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CIOC - Victoria

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Is Rogers considering relocating CIOC to a higher elevation? I heard some article in the past that they need to move up their atenna otherwise a nonprofit group will take the 98.7 frequency. Can someone verifty this.
 
I'm assuiming you meant 98.5 which has been on the air since the 1960's and formerly known as CFMS. I don't think a non-profit would be able to "take" the frequency from under them. Unless the station was up for sale. Despite the crappy terrain for FM radio that the west coast is...they always were able to cover Victoria and the lower mainland quite well...as well as can be expected for FM in non-flat terrain.
 
Gabriola Co-op Radio (CKGI) had hoped to utilize 98.7 for a low power community station on Gabriola Island (about 70 miles north of Victoria). Rogers objected to this proposal saying it would jeapordize their future plans to expand the signal of CIOC 98.5 (The Ocean) in Victoria. No details were given on exactly how Rogers had planned to expand CIOC's signal, but an antenna site relocation is a good bet. As Mimo mentioned CIOC already puts out a huge signal all over Southwestern B.C. (47KW average ERP - 100KW maximum ERP). Objections were also raised by McBride Communications which has a CP for a new 1,000 watt station on 98.7 in Port Moody (in suburban Vancouver).

The situation is explained in detail on the Gabriola Co-op Radio website:
http://members.shaw.ca/gabriolaradio/

I've been hearing stories that several groups are lobbying the FCC to expand the FM band in the U.S. The frequencies mentioned are 75.9 to 87.9 now that analog TV is gone. If that happens I'm sure Canada will follow suit. This will go a long way to alleviate the lack of available FM frequencies in this country (if Canada does indeed turn off analog TV in 2011).
 
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