CHOI to be sold if legal troubles can be settled

By Glenn Wanamaker

QUEBEC - Genex Communications, owners of Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM, once considered a synonym for trash radio, has found a potentially profitable way out of its battle royal with the CRTC. It has reached an agreement with Radio Nord Communications, a growing player in the Quebec radio and TV market, to sell the station for an undisclosed price. The one obstacle in their path, however, is that the CRTC must give its approval to a licence transfer, and that’s by no means a sure thing. As Genex President Patrice Demers acknowledged, CHOI has no operating licence. The CRTC ordered...