CANADIAN RADIO NEWS –Jon Pearkins jon@pearkins.com
600 QC Montreal CFQR Montreal’s The Suburban newspaper announced that the station is finally moving away from its decade-long preparation for regular programming with the movement and expansion of a local podcast to the station beginning at 1100 on March 12th. But the article’s real surprise was this: “Phil Richards is the new owner of CFQR AM 600”.
Either the CRTC has not yet announced its approval of the ownership change, or the station risks losing its license for allowing a new owner to take control before CRTC approval. A little research turned up a mid-January The Suburban article reporting the station purchase agreement was awaiting CRTC approval at that time.
1060 AB Calgary CKMX Went off the air forever last June, leaving the frequency open for an AM station application in response to the CRTC’s Call for Applications. Like CFCW-840 Camrose AB, there is a large and potentially profitable rural/agricultural audience that could be served by a 50KW signal.
Canadian Radio News (CRN) posts on https://radiowest.ca by Dan Sys provide much of the information for this column, with additional tips from Gilles Michaud and Wendell Ford.
IRCA DX Monitor March 23, published March 18 via WOR iog (2024-03-20)