OTTAWA – The Alberta/Saskatchewan city of Lloydminster may soon have a new radio station after the CRTC issued a call for comments on the market capacity and on the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications in that market.
The Commission said Wednesday that it issued the call after receiving an application from Vista Radio for a commercial radio station to serve the area.
Interventions are due by September 15 and the deadline to file replies is September 25, 2017. 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. Given the limited number of stations operating in Lloydminster, financial statistics will not be released in order to preserve the confidentiality of station-level information.
All persons interested in serving that radio market should express their interest during the intervention period, continued the Commission. Should little or no interest be expressed, the CRTC said that it may publish the application for consideration during the non-appearing phase of a public hearing rather than issue a call for applications.
