Pattison can't have B.C. station

GATINEAU – Shrinking the authorized contour of an FM station so that buying the station won’t violate the CRTC’s common ownership policies, is no way for a station to be acquired, the Commission ruled on Friday when it denied Jim Pattison Broadcasting’s second request to purchase CIGV FM in Penticton from Great Valleys Radio. This is the second time Pattison has been turned down in its request to buy this country station with repeaters in Keremeos and Princeton. The first time, back in February, the Commission said that letting Pattison buy the station (Giant FM) would violate its policies against...