CRTC grants new Christian music stations in Kelowna/Kamloops, Saskatoon

OTTAWA – The CRTC awarded two new FM radio licences to International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc. for English-language Christian music stations in Kelowna and Saskatoon.Harvesters is a not-for-profit corporation controlled by its board of directors.The new Kelowna station will operate at 88.1 MHz (channel 201C) with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 4,200 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 500 metres). The station will have a rebroadcasting transmitter in Kamloops that will operate at 99.1 MHz (channel 256B1) with an ERP of 3,000 watts (non-directional antenna with an EHAAT of 148.6 metres).Despite an intervention...