CANADIAN RADIO NEWS For OCTOBER, 2015
NOTE: THE INDUSTRY CANADA DATABASE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE AUGUST. REPEATED QUERIES TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. AS A RESULT DATA ON CALL LETTERS AND INFORMATION ON LOW POWER STATIONS APPROVED BY INDUSTRY CANADA WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
RADIO ACTIVITY
NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
BC New Westminster 101.1 CFMI-HD1 Classic Rock (ROCK 101). Simulcasts CFMI 101.1 New Westminster.
BC New Westminster 101.1 CFMI-HD2 News-Talk. Simulcasts CKNW 980 New Westminster.
BC Surrey 89.3 VF2686 Commercial. 15 watts. South Asian. AMRIT BANI RADIO.
BC Vancouver 98.3 CIRH Commercial. 770 watts (1,700 watts Max. ERP). Talk (days)/Triple A (nights). ROUNDHOUSE
RADIO.
ON Barry's Bay 106.5 CHBY Commercial. 12,000 watts. Variety Hits. Vista Radio. MOOSE FM.
ON Mount Forest 88.7 CIWN Community. 1,648 watts. Eclectic. SAUGEEN RADIO.
ON Prescott 107.9 CKPP Commercial. 1,000 watts (4,200 watts Max. ERP). Classic Hits. Vista Radio. COAST FM.
ON Shelburne 104.9 CFDC Commercial. 12,500 watts (50,000 watts Max. ERP). Country. Bayshore Broadcasting.
COUNTRY 105.
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
NS Sydney 92.1 CBC Radio One. 6,540 watts (10,650 watts Max. ERP). Will be a nested repeater for CBI 1140
Sydney.
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 45 watts (nights). Multilingual (primarily South Asian). Radio
Humsafar.
AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
BC Ucluelet 540 CBXQ Move to 92.7 with 50 watts. Call letters will become CBXZ-1.
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
BC Smithers 93.9 CICK Relocate transmitter.
ON Hornepayne 107.1 CFNO-2 Increase power from 4 to 280 watts. Raise antenna height.
STATIONS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
NS Parrsboro 99.1 CICR Short-term license renewal to August 31, 2017 due to issues of non-compliance.
DENIALS
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 55 watts (nights). News-Talk (days) / Multilingual (nights). Neeti P.
Ray. Competing application to Radio Humsafar.
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 38 watts (nights). News-Talk (days) / Multilingual (nights). Ravinder
Singh Pannu. Competing application to Radio Humsafar.
ON Burlington 88.5 Commercial. 80 watts (350 watts Max. ERP). Byrnes Media. The CRTC was not convinved that
the Hamilton-Burlington area would be able to support an additional station at this time.
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
BC Dawson Creek 96.7 Commercial. 280 watts. Christian. Will simulcast CJGY 96.3 Grande Prairie, AB.
BC Fort St. John 97.1 Commercial. 510 watts. Christian. Will simulcast CJGY 96.3 Grande Prairie, AB.
BC Hartley Bay 96.1 Commercial. 8.2 watts. Aboriginal/Classic Rock. Will simulcast CFNR 92.1 Terrace.
ON Mississauga 1110 Developmental Community. 5 watts. Multilingual (primarily Arabic). Said Afrajy.
ON Mississauga 1490 Commercial. 23 watts (days) / 770 watts nights. Greek. Will simulcast CHTO 1690 Toronto.
ON St. Catharines 1220 Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime. Classic Hits. Sivanesarajah Kandiah.
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
AB Drumheller 91.3 CKUA-13 Reduce power from 100,000 to 22,000 watts. Raise antenna height.
BC Williams Lake 100.7 CJLJ Upgrade status from a developmental Aboriginal station to a Type B Aboriginal station.
NB Caraquet 94.1 CJVA-cp Raise power from 17,000 to 22,233 watts (28,000 to 100,000 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Relocate transmitter. Effective when CJVA makes the conversion from 810 AM to 94.1 FM.
QC Quebec City-Wendake 100.3 CIHW Lower antenna height. Relocate transmitter.
Next update December 1, 2015
Send tips to [email protected]
NOTE: THE INDUSTRY CANADA DATABASE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE AUGUST. REPEATED QUERIES TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. AS A RESULT DATA ON CALL LETTERS AND INFORMATION ON LOW POWER STATIONS APPROVED BY INDUSTRY CANADA WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
RADIO ACTIVITY
NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
BC New Westminster 101.1 CFMI-HD1 Classic Rock (ROCK 101). Simulcasts CFMI 101.1 New Westminster.
BC New Westminster 101.1 CFMI-HD2 News-Talk. Simulcasts CKNW 980 New Westminster.
BC Surrey 89.3 VF2686 Commercial. 15 watts. South Asian. AMRIT BANI RADIO.
BC Vancouver 98.3 CIRH Commercial. 770 watts (1,700 watts Max. ERP). Talk (days)/Triple A (nights). ROUNDHOUSE
RADIO.
ON Barry's Bay 106.5 CHBY Commercial. 12,000 watts. Variety Hits. Vista Radio. MOOSE FM.
ON Mount Forest 88.7 CIWN Community. 1,648 watts. Eclectic. SAUGEEN RADIO.
ON Prescott 107.9 CKPP Commercial. 1,000 watts (4,200 watts Max. ERP). Classic Hits. Vista Radio. COAST FM.
ON Shelburne 104.9 CFDC Commercial. 12,500 watts (50,000 watts Max. ERP). Country. Bayshore Broadcasting.
COUNTRY 105.
CRTC & IC DECISIONS
NEW STATIONS GRANTED
NS Sydney 92.1 CBC Radio One. 6,540 watts (10,650 watts Max. ERP). Will be a nested repeater for CBI 1140
Sydney.
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 45 watts (nights). Multilingual (primarily South Asian). Radio
Humsafar.
AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
BC Ucluelet 540 CBXQ Move to 92.7 with 50 watts. Call letters will become CBXZ-1.
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
BC Smithers 93.9 CICK Relocate transmitter.
ON Hornepayne 107.1 CFNO-2 Increase power from 4 to 280 watts. Raise antenna height.
STATIONS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
NS Parrsboro 99.1 CICR Short-term license renewal to August 31, 2017 due to issues of non-compliance.
DENIALS
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 55 watts (nights). News-Talk (days) / Multilingual (nights). Neeti P.
Ray. Competing application to Radio Humsafar.
ON Brampton 1350 Commercial. 1,000 watts (days) / 38 watts (nights). News-Talk (days) / Multilingual (nights). Ravinder
Singh Pannu. Competing application to Radio Humsafar.
ON Burlington 88.5 Commercial. 80 watts (350 watts Max. ERP). Byrnes Media. The CRTC was not convinved that
the Hamilton-Burlington area would be able to support an additional station at this time.
CRTC APPLICATIONS
PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
BC Dawson Creek 96.7 Commercial. 280 watts. Christian. Will simulcast CJGY 96.3 Grande Prairie, AB.
BC Fort St. John 97.1 Commercial. 510 watts. Christian. Will simulcast CJGY 96.3 Grande Prairie, AB.
BC Hartley Bay 96.1 Commercial. 8.2 watts. Aboriginal/Classic Rock. Will simulcast CFNR 92.1 Terrace.
ON Mississauga 1110 Developmental Community. 5 watts. Multilingual (primarily Arabic). Said Afrajy.
ON Mississauga 1490 Commercial. 23 watts (days) / 770 watts nights. Greek. Will simulcast CHTO 1690 Toronto.
ON St. Catharines 1220 Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime. Classic Hits. Sivanesarajah Kandiah.
PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
AB Drumheller 91.3 CKUA-13 Reduce power from 100,000 to 22,000 watts. Raise antenna height.
BC Williams Lake 100.7 CJLJ Upgrade status from a developmental Aboriginal station to a Type B Aboriginal station.
NB Caraquet 94.1 CJVA-cp Raise power from 17,000 to 22,233 watts (28,000 to 100,000 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Relocate transmitter. Effective when CJVA makes the conversion from 810 AM to 94.1 FM.
QC Quebec City-Wendake 100.3 CIHW Lower antenna height. Relocate transmitter.
Next update December 1, 2015
Send tips to [email protected]