CRTC contemplates new radio station for Vancouver

OTTAWA – Vancouver may soon have a new radio station after the CRTC issued a call for comments on the market capacity and on the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications in that city.The Commission said Thursday that it issued the call after receiving an application from Rogers Media for a commercial radio station to serve that market, operating on the frequency used by its rebroadcasting transmitter CKKS-FM-2 Vancouver, which rebroadcasts the programming of CKKS-FM Chilliwack.Interventions are due by June 3 and the deadline to file replies is June 18, 2019. Following receipt of comments, the CRTC said that it will conduct...