CANADIAN RADIO NEWS
For MAY, 2012
JUNE 1, 2012
RADIO ACTIVITY
FORMAT CHANGES
BC Chilliwack 89.5 CHWK From Active Rock to Classic Rock
AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
BC Pemberton 91.5 CBU-3 From 1240 (as CBXK)
CALL LETTER DATA
NB Fredericton 93.1 new Will become CIHI
NS New Glasgow 97.9 new Will become CKEZ
ON Shelburne 104.9 new Will become CFDC
SK Broadview 105.7 new Will become CKOO
SK Cowessess 98.1 new Will become CIBC
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
AB Calgary 95.3 36,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A) (The Peak) (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group)
AB Calgary 106.7 1,100 watts (8,000 watts Max. ERP) (South Asian) (Red FM) (Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation)
NB Fredericton 93.1 50,000 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) (CHR) (Newcap)
NB Miramichi 95.9 11,000 watts (25,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Newcap)
NS New Glasgow 97.9 46,720 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Classic Rock) (Hector Broadcasting)
ON Wasauksing 91.3 60 watts (Aboriginal/Rock) (Wasauksing First Nation)
SK Broadview 105.7 50 watts (Aboriginal/Variety) (Kahkewistahaw First Nation)
SK Cowessess 98.1 49 watts (Aboriginal/Country) (Cowessess First Nation)
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
NB Miramichi 101.1 CJFY-1 Move to 96.5, increase power from 50 watts to 740 watts (2,000 watts Max. ERP) and raise antenna height
PROGRAMMING FEED CHANGES GRANTED
NB Blackville 107.7 CJFY Studios and programming currently originating in Blackville will migrate to Miramichi when 96.5 is launched (107.7 will become a rebroadcaster for the new 96.5 Miramichi)
DENIALS
AB Calgary 770 CHQR Establish a nested repeater on 106.9 with 1,000 watts (Corus did not provide any financial justification or demonstrate how severe technical limitations are causing a problem with the existing signal on 770. The common ownership policy also was a factor in the decision)
AB Calgary The following applicants lost out to The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and The Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation in the CRTC's competetive process with their bids for new stations in Calgary.
ALBERTA MOSAIC RADIO BROADCASTING
95.3 – 1,871 watts (7,000 watts Max. ERP) – MULTILINGUAL
BELL MEDIA
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – URBAN-HIP HOP
CLEAR SKY RADIO
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – COUNTRY
DIVERSIFIED SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
95.3 – 50 watts – SOUTH ASIAN
HARVARD BROADCASTING
95.3 – 11,000 watts (41,000 watts Max. ERP) – AC
PUNJABI WORLD NETWORK
1670 – 5,000 watts (days) / 1,000 watts (nights) – SOUTH ASIAN
RAWLCO RADIO
100.3 – 27,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) – HOT AC
TIETOLMAN TETRAULT MEDIA
100.3 – 7,800 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) – CLASSIC HITS-HOT AC
UNISON MEDIA
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – SOUTH ASIAN
NB Miramichi 102.5 36,000 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) (Country) Maritime Broadcasting System) (lost out to Newcap in the CRTC's competetive process)
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
NF Bell Island 93.9 28 watts (Community/Newfoundland Music) (Radio Bell Island Inc.) (station currently operates on 100.1 with a temporary special events/limited operation licence)
ON Sarnia 98.3 2,320 watts (CBC Premiere Chaine) (will simulcast CBEF 1550 Windsor if frequency switch from 540 is approved)
SK Prince Albert 107.1 50 watts (Christian) (CIAM Media Association) (will simulcast CIAM-10 100.1 Buckland)
PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
QC La Tuque 1240 CFLM Move to 97.1 with 18,200 watts (32,000 watts Max. ERP) (The existing French Language Eclectic music format will remain)
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
BC Vancouver 102.7 CKPK-cp Reduce power from 51,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) to 34,000 watts (70,000 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter (when approved frequency swap with CFRO to 100.5 occurs)
ON Collingwood 102.9 CFMO-cp Locate at 102.9 with 9,370 watts (23,000 watts Max. ERP) (previously approved but applied frequency of 104.9 was not available)
ON Dryden 104.5 CKQV-1 Move to 104.3 (all other technical parameters will remain unchanged)
ON Georgina Island 102.7 CFGI Move to 92.3 and increase power from 250 watts to 650 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP)
ON Sudbury 92.7 CJRQ Change the polarization of the antenna from horizontal to circular and combine CJRQ with CJMX 105.3 Sudbury into one single antenna system
ON Sudbury 105.3 CJMX Increase the antenna height and combine CJMX with CJRQ 92.7 Sudbury into one single antenna system
ON Windsor 540 CBEF Move to 1550, increase power from 2,500 watts (days) / 5,000 watts (nights) to 10,000 watts fulltime, and relocate the transmitter to the site of the former CBE 1550
PROPOSED PROGRAMMING FEED CHANGES
ON Kenora 104.5 CKQV-2 Relocate the studios and offices of CKQV 103.3 from Vermilion Bay to Kenora. This will result in CKQV-2 104.5 Kenora becomming the mother station while Vermilion Bay would become a rebroadcaster.
APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
ON Clarence-Rockland 92.5 300 watts (AC) (Evanov) (interventions have been received and the application will be rescheduled at a later date)
Next update July 1, 2012
Send tips to [email protected]
For MAY, 2012
JUNE 1, 2012
RADIO ACTIVITY
FORMAT CHANGES
BC Chilliwack 89.5 CHWK From Active Rock to Classic Rock
AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
BC Pemberton 91.5 CBU-3 From 1240 (as CBXK)
CALL LETTER DATA
NB Fredericton 93.1 new Will become CIHI
NS New Glasgow 97.9 new Will become CKEZ
ON Shelburne 104.9 new Will become CFDC
SK Broadview 105.7 new Will become CKOO
SK Cowessess 98.1 new Will become CIBC
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
AB Calgary 95.3 36,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Triple A) (The Peak) (Jim Pattison Broadcast Group)
AB Calgary 106.7 1,100 watts (8,000 watts Max. ERP) (South Asian) (Red FM) (Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation)
NB Fredericton 93.1 50,000 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) (CHR) (Newcap)
NB Miramichi 95.9 11,000 watts (25,000 watts Max. ERP) (Country) (Newcap)
NS New Glasgow 97.9 46,720 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) (Classic Rock) (Hector Broadcasting)
ON Wasauksing 91.3 60 watts (Aboriginal/Rock) (Wasauksing First Nation)
SK Broadview 105.7 50 watts (Aboriginal/Variety) (Kahkewistahaw First Nation)
SK Cowessess 98.1 49 watts (Aboriginal/Country) (Cowessess First Nation)
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
NB Miramichi 101.1 CJFY-1 Move to 96.5, increase power from 50 watts to 740 watts (2,000 watts Max. ERP) and raise antenna height
PROGRAMMING FEED CHANGES GRANTED
NB Blackville 107.7 CJFY Studios and programming currently originating in Blackville will migrate to Miramichi when 96.5 is launched (107.7 will become a rebroadcaster for the new 96.5 Miramichi)
DENIALS
AB Calgary 770 CHQR Establish a nested repeater on 106.9 with 1,000 watts (Corus did not provide any financial justification or demonstrate how severe technical limitations are causing a problem with the existing signal on 770. The common ownership policy also was a factor in the decision)
AB Calgary The following applicants lost out to The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and The Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation in the CRTC's competetive process with their bids for new stations in Calgary.
ALBERTA MOSAIC RADIO BROADCASTING
95.3 – 1,871 watts (7,000 watts Max. ERP) – MULTILINGUAL
BELL MEDIA
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – URBAN-HIP HOP
CLEAR SKY RADIO
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – COUNTRY
DIVERSIFIED SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
95.3 – 50 watts – SOUTH ASIAN
HARVARD BROADCASTING
95.3 – 11,000 watts (41,000 watts Max. ERP) – AC
PUNJABI WORLD NETWORK
1670 – 5,000 watts (days) / 1,000 watts (nights) – SOUTH ASIAN
RAWLCO RADIO
100.3 – 27,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) – HOT AC
TIETOLMAN TETRAULT MEDIA
100.3 – 7,800 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) – CLASSIC HITS-HOT AC
UNISON MEDIA
95.3 – 21,000 watts (54,000 watts Max. ERP) – SOUTH ASIAN
NB Miramichi 102.5 36,000 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP) (Country) Maritime Broadcasting System) (lost out to Newcap in the CRTC's competetive process)
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
NF Bell Island 93.9 28 watts (Community/Newfoundland Music) (Radio Bell Island Inc.) (station currently operates on 100.1 with a temporary special events/limited operation licence)
ON Sarnia 98.3 2,320 watts (CBC Premiere Chaine) (will simulcast CBEF 1550 Windsor if frequency switch from 540 is approved)
SK Prince Albert 107.1 50 watts (Christian) (CIAM Media Association) (will simulcast CIAM-10 100.1 Buckland)
PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
QC La Tuque 1240 CFLM Move to 97.1 with 18,200 watts (32,000 watts Max. ERP) (The existing French Language Eclectic music format will remain)
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
BC Vancouver 102.7 CKPK-cp Reduce power from 51,000 watts (100,000 watts Max. ERP) to 34,000 watts (70,000 watts Max. ERP), raise antenna height and relocate transmitter (when approved frequency swap with CFRO to 100.5 occurs)
ON Collingwood 102.9 CFMO-cp Locate at 102.9 with 9,370 watts (23,000 watts Max. ERP) (previously approved but applied frequency of 104.9 was not available)
ON Dryden 104.5 CKQV-1 Move to 104.3 (all other technical parameters will remain unchanged)
ON Georgina Island 102.7 CFGI Move to 92.3 and increase power from 250 watts to 650 watts (Avg. & Max. ERP)
ON Sudbury 92.7 CJRQ Change the polarization of the antenna from horizontal to circular and combine CJRQ with CJMX 105.3 Sudbury into one single antenna system
ON Sudbury 105.3 CJMX Increase the antenna height and combine CJMX with CJRQ 92.7 Sudbury into one single antenna system
ON Windsor 540 CBEF Move to 1550, increase power from 2,500 watts (days) / 5,000 watts (nights) to 10,000 watts fulltime, and relocate the transmitter to the site of the former CBE 1550
PROPOSED PROGRAMMING FEED CHANGES
ON Kenora 104.5 CKQV-2 Relocate the studios and offices of CKQV 103.3 from Vermilion Bay to Kenora. This will result in CKQV-2 104.5 Kenora becomming the mother station while Vermilion Bay would become a rebroadcaster.
APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
ON Clarence-Rockland 92.5 300 watts (AC) (Evanov) (interventions have been received and the application will be rescheduled at a later date)
Next update July 1, 2012
Send tips to [email protected]