October, 2007 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

for OCTOBER, 2007

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
ON Kingston 104.3 CFFX From Oldies (on 960) to AC (Lite 104.3)
QC Donnacona 100.9 CHXX From CHR-Rhythmic (as CKNU) to Modern Rock (Radio X2) (French)
SK Saskatoon 95.1 CFMC From Hot AC to CHR (remains C95)

NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR
AB High River-Okotoks 99.7 CFXO Country (Sun Country)
ON Chatham 89.3 CKGW Christian
QC Mont Joli (Rimouski) 93.3 CFYX Classic Rock/Talk (French)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
ON Kingston 104.3 CFFX From 960
QC Saguenay 98.3 CKRS From 590
QC Sherbrooke 102.1 CHLT From 630

CALL LETTER DATA
AB Fort McMurray 100.5 new Will become CHFT
BC Salt Spring Island 107.9 new Will become CFSI
BC Whistler 90.7 VF2341 Becomes CFMI-1
BC Whistler 92.3 CFXX Becomes CFOX-1
ON Bolton 105.5 new Will become CJFB
ON Caledon 102.7 new Will become CFGM
QC Donnacona 100.9 CKNU Becomes CHXX
SK Prince Albert 92.5 new Will become CJLC
SK Saskatoon 92.3 CHZN-cp Will become CFWD
SK Saskatoon 92.9 CFQC Becomes CKBL

It should be noted that the call change reported last month for CKFM 99.9 Toronto to CFMX did not occur. Those calls were deemed as being too close to Toronto's CFMZ 96.3 (which previously held the CFMX calls) and could potentially cause confusion during BBM survey periods.

BRANDINGS
MB Winnipeg 99.1 CJGV From "Cool FM" (as CJZZ) to "Smooth Jazz 99.1 FM" (format remains Smooth Jazz…for now)
SK Saskatoon 92.9 CKBL From "Hot 93" (as CFQC) to "92-9 The Bull" (format remains Country)

CRTC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC Enderby 104.3 210 watts (AC) (will simulcast CKXR 91.5 Salmon Arm)
BC Salt Spring Island 107.9 340 watts (Variety/Classical/Jazz) (Salt Spring Island Radio Corp.)
BC Sicamous 102.1 200 watts (AC) (will simulcast CKXR 91.5 Salmon Arm)
ON Bolton 105.5 50 watts (Eclectic AC) (Rick Sargent)
ON Caledon 102.7 50 watts (Tourist)
ON Marathon 102.3 765 watts (CBC La Premiere Chaine) (French)
SK Prince Albert 92.5 46 watts (Religion) (Messiah Lutheran Church)

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
AB Buffalo Head 95.5 CIAM-2 Relocate transmitter
BC Kelowna 88.9 CBTK Increase power from 4,700 watts to 5,200 watts
BC Kelowna 89.7 CBU-3 Decrease power from 6,000 watts to 5,000 watts
BC Kelowna 90.5 CBUF-2 Increase power from 1,860 watts to 2,700 watts
BC Powell River 95.7 CHQB 1,200 watts. FM conversion from 1280 previously approved but applied frequency of 94.1 was not acceptable
NB Blackville 107.5 CJFY Move to 107.7
NS Eastern Passage 94.7 CFEP Increase power from 50 watts to 1,400 watts
ON Iroquois Falls 101.1 CFIF Relocate transmitter
ON Peterborough 92.7 CFFF Change status from Campus Based undertaking to Community Based undertaking
ON Stella 93.7 CJAI Move to 92.1
QC Montreal 1690 CJLO Relocate transmitter

OWNERSHIP CHANGES GRANTED
BC Vancouver 94.5 CFBT From The Beat Broadcasting Corporation to CTV Globe Media
NT Yellowknife 100.1 CJCD From The Dent Family to Vista Broadcast Group (includes CJCD-1 100.1 Hay River)

DENIALS
BC Powell River 105.3 3,000 watts (AC-Oldies) (would have simulcasted CKAY 91.7 Gibsons-Sechelt)
BC Salt Spring Island 102.1 8.9 watts (Variety/Folk) (0759969 BC. Ltd.)
ON Meaford 102.9 9,900 watts (Smooth Jazz) (would have simulcasted CIWV 94.7 Hamilton)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
MB Winkler 103.7 27,000 watts (Country) (nested repeater for CKMW 1570 Winkler)
NB Edmundston 97.3 6.6 watts (Classic Rock/Talk) (French) (will simulcast CFYX 93.3 Mont Joli,QC)
NS Yarmouth 98.5 19,000 watts/48,200 watts ERP (CBC Radio Two)
ON Apsley 92.9 50 watts (Christian) (Apsley Community Chapel)
ON Brockville 106.5 3,000 watts (CBC Radio One)
ON Kawartha Lakes 96.7 11,694 watts/50,000 watts ERP (Blues) (Frank Torres)
ON Kawartha Lakes 96.7 5,370 watts/12,590 watts ERP (Christian) (Andy McNabb)
ON Kawartha Lakes 96.7 3,000 watts (Easy Listening) (Anderson Parish Media)
ON Muncey 88.5 50 watts (Aboriginal) (Sidney Dolson)
ON Ottawa 99.7 3,700 watts/8,000 watts ERP (CHR-Alternative) (Mark Steven Mameu)
ON Ottawa 99.7 2,400 watts/8,000 watts ERP (Religion; Talk) (Christian Hit Radio)
ON Ottawa 99.7 4,800 watts/10,000 watts ERP (Triple A) (Ottawa Media Inc.)
ON Ottawa 101.7 5,460 watts (Community) (French) (Radio de la Communauté Francophone d’Ottawa)
ON Ottawa 101.9 3,600 watts/10,000 watts ERP (Blues) (Frank Torres)
ON Ottawa 101.9 450 watts (Christian) (French) (Fiston Kalambay Mutombo)
ON Ottawa 101.9 3,300 watts/10,000 watts ERP (News-Talk) (Corus)
ON Ottawa 101.9 3,600 watts/10,000 watts ERP (Soft AC) (Astral)
ON Ottawa 101.9 200 watts (Tourist) (French) (Instant Information Services Inc.)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 20,000 watts (Active Rock) (Larche Communications)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 32,000 watts (Active Rock-Classic Rock) (HBG Radio)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 14,635 watts/29,000 watts ERP (Classic Hits) (Blackburn Radio)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 40,000 watts (Easy Listening) (Evanov Communications)
ON Owen Sound 96.1 5,540 watts (AC) (nested repeater for CFOS 560 Owen Sound)
ON Peterborough 96.7 13,000 watts/50,000 watts ERP (AC) (Evanov Communications)
ON Peterborough 96.7 12,400 watts/41,000 watts ERP (AC) (K-Rock 1057)
ON Peterborough 96.7 13,000 watts/50,000 watts ERP (AC) (Pineridge Broadcasting)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts/50,000 watts ERP (AC-Oldies) (Newcap)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts/50,000 watts ERP (Classic Hits) (Larche Communications)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts/50,000 watts ERP (Soft Rock-Pop) (Acadia Broadcasting)
ON Windsor 95.9 3,300 watts/14,000 watts ERP (Country) (Blackburn Radio)
ON Windsor 95.9 2,900 watts/11,800 watts ERP (Multilingual) (Neeti P. Ray)
ON Windsor 102.3 690 watts/3,300 watts ERP (CBC Radio One) (nested repeater for CBE 1550 Windsor)
ON Windsor 105.5 620 watts/2,940 watts ERP (CBC Premiere Chaine) (nested repeater for CBEF 540 Windsor)
QC Amqui 92.7 280 watts/900 watts ERP (Classic Rock/Talk) (French) (will simulcast CFYX 93.3 Mont Joli)
QC Carleton 99.1 790 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast proposed CHNC 107.1 New Carlisle)
QC Chandler 98.3 870 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast proposed CHNC 107.1 New Carlisle)
QC Gaspe 92.7 337 watts/1,577 watts ERP (CHR; Talk) (French) (Radio du Golfe Inc.)
QC Gatineau 101.9 250 watts (College) (French) (Reel Radio)
QC Perce 107.3 1,200 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast proposed CHNC 107.1 New Carlisle)
QC Riviere au Renard 92.7 50 watts (CHR; Talk) (French) (will simulcast proposed 92.7 Gaspe)

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
ON Peterborough 980 CKRU Move to 96.7 with 6,000 watts/20,000 watts ERP
QC Gaspe 1150 CHGM Move to 99.3 with 257 watts/468 watts ERP (will simulcast proposed CHNC 107.1 New Carlisle)
QC New Carlisle 610 CHNC Move to 107.1 with 3,800 watts/6,000 watts ERP

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
NS Dartmouth 93.9 CJLU Raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
NS Halifax 97.9 CIRH Move to 107.7 and increase power from 10 watts to 560 watts
ON Cobourg 103.1 CFMZ Wishes to provide local programming to Cobourg 24 hours per week (currently simulcasts CFMZ-1 96.3 Toronto 100%)
ON Ottawa 99.7 CIIO Increase power from 25 watts to 427 watts/1,000 watts ERP
ON Sarnia 103.9 CHOK-1 200 watts. Previously approved but applied frequency of 100.9 was not acceptable

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