OTTAWA – The CRTC said today it has received an application from South Fraser Broadcasting Inc. for a licence to operate an English-language radio station in Surrey, B.C. As is Commission policy, and given the scarcity of FM frequencies in the Vancouver radio market, the Regulator is calling for applications from other parties wishing to obtain a radio licence to serve this area.
The Vancouver radio market generated $120.8 million in revenues in 2011, according to a Commission report.
BBM, in its March 2013 report, lists 19 stations which measured in ratings in the Vancouver market, including CISL AM 650. South Fraser Broadcasting was granted a license in 1980 for CISL to broadcast to the community of Richmond B.C. The company (which was acquired by Slaight Communications in 1985) operated CISL until it sold the radio station to Astral Media in 2007.
South Fraser Broadcasting will be given the opportunity to update its new application before the Commission. Parties interested in applying for a radio license for the Vancouver market have until June 17, 2013, to submit an application to the Commission.
