CHOO-FM application to amend licence denied by CRTC

OTTAWA — Drumheller, Alta.’s CHOO-FM must continue to include folk and folk-oriented music in its weekly playlist rotation after the CRTC denied the radio station’s application to amend its broadcasting licence.Announcing its decision on Friday, the CRTC had determined previously that CHOO-FM (operated by Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.) was in non-compliance with the condition of its licence requiring the radio station to devote 10% of its musical selections each broadcast week to music content subcategory 32 (folk and folk-oriented).Golden West submitted an application in September 2014 to the CRTC, requesting the broadcasting licence for CHOO-FM Drumheller be amended to remove...