OTTAWA – The CRTC awarded two new FM radio licences on Thursday, one for Listowel, ON and another for Afton Station, NS.
The new Listowel station, operated by Five Amigos Broadcasting Inc., will operate at 100.1 MHz (channel 261B1) and serve the municipality of North Perth with an Adult Contemporary music format targeting adults aged 18 to 54.
Despite interventions from radio broadcasters with stations in the neighbouring communities of Wingham and Mount Forest, the CRTC noted that there are currently no other commercial FM stations that are specifically licensed to serve Listowel, adding that “the proposed station would add to the local reflection and programming diversity through the addition of a new voice in the municipality of North Perth.”
In Afton Station, the Commission approved an application by Paqtnkek Radio Society for a broadcasting licence to operate a Type B Native (Indigenous) English- and Indigenous-language FM station operating at 104.5 MHz (channel 283LP).
Paqtnkek is a not-for-profit organization controlled by its board of directors, whose objective is to encourage volunteer participation through a radio station that promotes Indigenous culture and the preservation of its language and identity.
Both broadcast licences will expire on August 31, 2025.
