November 2011 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

For NOVEMBER, 2011

DECEMBER 1, 2011

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
MB Winnipeg 100.7 CFJL From Classic Rock-Blues (K-Rock) (as CHNK) to Standards-Soft AC (The Lounge) (on 12/26/2011)
ON London 1410 CKSL From Oldies (Oldies 1410) to All Comedy (Funny 1410) (on 1/1/2012)

NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
MB Marius 106.3 CISB Aboriginal (Sandy Bay Radio) (Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation)
MB Skownan 98.7 CHWN Aboriginal (SKO 98.7) (Skownan First Nation)

STATIONS TESTING
QC Gatineau 1350 CIRA-5 Christian (French) (currently simulcasting CJEU 1670 Gatineau during the test period, but will simulcast CIRA 91.3 Montreal when launched)

CALL LETTER DATA
AB Saint Paul 1310 CHLW Will become CHSP (when flip to 97.7 occurs)
MB Winnipeg 100.7 CHNK Becomes CFJL
MB Winnipeg 106.1 CFJL Becomes CHWE
ON Port Hope 89.7 new Will become CFWN
ON Prescott 107.9 new Will become CFPP
ON Smooth Rock Falls 88.5 new Will become CHDY
ON Walpole Island 98.3 new Will become CFRZ

OFF THE AIR
BC Golden 1400 CKGR Simulcast time for FM conversion has expired
NS Amherst 900 CKDH Simulcast time for FM conversion has expired

CRTC & I/C DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
ON Mississauga 960 2,000 watts (days) 280 watts (nights) (News-Talk) (Elliot Kerr - Landmark Sport Group)
ON Port Hope 89.7 700 watts (Community) (Small Town Radio)
ON Prescott 107.9 1,000 watts (4,200 watts Max. ERP) (Hot AC) (Moose FM) (Haliburton Broadcasting Group)
ON Smooth Rock Falls 88.5 50 watts (Variety) (will simulcast CFDY 104.7 Cochrane)
ON Walpole Island 98.3 50 watts (Aboriginal) (Walpole Island First Nation)
QC Montreal 940 50,000 watts fulltime (News-Talk) (French) (Tietolman & Tetrault Media)
QC Montreal 990 50,000 watts fulltime (Gay & Lesbian) (Radio Fierte) (Evanov)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
ON Atikokan 1240 CFOB-1 Move to 95.9 with 50 watts (simulcasts CFOB 93.1 Fort Frances)

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
MB Selkirk 104.1 CFQX Raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
NF Lewisporte 101.3 CKXG-1 Relocate facilities and city of license from Grand Falls-Windsor and increase power from 40 watts to 50 watts
NS Eastern Passage 105.9 CFEP Increase power from 716 watts to 1,680 watts, lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Woodstock 104.7 CIHR Increase power from 7,096 watts to 8,950 watts (Max. ERP will remain 20,000 watts)
QC Montreal 990 CKGM Move to 690 with 50,000 watts fulltime

PROGRAMMING SOURCE CHANGES GRANTED
NS Digby 1420 CKDY Replace CKEN 97.7 Kentville (AVR) simulcast with locally produced programming (includes CKDY-1 103.3 Weymouth)

CHANGES TO SPECIALTY LICENSES GRANTED
MB Winnipeg 99.1 CJGV Remove specialty license status and change format from Smooth Jazz-R&B Classics to Hot AC-Classic Hits

DENIALS
QC Montreal 600 250 watts (days) 50 watts (nights) (South Asian) (Neeti P. Ray)
QC Montreal 940 50,000 watts fulltime (All Traffic) (English) (Cogeco)
QC Montreal 940 50,000 watts fulltime (News-Talk) (English) (Tietolman & Tetrault Media)
QC Montreal 1400 1,000 watts (fulltime) (South Asian) (Radio Humsafar)
QC Montreal 1530 1,000 watts (daytime only) (Christian) (French) (Communications Media Evangelique)
QC Montreal 1610 1,000 watts (fulltime) (Spanish) (La Mega Radio)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Calgary 1670 5,000 watts days / 1,000 watts nights (South Asian) (Punjabi World Network) (currently operates Spice FM as a SCMO facility utilizing the subcarrier of Calgary's CBR 102.1. If approved the SCMO operation will be shut down and the station will be rebranded as Spice AM)
AB Calgary 95.3 11,000 watts (41,000 watts Max. ERP) (AC) (My 95.3) (Harvard Broadcasting)
AB Calgary 95.3 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Clear Sky Radio) (will be branded as The Wolf and has reserved the calls CFWO)
AB Calgary 95.3 36,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A) (The Peak) (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group)
AB Calgary 95.3 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) (Urban-Hip Hop) (Flow 95.3) (Bell Media)
AB Calgary 95.3 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) (South Asian) (Unison Media) (currently operates Radio SurSangam as a SCMO facility utilizing the subcarrier of Calgary's CKUA-1 93.7. If approved the SCMO operation will be shut down) AB Calgary 95.3 1,871 watts (7,000 watts Max. ERP) (Multilingual) (Alberta Mosaic Radio Broadcasting)
AB Calgary 95.3 50 watts (Community) (South Asian) (Diversified Society of Alberta)
AB Calgary 100.3 7,800 watts (Classic Hits-Hot AC) (Tietolman Tetrault Media)
AB Calgary 100.3 27,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Hot AC) (Now Radio) (Rawlco)
AB Calgary 106.7 1,100 watts (8,000 watts Max. ERP) (South Asian) (Red FM) (Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation)
AB Calgary 106.9 1,000 watts (News-Talk) (Corus Entertainment) (will be a nested repeater for CHQR 770 Calgary)
ON Ottawa 1630 1,000 watts fulltime (Arabic) (Radio Moyen Orient) (will partially simulcast CHOU 1450 Montreal)
ON Uxbridge 105.5 372 watts (900 watts Max. ERP) (Classic Hits) (Frank Torres-SkyWords Media)
YT Johnsons Crossing 90.5 45 watts (Aboriginal) (will simulcast CHON 98.1 Whitehorse)

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
BC Kispiox 990 CBTD Move to 91.3 with 252 watts
BC Pemberton 1240 CBXK Move to 91.5 with 262 watts

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
QC Quebec City 89.7 CJNG Increase power from 20 watts (100 watts Max. ERP) to 419 watts (1,000 watts Max. ERP) and raise antenna height

PROPOSED OWNERSHIP CHANGES
QC Levis 102.1 CFEL From Cogeco to Leclere Communication Inc.
QC Quebec City 91.9 CJEC From Cogeco to Leclere Communication Inc.


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