Newcap applies for new country station

GATINEAU – While the CRTC hears applications for new pay TV licenses in Canada in October, it will also consider an application from Newcap for a new station in Lac La Biche, Alberta. If approved, the English-language station would operate at 103.5 FM at 1,900 watts and have a country format. Lac La Biche is about 220 kms north of Edmonton and the province of Alberta web site says the town and the immediate region’s surrounding population is about 10,000.