CANADIAN RADIO NEWS
For AUGUST, 2014
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
RADIO ACTIVITY
FORMAT CHANGES
AB Red Deer 100.7 CKRI From AC (The River) to Variety Hits (Cruz FM).
BC Kamloops 610 CHNL From News-Talk to Classic Hits / some Talk (days) Sports (nights). Includes CINL 1340 Ashcroft, CHNL-1 1400 Clearwater, CJNL 1230 Merritt, CFNL 107.1 Sorrento, VF2513 97.5 Avola, VF2514 98.1 Blue River, and VF2347 106.7 Logan Lake.
BC Powell River 95.7 CFPW From Hot AC (Sun FM) to Classic Hits (Coast FM).
BC Richmond 650 CISL From Oldies-Standards to Soft Oldies from the 60's & 70's.
NB Moncton 91.9 CKNI From News-Talk (News 91.9) to AC (The Bend).
ON Cornwall 101.9 CJSS From Oldies to Classic Hits from the 70's, 80's, & 90's. (Boom 101.9)
ON Cornwall 104.5 CFLG From AC (Variety 104.5) to Hot AC (Fresh FM)
ON Peterborough 100.5 CKRU From Oldies to Hot AC-Classic Hits. (Hits 100.5).
NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
MB Virden 103.3 CJVM Commercial. 3,440 watts. Country Hot AC mix. Stillwater Broadcasting (temporarily operating with 50 watts due to transmitter site issues).
ON Collingwood 102.9 CFMO Commercial. 23,000 watts. Classical. MZ Media. Partially simulcasts CFMZ 96.3 Toronto. CLASSICAL 102.9.
ON Meaford 99.3 CJGB Commercial. 100 watts. Soft AC. Evanov Radio Group. JEWEL 99.3.
CALL LETTER DATA
BC Egmont 107.5 CIEG Becomes CKLG
BC Vancouver 96.9 CKLG Becomes CJAX
BC Whistler 96.9 CKLG-1 Becomes CJAX-1
BRANDINGS
BC Vancouver 1040 CKST From TEAM 1040 to TSN 1040
BC Vancouver 1410 CFTE From TEAM 1410 to TSN 1410
NB Saint John 103.5 CJRP Becomes CKO-2. Includes CJRP-1 95.1 Rothesay
ON London 102.3 CHST From BOB FM to JACK FM
QC Levis 102.9 CFOM From FM 102.9 to M102.9
ON THE CRTC HOTSEAT
WA Blaine 1600 KVRI
WA Ferndale 1550 KRPI
WA Oak Harbor 1110 KRPA
The CRTC will hold a public hearing as to whether these 3 stations are contravening the broadcast act by airing programming on U.S. based stations while their studios are in Canada. Also Revenue Canada will be notified that the advertisers on the 3 stations may have been illegally writing the costs of the ads off.
OFF THE AIR
ON Iroquois Falls 104.7 CJFL Went dark on July 21 due to financial issues.
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 1,066 watts (2,500 watts Max. ERP). AC-Oldies. South Fraser Broadcasting.
BC Vancouver 98.3 Commercial. 2,080 watts (6,000 watts Max. ERP). Progressive Urban Talk (days) / Triple A (nights). Roundhouse Radio.
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
BC Richmond 650 CISL Increase day power from 10,000 to 20,000 watts. Decrease night power from 9,000 to 4,000 watt. Relocate transmitter site.
MB Winnipeg 100.7 CFJL Move to 100.5. Increase power from 51,000 to 63,500 watts (80,000 to 100,000 Max. ERP).
EXTENSIONS GRANTED
BC Lake Cowichan 98.7 CICV Cowichan Valley Community Broadcasting has until August 9, 2015 to relocate this Community oriented station to 97.5 and increase power from 5 to 50 watts.
NB Neguac 102.9 CKMA-1 Radio Miracadie has until November 6, 2014 to get this new rebroadcaster of French language Community station CKMA 93.7 Miramichi on the air with 250 watts.
QC Hudson-St. Lazare 106.7 CHSV Evanov has until October 19, 2015 to launch this new 500 watt English language Soft AC station.
QC Saint Fabien de Panet 92.5 CIQI-1 Groupe Radio Simard has until February 6, 2016 to get this new rebroadcaster of Hot AC CIQI 90.3 in Montmagny on the air with 17,500 watts.
DENIALS
BC Abbotsford 107.9 Commercial. 250 watts. South Asian. South Asian Broadcasting. Would have rebroadcast CKYE 93.1 Vancouver.
BC Surrey 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). South Asian. Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). South Asian. South Asian Link Directory.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. Hot AC (English) (days) / South Asian (nights). Mosaic Media.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. South Asian. Akash Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,000 watts. South Asian. New Vision Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. Urban-Dance (English). Sky Radio Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,000 watts. World Beat-Fusion (English). Surdel Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 650 watts (alternate choice 106.9 -125 watts). South Asian. I.T. Productions. Would have rebroadcast CJRJ 1200 Vancouver.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 750 watts (alternate choice 91.5 -100 watts). South Asian. South Asian Broadcasting. Would have rebroadcast CKYE 93.1 Vancouver.
BC Vancouver 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). Business News-Talk. Channel Zero.
BC Vancouver 104.3 CHLG Denied to have conditions of license removed that required the station to air "X" amount of Blues programming per day.
BC Vancouver 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. South Asian. Idea Broadcasting.
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Fort McKay 106.3 Aboriginal. 50 watts. Variety-Pop Rock. Fort McKay Radio Society.
ON Aurora 91.7 Commercial. 45 watts (150 watts Max. ERP). Triple A (days) / Multilingual (nights). Radio Markham York Inc. Will simulcast CFMS 105.9 Markham.
ON Timmins 102.3 Commercial. 32 watts. Christian. William Rowe. Will have the following rebroadcasters: Red Deer, AB 93.1 50 watts; Chapleau 92.7 1.6 watts; Hearst 95.5 1.6 watts; Kapuskasing 92.3 1.5 watts; Kirkland Lake 99.1 1.6 watts; New Liskeard 103.5 1.6 watts; North Bay 92.5 50 watts; Sault Ste. Marie 97.3 50 watts, and Smooth Rock Falls 101.9 1.6 watts.
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
NL Cartwright 93.9 CFGB-1 Increase power from 50 to 130 watts. Lower antenna height.
Next update October 1, 2014
Send tips to [email protected]
For AUGUST, 2014
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
RADIO ACTIVITY
FORMAT CHANGES
AB Red Deer 100.7 CKRI From AC (The River) to Variety Hits (Cruz FM).
BC Kamloops 610 CHNL From News-Talk to Classic Hits / some Talk (days) Sports (nights). Includes CINL 1340 Ashcroft, CHNL-1 1400 Clearwater, CJNL 1230 Merritt, CFNL 107.1 Sorrento, VF2513 97.5 Avola, VF2514 98.1 Blue River, and VF2347 106.7 Logan Lake.
BC Powell River 95.7 CFPW From Hot AC (Sun FM) to Classic Hits (Coast FM).
BC Richmond 650 CISL From Oldies-Standards to Soft Oldies from the 60's & 70's.
NB Moncton 91.9 CKNI From News-Talk (News 91.9) to AC (The Bend).
ON Cornwall 101.9 CJSS From Oldies to Classic Hits from the 70's, 80's, & 90's. (Boom 101.9)
ON Cornwall 104.5 CFLG From AC (Variety 104.5) to Hot AC (Fresh FM)
ON Peterborough 100.5 CKRU From Oldies to Hot AC-Classic Hits. (Hits 100.5).
NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
MB Virden 103.3 CJVM Commercial. 3,440 watts. Country Hot AC mix. Stillwater Broadcasting (temporarily operating with 50 watts due to transmitter site issues).
ON Collingwood 102.9 CFMO Commercial. 23,000 watts. Classical. MZ Media. Partially simulcasts CFMZ 96.3 Toronto. CLASSICAL 102.9.
ON Meaford 99.3 CJGB Commercial. 100 watts. Soft AC. Evanov Radio Group. JEWEL 99.3.
CALL LETTER DATA
BC Egmont 107.5 CIEG Becomes CKLG
BC Vancouver 96.9 CKLG Becomes CJAX
BC Whistler 96.9 CKLG-1 Becomes CJAX-1
BRANDINGS
BC Vancouver 1040 CKST From TEAM 1040 to TSN 1040
BC Vancouver 1410 CFTE From TEAM 1410 to TSN 1410
NB Saint John 103.5 CJRP Becomes CKO-2. Includes CJRP-1 95.1 Rothesay
ON London 102.3 CHST From BOB FM to JACK FM
QC Levis 102.9 CFOM From FM 102.9 to M102.9
ON THE CRTC HOTSEAT
WA Blaine 1600 KVRI
WA Ferndale 1550 KRPI
WA Oak Harbor 1110 KRPA
The CRTC will hold a public hearing as to whether these 3 stations are contravening the broadcast act by airing programming on U.S. based stations while their studios are in Canada. Also Revenue Canada will be notified that the advertisers on the 3 stations may have been illegally writing the costs of the ads off.
OFF THE AIR
ON Iroquois Falls 104.7 CJFL Went dark on July 21 due to financial issues.
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 1,066 watts (2,500 watts Max. ERP). AC-Oldies. South Fraser Broadcasting.
BC Vancouver 98.3 Commercial. 2,080 watts (6,000 watts Max. ERP). Progressive Urban Talk (days) / Triple A (nights). Roundhouse Radio.
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
BC Richmond 650 CISL Increase day power from 10,000 to 20,000 watts. Decrease night power from 9,000 to 4,000 watt. Relocate transmitter site.
MB Winnipeg 100.7 CFJL Move to 100.5. Increase power from 51,000 to 63,500 watts (80,000 to 100,000 Max. ERP).
EXTENSIONS GRANTED
BC Lake Cowichan 98.7 CICV Cowichan Valley Community Broadcasting has until August 9, 2015 to relocate this Community oriented station to 97.5 and increase power from 5 to 50 watts.
NB Neguac 102.9 CKMA-1 Radio Miracadie has until November 6, 2014 to get this new rebroadcaster of French language Community station CKMA 93.7 Miramichi on the air with 250 watts.
QC Hudson-St. Lazare 106.7 CHSV Evanov has until October 19, 2015 to launch this new 500 watt English language Soft AC station.
QC Saint Fabien de Panet 92.5 CIQI-1 Groupe Radio Simard has until February 6, 2016 to get this new rebroadcaster of Hot AC CIQI 90.3 in Montmagny on the air with 17,500 watts.
DENIALS
BC Abbotsford 107.9 Commercial. 250 watts. South Asian. South Asian Broadcasting. Would have rebroadcast CKYE 93.1 Vancouver.
BC Surrey 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). South Asian. Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). South Asian. South Asian Link Directory.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. Hot AC (English) (days) / South Asian (nights). Mosaic Media.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. South Asian. Akash Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,000 watts. South Asian. New Vision Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. Urban-Dance (English). Sky Radio Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 2,000 watts. World Beat-Fusion (English). Surdel Broadcasting.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 650 watts (alternate choice 106.9 -125 watts). South Asian. I.T. Productions. Would have rebroadcast CJRJ 1200 Vancouver.
BC Surrey 107.7 Commercial. 750 watts (alternate choice 91.5 -100 watts). South Asian. South Asian Broadcasting. Would have rebroadcast CKYE 93.1 Vancouver.
BC Vancouver 600 Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). Business News-Talk. Channel Zero.
BC Vancouver 104.3 CHLG Denied to have conditions of license removed that required the station to air "X" amount of Blues programming per day.
BC Vancouver 107.7 Commercial. 2,500 watts. South Asian. Idea Broadcasting.
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
AB Fort McKay 106.3 Aboriginal. 50 watts. Variety-Pop Rock. Fort McKay Radio Society.
ON Aurora 91.7 Commercial. 45 watts (150 watts Max. ERP). Triple A (days) / Multilingual (nights). Radio Markham York Inc. Will simulcast CFMS 105.9 Markham.
ON Timmins 102.3 Commercial. 32 watts. Christian. William Rowe. Will have the following rebroadcasters: Red Deer, AB 93.1 50 watts; Chapleau 92.7 1.6 watts; Hearst 95.5 1.6 watts; Kapuskasing 92.3 1.5 watts; Kirkland Lake 99.1 1.6 watts; New Liskeard 103.5 1.6 watts; North Bay 92.5 50 watts; Sault Ste. Marie 97.3 50 watts, and Smooth Rock Falls 101.9 1.6 watts.
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
NL Cartwright 93.9 CFGB-1 Increase power from 50 to 130 watts. Lower antenna height.
Next update October 1, 2014
Send tips to [email protected]