by retireddxer » Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:53 pm
The CRTC Decision contains info on an intervention by one of the applicants for 600 requesting that CISL owners be forced to share the Pattison site with them.
"The Commission received an intervention commenting on the application from Channel Zero on behalf of 2308739 Inc. While generally supporting the application, Channel Zero was concerned that provision be made so that a successful applicant proposing to use frequency 600 kHz as part of an application considered at the 27 January 2014 public hearing in Surrey may co-locate its transmitter with CISL. The Commission issued its decision on radio applications to serve Surrey and Vancouver heard at the 27 January 2014 public hearing in Licensing of new radio stations to serve Surrey and Vancouver, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-412, 6 August 2014. In that decision, all applications proposing to use frequency 600 kHz were denied."
That means at least one person thinks it is possible to run both 650 and 600 off the same set of towers. The cynic in me says they were too cheap to pay Pattison to ensure that could happen, thinking they could get the CRTC to do that for them for free. Their hopes have been dashed for good, at least in terms of help from the CRTC. Depending on how the contracts were written between CISL and Pattison, Channel Zero might still successfully negotiate with CISL or Pattison for access but there is certainly no guarantee.