OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Jim Pattison Broadcast Group's $15.75 million purchase of O.K. Radio's Vancouver Island stations was approved by the CRTC today. As first reported in May by Cartt.ca, O.K.'s owners, Rogers Charest and Stu Morton, are looking to retire – and are also awaiting CRTC approval for the sale of the company's Alberta stations to Rogers Media. Pattison has purchased from O.K. 100.3 The Q! The Island’s Rock (CKKQ-FM, playing classic and new rock) and The Zone @ 91.3 (CJZN-FM, with a modern rock format) as well as their retransmitters and transitional digital radio licenses. The purchase is part of a...
