No new radio for Vancouver or Grande Prairie

GATINEAU — In two separate decisions today, the CRTC denied applications for new radio station licences in Vancouver, B.C. and Grande Prairie, Alta., saying neither market can support an additional radio station at this time. Rogers Media had filed the licence application for the Vancouver market, where it currently operates three commercial radio stations and also a rebroadcasting transmitter, CKKS-FM-2, which Rogers wanted to convert to an originating station with the new licence. In total, 22 commercial stations serve the Vancouver market, and a joint opposing intervention to Rogers’ licence application was submitted by incumbents Bell Media, Corus Entertainment and...