Radio station sale contingent upon format switch from Christian music to rock

OTTAWA – A small Ontario radio station has asked the CRTC for permission to be sold, but only if it can drop its Christian music for rock. CFWC FM in Brantford, ON, has asked for a transfer of control to an Ontario numbered company in a sale worth $265,000. After alleging that “the station has been unprofitable for the past several years”, the applicant asked that the Commission revise its condition of license by deleting the condition that it air a minimum of 95% of all musical selections drawn from subcategory 35 (non classic religious).The licensee said that the station’s new...