suitable
AB Red Deer 101.3 CKUA-6 Move to 107.7
ON Arnprior 104.7 CHMY-1 Move to 107.7, increase power from 50 watts to 1,000 watts and lower antenna height
ON Cobourg 1450 CHUC Extension of simulcast time to Nov/07 to resolve signal problems associated with recent FM flip
ON Toronto 1610 CHHA Relocate transmitter

OWNERSHIP CHANGES GRANTED
BC Whistler 88.7 CFTW From Cathe Wagg to Four Senses Entertainment Ltd. (tourist info station)

DENIALS
BC Campbell River 1490 CFWB Move to 106.1 with 663 watts (denied due to technical issues, invited to re-apply with revised parameter values)
SK North Battleford 1050 CJNB Move to 102.9 with 100,000 watts (would exceed the CRTC common ownership policy of 2 FMstations per market)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Olds 104.5 12,000 watts (Rock) (Cab-K Broadcasting)
NB Bon Accord 107.5 75,700 watts (CBC La Premiere Chaine)
ON Sudbury 88.5 50,000 watts (Easy Listening) (Haliburton Broadcasting Group)
ON Sudbury 91.7 50,000 watts (Country) (Larche Communications)
ON Sudbury 94.5 1,500 watts (AC-Oldies) (Nickelstar Broadcasting)
ON Sudbury 94.5 1,350 watts (Oldies) (Joco Communications)
ON Sudbury 101.1 50,000 watts (CHR) (Newcap)
ON Sudbury 101.1 66,000 watts (Hot AC) (Connelly Communications)
YT Dawson City 104.9 413 watts (CBC Radio Two)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
AB Grande Prairie 103.3 CIKT-cp Move to 98.9, raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
NB Saint John 92.5 CFMH Move to 107.3, increase power from 50 watts to 250 watts, raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Cobourg 107.9 CHUC Increase power from 1,030 watts to 6,300 watts and raise antenna height
ON Collingwood 95.1 CKCB Increase power from 350 watts to 10,000 watts and raise antenna height
ON Ottawa 104.7 CIIO Move to 99.7 (necessary to allow CJRC 1150 Gatineau,QC to make the flip to 104.7 FM)


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