The CRTC on Tuesday approved an application by Joel Lagacé, on behalf of a not-for-profit corporation to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a low-power, English-language developmental community FM radio station in Cochrane, Ont., which has a large francophone official language minority community (OLMC).
The licence for the station — which will operate at 104.7 MHz with an average and maximum effective radiated power of 5 watts — will expire Aug. 31, 2029.
The applicant has proposed that the new station will broadcast 126 hours of local programming per broadcast week, of which 10 hours will be allocated to local news, three hours and 45 minutes to regional news, and one hour and 45 minutes to international news. In addition, a maximum of 19 hours or 15 per cent of the station’s programming per broadcast week will be devoted to French-language programming.
