New rock radio coming to Halifax

OTTAWA – Halifax is getting a new FM station.The CRTC approved an application for a new English-language commercial FM station run by HFX Broadcasting Inc. after a public hearing which began on May 28, 2009. Applications by Acadia Broadcasting and Frank Torres, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, were denied. HFX has proposed a new adult album alternative station blending classic rock, 70's pop rock and modern rock targeted to listeners between the ages of 35 and 64, skewed to females aged 35-54. The company currently operates CKHZ-FM Halifax.The Commission also denied a request by Parrsboro Radio Society...