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[IRCA] 810 CKJS moving to FM

>From Northpines,


Canadian regulators have approved a new major FM signal for Winnipeg. The
CRTC has granted <http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-423.htm> Evanov
Radio Group's application to move CKJS/810 to 92.7 with 35kW/154m (class B)
from a tower south of the city. The AM signal will remain on the air for
three months after the new FM signal signs on and then leave the air
permanently, becoming the fourth Winnipeg AM station to go silent in the
past quarter-century (joining 580, 630, and 1050). CKJS carries Ethnic and
Christian programming, and Evanov said the move to the FM band is necessary
to reverse a problem of declining revenues. The new CKJS-FM will force
Baldev Gill's 50-Watt "Awaz 92.9" (CKYZ-FM) to change frequency, and the
application prompted an opposition from CKYZ claiming that CKJS was simply
trying to force it off the air. The CRTC decided that Evanov had followed
proper procedures and stated that CKYZ should be able to find a new
frequency. Evanov already has two FM signals in Winnipeg, which is the
market cap for Canada, but CKJS does not count against the cap because it
is licensed as an Ethnic station



Todd
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