OTTAWA – Quebec City may soon have a new radio station after the CRTC issued a call for comments on market capacity and on the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve the area.
The Commission said Thursday that it issued the call after receiving an application from Dufferin Communications Inc. for an English-language commercial radio station, as well as an application from Gilles Lapointe and Nelson Sergerie (OBCI) for a French-language commercial radio station in that market. Both applicants proposed to use 105.7 MHz FM, one of the last known FM frequencies available in the region.
Interventions are due by May 30 and the deadline to file replies is June 9, 2016. Following receipt of comments, the CRTC said that it will conduct an assessment of the market’s capacity to support an additional station, taking into account economic and financial data as well as the comments received in the public consultation.
All persons interested in serving the Quebec City radio market should express their interest during the intervention period, continued the Commission. Should little or no interest be expressed to serve that radio market, the CRTC said that it may publish the applications for consideration during the non-appearing phase of a public hearing rather than issue a call for applications.
