NEW STATIONS LAUNCHED
ON SCARBOROUGH 102.7 CJRK Commercial. 472 watts (1,200 watts Max. ERP). Multilingual. EAST FM. Will launch on May 18th.
QC MONTREAL 102.9 CILO Commercial. 50 watts. Tamil-South Asian. AGNI Communications. YOUNITY FM.

AM TO FM CONVERSIONS ON THE AIR
NT TUKTOYAKTUK 99.9 CBAC Moved from 1150. 250 watts.

CALL LETTER DATA
QC VICTORIAVILLE 88.1 new Will become CKIE

BRANDINGS
NB KEDGEWICK 90.1 CFJU Becomes ROUTE 17 FM 90.1

TECHNICAL CHANGES ON THE AIR
AB FORT McMURRAY 91.1 CKOS Increased power from 35 watts to 17,000 watts (40,000 watts Max. ERP).
QC SHAWINIGAN 92.9 CFUT Moved from 91.1. Increased power from 199 to 2,100 watts (250 to 3,900 watts Max. ERP).

OFF THE AIR
QC LES MECHINS 91.3 CHRM-1 49 watt rebroadcaster for CHRM 105.3 Matane has ceased operations.

CRTC & IC DECISIONS

NEW STATIONS GRANTED
BC HOUSTON 96.1 Commercial. 3 watts. Aboriginal-Classic Rock. Will simulcast CFNR 92.1 Terrace.
ON SAINT CATHARINES 1220 Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime. Classic Hits. Sivanesarajah Kandiah. GRAPEVINE RADIO.
QC VICTORIAVILLE 88.1 17 watts. Tourist Information. French.

NEW HD STATIONS GRANTED
ON TORONTO 92.5 CKIS-HD 333 watts (920 watts Max. ERP). Rogers. Programming details not available.

TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
NB SAINT JOHN 91.3 CBD Increase power from 80,000 to 88,960 watts. Lower antenna height.
NB SAINT JOHN 101.5 CBZ Increase power from 80,000 to 88,960 watts. Lower antenna height.
ON BOLTON 102.7 CJFB-cp Decrease power from 1,565 to 374 watts (4,000 to 1,100 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Relocate transmitter (when flip from 105.5 occurs)
ON LONDON 93.5 CBCL Decrease power from 69,300 to 65,200 watts Maximum ERP will remain 100,000 watts. Raise antenna height.
ON LONDON 99.3 CJBC-4 Decrease power from 22,500 to 9,950 watts (22,500 to 13,730 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Radiation pattern will change from non-directional to directional.
ON LONDON 100.5 CBBL Decrease power from 22,500 to 9,970 watts (22,500 to 13,700 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Radiation pattern will change from non-directional to directional.
ON WHITCHURCH 102.7 CIWS Move to 102.9.
QC ALMA 95.7 CKYK Decrease power from 23,810 to 19,588 watts (Max. ERP will remain 100,000 watts).
QC BAIE COMEAU 93.7 CBMI Decrease power from 3,000 to 2,400 watts. Raise antenna height.
QC BAIE COMEAU 106.1 CBSI-24 Increase power from 1,900 to 2,575 watts. Raise antenna height.
QC QUEBEC CITY 100.3 CIHW Lower antenna height. Relocate transmitter.

EXTENSIONS TO CP'S GRANTED
ON WINDSOR 90.5 new-cp UCB Canada has until March 5, 2017 to launch this new 1,730 watt (10,000 watt Max. ERP) Christian station.

DENIALS
NS KENTVILLE 94.3 new Commercial. 5,300 watts (14,000 watts Max. ERP). Newcap. The CRTC felt that the market could not sustain any additional commercial radio stations at this time.
ON MEAFORD 99.3 CJGB Increase power from 100 to 1,540 watts (100 to 2,875 watts Max. ERP). Lower antenna height. The CRTC felt the proposal would have an undue negative financial impact on existing stations in
Collingwood, Owen Sound, and Wasaga Beach.
ON MISSISSAUGA 1110 new Developmental Community. 5 watts. Arabic/Multilingual. Said Afrajy. The CRTC felt that the application was not consistent with the provisions for developmental community radio stations.
ON RIDGETOWN 101.5 new Commercial. 50 watts. Eclectic. Christopher Clarke. The CRTC felt that the applicant presented a deficient business plan lacking sufficient details in support of the application.

CRTC APPLICATIONS

PROPOSED NEW STATIONS
ON SUDBURY 88.5 Commercial. 50,000 watts. Format details unknown. Larche Communications. Pending CRTC study on market capacity.
QC QUEBEC CITY 105.7 Commercial. 1,400 watts (5,000 watts Max. ERP). Evanov Radio Group. Format details unknown. English. Pending CRTC study on market capacity.
QC QUEBEC CITY 105.7 Commercial. 1,919 watts (8,000 watts Max. ERP). Gilles Lapointe & Nelson Sergerie. Format details unknown. French. Pending CRTC study on market capacity.

PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
QC LA TUQUE 830 CBVE-1 Move to 101.9 with 265 watts (598 watts Max. ERP)

PROPOSED TECHNICAL CHANGES
QC ROUYN-NORANDA 99.9 CBMA Move to 91.9. Increase power from 1,000 to 2,712 watts. Lower antenna height. Relocate transmitter
QC SAGUENAY (LA BAIE) 102.1 CBJ-6 Increase power from 98 to 194 watts (544 to 1,138 watts MAX. ERP). Lower antenna height.

COMPLAINTS SUBMITTED
QC MONTREAL 106.3 CKIN A complaint has been levelled against CKIN by Radio Moyen Orient du Canada (operators of CHOU 1450 Montreal) alleging that CKIN is in violation of its condition of license by airing up to 68% of its programming in the Arabic language. When CKIN was licensed they had committed to broadcast only 8% Arabic programming.

Next update June 1, 2016
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