May 2008 Canadian Radio News

May 2008 Canadian Radio News

Postby Dan Sys » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:30 am

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

for MAY, 2008

JUNE 1, 2008

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
AB Edmonton 880 CHQT From Oldies to All News (i News 880)
AB Rocky Mountain House 94.5 CHBW From Country to Classic Hits (B-94) (includes CHBW-1 93.9 Nordegg)
NS Halifax 101.3 CJCH From Oldies (on 920) to CHR (The Bounce)
ON Barrie 101.1 CIQB From Hot AC to CHR (remains B101)

NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR
AB Olds 104.5 CKJX Active Rock (Rock 104)
BC Pemberton 98.9 CFPV Classic Hits-Hot AC (Spud Valley Radio) (testing-will officially launch on June 6)
NS Sydney 101.9 CHRK CHR (The Giant)
NS Sydney 103.5 CKCH Testing (slated to launch in mid-June with Active Rock)
SK North Battleford 93.3 CJHD Active Rock (The Rock)
SK Regina 90.3 CJLR Aboriginal; Country

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
NS Halifax 101.3 CJCH From 920

CALL LETTER DATA
AB Calgary 103.1 CIQX Becomes CFXL
AB High River 100.9 CFXL Becomes CKUV
BC Chilliwack 89.5 new Will become CHWK
BC Port Moody 98.7 new Will become CKPM
BC Rossland 101.1 new Will become CHLI
BC Vancouver 600 CKBD Will become CKPK (when flip to 100.5 occurs)
ON Point Pelee 90.7 VF2520 Becomes CJPP
ON Windsor 95.9 new Will become CJWF
PE Charlottetown 91.3 new Will become CIOG
PE Summerside 91.1 new Will become CIOG-1
QC Saguenay n/a-cp new Will become CKGS (frequency yet to be determined)

BRANDINGS
BC Kelowna 96.3 CKKO Will become K96.3
BC Vancouver 600 CKBD Will become THE PEAK (when flip to 100.5 occurs)
NS Kentville 89.3 CIJK-cp Was supposed to be HITS 89.3 with CHR but will instead become K-ROCK with Classic Rock

OFF THE AIR
NS Halifax 920 CJCH Went silent when flip to 101.3 occurred. Did not utilize 3 month simulcast authorization
ON Peterborough 1420 CKPT Simulcast time for FM conversion expired
ON Sioux Lookout 1400 CKDR-2 Simulcast time for FM conversion expired

CRTC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC Chilliwack 89.5 380 watts (1,600 watts E.R.P.) (Active Rock) (Radio CJVR Ltd.)
BC Port Moody 98.7 470 watts (1,000 watts E.R.P.) (Triple A) (Matthew McBride)
BC Rossland 101.1 5 watts (Community) (Rossland Radio Co-op)
BC Vancouver 88.1 8,900 watts (19,500 watts E.R.P) (CBC Radio One) (will simulcast CBU 690 Vancouver)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Triple A) (Sam Feldman & Associates)
NS Wolfville 88.3 175 watts (1,000 watts E.R.P.) (Christian) (will simulcast CJLU 93.9 Dartmouth)
ON Bancroft 103.5 250 watts (Christian) (UCB) (will simulcast CKJJ 102.3 Belleville)
ON Elliot Lake 102.5 865 watts (Christian) (Eternacom)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 20,000 watts (Active Rock) (Larche Communications)
ON Peterborough 96.7 13,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (Pineridge Broadcasting)
ON Pickle Lake 96.5 50 watts (Religion-Aboriginal) (Native Evangelical Fellowship)
ON Thunder Bay 98.1 50 watts (Religion-Aboriginal) (will simulcast new-cp 96.5 Pickle Lake)
ON Windsor 95.9 3,550 watts (11,800 watts E.R.P.) (Country) (Blackburn Radio)
ON Windsor 102.3 690 watts (3,300 watts E.R.P.) (CBC Radio One) (nested repeater for CBE 1550 Windsor)
ON Windsor 105.5 620 watts (2,990 watts E.R.P.) (CBC La Premiere Chaine) (nested repeater for CBEF 540 Windsor)
ON Windsor n/a (Multilingual) (Neeti P. Ray) (must find alternative frequency as 95.9 is not suitable)
PE Charlottetown 91.3 50 watts (Christian) (International Harvesters for Christ)
PE Summerside 91.1 50 watts (Christian) (will simulcast new-cp 91.3 Charlottetown)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
BC Vancouver 600 CKBD Move to 100.5 with 2,600 watts (11,000 watts E.R.P) (will flip format from Standards to Triple A)
MB Pukatawagan 690 CBDS Move to 102.5 with 200 watts (CBC Radio One) (will simulcast CBWK 100.9 Thompson)
ON Peterborough 980 CKRU FM flip granted but applied frequency of 96.7 is not suitable. Must find an alternative frequency (slated to remain Oldies)

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
AB Medicine Hat 102.1 CJCY Reduce power from 53,800 watts (100,000 watts E.R.P.) to 17,000 watts (40,000 watts E.R.P.), lower antenna height and relocate transmitter
NS Sydney 101.9 CHRK Increase power from 57,000 watts to 58,000 watts, raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Orillia 105.9 CICX Reduce power from 43,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) to 10,600 watts (20,000 watts E.R.P.), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Whitchurch-Stoufville 102.7 CIWS Lower antenna height and relocate transmitter

DENIALS
BC Abbotsford-Chilliwack 89.1 2,892 watts (10,490 watts E.R.P.) (Blues) (Frank Torres)
BC Chilliwack 89.5 380 watts (1,600 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (Golden West)
BC Chilliwack 89.5 380 watts (1,600 watts E.R.P.) (Classic Hits) (Newcap)
BC Chilliwack 89.5 1,260 watts (Classic Rock) (Vista Broadcast Group)
BC Gabriola Island 98.7 3,100 watts (20,000 watts E.R.P.) (CBC Radio One) (would have simulcasted new-cp 88.1 Vancouver)
BC Nanaimo 104.1 3,000 watts (7,000 watts E.R.P.) (CBC Radio One) (would have simulcasted CBCV 90.5 Victoria)
BC Vancouver 690 CBU Plans to shut station down after new-cp at 88.1 signs on were rejected. Must keep 690 on the air due to coverage issues in fringe areas
BC Vancouver 89.3 914 watts (2,753 watts E.R.P.) (Blues) (Frank Torres)
BC Vancouver 98.7 480 watts (2,000 watts E.R.P.) (World Music) (902890 Alberta Ltd.)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (Astral Media)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,700 watts (9,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC-Oldies) (Vista Broadcast Group)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Adult Urban) (Newcap)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,100 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Alternative Rock) (Rock 95)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,100 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (CHR) (Evanov)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,100 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Christian) (In-House Communications)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Christian) (Touch Canada)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,100 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Smooth Jazz) (The Coast 104.1 FM)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Triple A) (0785330 B.C. Ltd.)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Triple A) (Harvard Broadcasting)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (Triple A) (Jim Pattison Industries)
BC Vancouver 104.1 4,200 watts (8,000 watts E.R.P.) (World Music) (Nirenderjit Pataria)
ON Kawartha Lakes 96.7 4,200 watts (12,590 watts E.R.P.) (Christian) (Andy McNabb)
ON Kawartha Lakes 96.7 3,000 watts (Soft AC) (Anderson Parish Media)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 14,635 watts (29,000 watts E.R.P.) (Classic Hits) (Blackburn Radio)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 17,000 watts (40,000 watts E.R.P.) (New Easy Listening) (Evanov)
ON Owen Sound 92.3 32,000 watts (Rock) (2079966 Ontario Ltd.)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (Acadian Brodcasting)
ON Peterborough 96.7 13,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (Evanov)
ON Peterborough 96.7 12,400 watts (41,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC) (K-Rock 1057 Inc.)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (AC-Oldies) (Newcap)
ON Peterborough 96.7 11,690 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (Blues) (Frank Torres)
ON Peterborough 96.7 17,000 watts (50,000 watts E.R.P.) (Classic Hits) (Larche Communications)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Pincher Creek 92.7 3,300 watts (6,000 watts E.R.P.) (Country) (Newcap) (will simulcast CJPR 94.9 Blairmore)
BC Vanderhoof 88.1 50 watts (Christian) (Care Radio) (will simulcast CIAM 92.7 Fort Vermilion,AB)
NS Amherst 107.9 6,500 watts (Community) (Tantramar Community Radio Society)
NS Parrsboro 99.1 50 watts (Community) (Parrsboro Community Radio Society)
SK Buckland 91.1 50 watts (Christian) (Care Radio) (will simulcast CIAM 92.7 Fort Vermilion,AB)

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
QC Alma 1270 CFGT Move to 97.7 with 50,000 watts

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
BC Kelowna 103.9 new-cp 5,200 watts (10,000 watts E.R.P.) (previously approved but applied frequency of 96.1 was not suitable)

CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
The CRTC has received an application for a new commercial station in BRACEBRIDGE,ON. Other interested parties wishing to obtain a radio license in this city are invited to submit applications.

Next update July 1, 2008
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Postby Primitive » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:55 pm

Great job as always!

I love these updates.
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