OTTAWA – Sudbury, ON could soon have a new radio station after the CRTC issued a call for comments on market capacity and on the appropriateness of issuing a call for radio applications to serve the area.
The Commission said Friday that it issued the call after receiving an application from Larche Communications Inc. for a new English-language commercial radio station to serve that market. Based in Midland, ON, Larche currently operates four radio stations in Ontario including KICX 91.7 FM in Sudbury.
Interventions are due by June 1 and the deadline to file replies is June 10, 2016. Following receipt of comments, the CRTC said that it will conduct an assessment of the capacity of Sudbury to support an additional station, taking into account economic and financial data as well as the comments received in the public consultation.
All persons interested in serving the Sudbury radio market should express their interest during the intervention period, continued the Commission. Should little or no interest be expressed to serve that radio market, the CRTC said that it may publish the application for consideration during the non-appearing phase of a public hearing rather than issue a call for applications.
