January 2011 Canadian Radio News

[Dan Sys]

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS

For JANUARY, 2011

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

RADIO ACTIVITY

FORMAT CHANGES
AB Brooks 101.1 CIXF From Classic Hits (The Fox) to Hot AC (The One)
ON Leamington 92.7 CJSP From Country (Country 92.7) to Variety Hits (Max FM)

FREQUENCY SWAPS
QC Sherbrooke 104.5 CKOY Moves to 107.7
QC Sherbrooke 107.7 CHLT Moves to 104.5 (and becomes CJTS)


CALL LETTER DATA
ON Barry's Bay 106.5 new Will become CHBY (Moose FM)
ON Gananoque 99.9 new Will become CJGM (My FM)
ON Saint Thomas 94.1 new Will become CKZM (My FM)
QC Saint Jerome 102.9 new Will become CFOI-1

SK Island Lake 106.5 new Will become CIFN

BRANDINGS
AB Calgary 960 CFAC From THE FAN 960 to SPORTSNET RADIO FAN 960
ON Toronto 590 CJCL From THE FAN 590 to SPORTSNET RADIO FAN 590

OFF THE AIR
AB High Prairie 1020 CKVH Signed off the air in early December, only one month into the authorized 3 month simulcast for flip to 93.5
BC Summerland 1450 CHOR Signed off the air in mid-December, only one month into the authorized 3 month simulcast for flip to 98.5

CRTC & IC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
ON Barry's Bay 106.5 12,000 watts (AC) (Haliburton Broadcast Group)
ON Keewaywin 107.9 16 watts (Aboriginal) (Keewaywin First Nation)
ON Nipissing (North Bay) 97.1 47,100 watts (77,600 watts Max. ERP) (Hot AC) (French) (Paul Lefebvre)
SK Estevan 106.1 100,000 watts (Active Rock) (Golden West)
SK Humboldt 107.5 59,000 watts (96,000 watts Max. ERP) (Variety Hits) (Golden West)
SK Island Lake 106.5 33 watts (Aboriginal) (Island Lake First Nations)
QC Saint Jerome 102.9 200 watts (Christian) (French) (will simulcast CFOI 104.1 Quebec City)

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
BC Prince Rupert 560 CHTK Move to 99.1 with 160 watts (format will remain AC with a partial simulcast of CFTK 590 Terrace)

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
ON London 98.1 CKLO-cp Increase power from 4,000 watts (7,000 watts Max. ERP) to 12,600 watts (40,000 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter
ON Pembroke 104.9 CIMY Increase power from 1,620 watts (2,570 watts Max ERP) to 19,900 watts (31,600 watts Max ERP)
ON Renfrew 96.1 CHMY Increase power from 1,660 watts to 7,100 watts
ON Toronto 91.9 CHIN-1 Increase power from 161 watts (350 watts Max. ERP) to 1,850 watts (5,000 watts Max. ERP) (simulcasts CHIN 1540 Toronto)

OWNERSHIP CHANGES GRANTED
QC La Tuque 1240 CFLM From Radio Haute Maurice Inc. to Rejean Leclerc

LICENSE RESCINDED
ON Toronto 88.1 CKLN Ryerson University loses its College station due to continual breaches of the Broadcast Act and violations to their conditions of license (must be off the air by February 12, 2011)

DENIALS
BC Prince Rupert 99.1 1,700 watts (Classic Hits) (Barry Alan Wall) (rejected due to poor economic conditions in the area)
ON Prince Edward County 89.5 5,000 watts (Triple A) (Debra McLaughlin) (rejected due to the potential negative financial impact the station would have on existing stations in the Belleville-Trenton area)
SK Humboldt 107.5 100,000 watts (Classic Rock) (Fabmar Communications) (competing application to successful Golden West proposal)

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Plamondon 92.1 1,215 watts (Variety) (French) (Le Club de la radio communataire de Plamondon)
NS Lower Sackville 106.9 50 watts (Classic Country) (Cobequid Radio Society)
ON Smooth Rock Falls 88.5 5 watts (Variety) (Cochrane Polar Bear Radio) (will partially simulcast CFDY 104.7 Cochrane)
ON Toronto 98.7 446 watts (1,000 watts Max. ERP) (Caribbean-African) (Intercity Broadcasting Network) (previously approved but CP expired due to delays caused by testing necessitated by the CBC which was concerned about possible interference to CBLA 99.1) (approval is expected to be fast tracked)
QC Cloridorme 98.9 250 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast CJRG 94.5 Gaspe)
QC Grand Vallee 98.5 250 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast CJRG 94.5 Gaspe)
QC Petite Vallee 99.9 250 watts (AC) (French) (will simulcast CJRG 94.5 Gaspe)
SK Muskeg Lake 104.3 30 watts (Aboriginal) (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
AB Wainwright 830 CKKY Move to 1080, increase night power from 3,500 watts to 9,000 watts (day power will remain 10,000 watts)
QC Shawinigan 91.1 CFUT Move to 88.1, increase power from 199 watts (250 watts Max. ERP) to 8,235 watts (31,291 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter

PROPOSED OWNERSHIP CHANGES
QC Laval 1570 CJLV From Diffusion Laval Inc. to Radio Humsafar Inc.

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