National Capital Region to get three new radio stations

OTTAWA-GATINEAU and MONTREAL – The CRTC has given the go ahead for two new English language FM stations and a French language community FM radio station to serve the areas of Ottawa and Gatineau.The Commission also approved, with some changes, applications by Astral Media Radio and Torres Media Ottawa for the allocation of the 99.7 MHz and 101.9 MHz frequencies, respectively, and the application by Radio de la communauté francophone d'Ottawa (RCFO) for the French community station. Corus Radio's application for a local news and information station was denied.Astral and Torres originally received approval for the two English stations back in August...