Radio / Television News

CRTC to hold hearing on Vista Radio’s proposed acquisition of Grande Prairie station

The CRTC will hold a virtual hearing July 10 on an application from Vista Radio to acquire Golden West Broadcasting’s English-language commercial radio station CJGY-FM in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and its transmitters CJGY-FM-1 Fort St. John and CJGY-FM-2 Dawson Creek, B.C. CJGY-FM, currently operating as Christian radio format station Reach 96.3 FM, would be the second station owned by Vista Radio in the Grande Prairie market, where it already operates pop radio station CFRI-FM (104.7 2Day FM). Vista Radio has proposed a total value of the transaction of $1.53 million, with a tangible benefits package of $98,000 (representing 6.4 per...