CRTC considers licence applications for Stingray HITS, new Quebec-based Indigenous FM radio station

OTTAWA – The CRTC today announced it will hold a hearing Nov. 18, 2022, at 11 a.m. to consider applications from Stingray Group Inc. and Douglas Martin (on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated). The Stingray application is for a broadcasting licence to operate Stingray HITS, its national English-language discretionary service devoted to music television programming with a focus on popular music videos from the past 20 years. The CRTC’s notice of public hearing explains the service, which has been operating since July 2021, has had more than 210,000 subscribers for over three consecutive months, which makes it ineligible...