Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Application by CBE-1550 Windsor ON to move to FM approvedby CRTC

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One does wonder if some of the FMs that many Canadian AMs are changing to, 
will have adequate power.

Anyhow, CBE's absense will hopefully open up 1550 for DX from the east and 
also result in less qrm on 1548 for TA's.

73 KAZ Barrington IL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deane McIntyre" <dmcintyr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bill Hale" <w_r_hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Glenn Hauser" 
<wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>; "NRC" <AM@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:43 AM
Subject: [NRC-AM] Application by CBE-1550 Windsor ON to move to FM 
approvedby CRTC


The application by CBE-1550 Windsor ON to move to FM (97.5 MHz, 3.2
kW, 130.1 meters), with

a relay transmitter in Leamington ON (91.9 MHz, 5.3 kW, 73.6 meters) has

been approved by the CRTC.

Excluding low power relay stations (LPRT's) , this was the last CBC
English station on AM

between Winnipeg and Newfoundland (I think - unsure of the status of
CBI Sydney NS which ran

into problems with its conversion and is still listed as operating on
AM in the IC database)

<http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-349.htm>

CBE Windsor – Conversion to FM band and new transmitter in Leamington


The Commission approves the application by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation
for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language FM radio
programming
undertaking in Windsor to replace its AM station CBE and to operate
an FM
transmitter in Leamington.

Introduction

1.

The Commission received an application by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (CBC)
for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language FM radio
programming undertaking
in Windsor to replace its existing AM station CBE Windsor. The new
station would operate
at 97.5 MHz (channel 248B) with an average effective radiated power
(ERP) of 3,200 watts.
The station would maintain the current format, which includes both
programming received
from the CBC’s national Radio One network and local programming.
2.
The application by the CBC was originally announced in Broadcasting
Notice of Public
Hearing 2008-14. In its initial application as set out in that
notice, the CBC also
proposed to operate a new FM transmitter in Leamington at 91.5 MHz.
At the request
of the CBC, the application was withdrawn from the 26 January 2009
hearing in Orillia
and rescheduled at the 30 March 2009 hearing in the National Capital
Region.
The CBC indicated that it had received notification by the Department
of Industry
(the Department) that it was not in a position to technically approve
the use the
frequency 91.5 MHz as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) had received
an application for that frequency prior to the CBC’s filing of its
technical brief.
In its amended application, the CBC proposed to operate the new FM
transmitter in
Leamington at 91.9 MHz (channel 220B1) with an average ERP of 5,300
watts.

6.
As set out in the appendix to this decision, the licensee is
authorized to simulcast
the programming of the new FM station on CBE Windsor for a transition
period of three
months following the commencement of operations of the FM station.
Pursuant to
sections 9(1)(e) and 24(1) of the Broadcasting Act and consistent
with the licensee’s
request, the Commission revokes the licence for CBE effective at the
end of the simulcast period.
7.
As agreed to by the CBC, the Commission expects that within 30 days
of the implementation
of the FM radio station in Windsor, the CBC will apply for the
revocation of the
authorization granted in Broadcasting Decision 2008-102 for a nested
FM transmitter
on the 102.3 MHz frequency in Windsor.

Issuance of the broadcasting licence to operate an English-language
FM radio programming

undertaking in Windsor and an FM transmitter in Leamington, Ontario


The licence will expire 31 August 2015.

The station will operate at 97.5 MHz (channel 248B) with an average
effective radiated
power (ERP) of 3,200 watts (maximum ERP of 19,000 watts with an
effective height of
antenna above average terrain of 130.1 metres).

The transmitter will operate at 91.9 MHz (channel 220B1) with an
average ERP of 5,300
watts (maximum ERP of 10,450 watts with an effective height of
antenna above average
terrain of 73.6 metres).

73,

Deane McIntyre VE6BPO
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