Commission to hear 24 Prairie radio station applications

OTTAWA – For all the concern about MP3s, streaming, wireless listening and other new technologies that are supposed to hammer radio, there sure are a lot of companies and people sure they want to launch new stations. The CRTC announced today it will hear 24 applications for stations in Medicine Hat, AB, and Regina and Saskatoon, SK. Only one of the applications is for a frequency change, the rest (eight in The Hat, six in Regina and nine in Saskatoon) are for brand new stations of various formats and from various companies. As reported by Cartt.ca, the Commission called for...