CRTC calls for new radio station applications to serve Edmonton

OTTAWA - The CRTC has issued a call for radio applications to serve the Edmonton market after determining that the area can sustain an additional commercial station.The Commission said Friday in the first of two related decisions that its preliminary view is that the market would be best served by proposals targeting ethnic communities. The Edmonton Numeris central market includes the cities of Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc and St. Albert, a region currently served by 19 commercial radio stations, of which only one is an ethnic service.The call for applications comes in response to an application last April by VMS Media Group Ltd.,...