The CRTC today approved the conversion of the Saskatoon FM repeater of CBK-540 into a full-fledged local station. I'm hoping that the new call letters will be CBS-FM, as my reading of the CRTC Decision is that it will no longer be CBK-1-FM now that it is no longer licensed as a rebroadcaster of CBK.
What makes it a local station is: "at least 12 hours and 30 minutes of local programming to Saskatoon residents in each broadcast week. Local programming will consist of a mix of local, national and international news, up-to-date weather forecasts, road conditions, sports coverage, interviews and short documentaries." The rest of the broadcast week will be the national network feed from CBC Radio One, with local IDs and breaks. Not a CBK simulcast.
The station remains on 94.1 MHz with 4100 watts.
No date set yet for the change. The CRTC has given the usual 24 month deadline.
If I recall correctly, the CBC got into a bit of trouble not long ago when they announced plans to do this without CRTC approval.