Re: [IRCA] Two new AM stations for Montreal (1650 1kW, 1450 1kW)approved by CRTC; application for 650 daytimer denied

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The CRTC has approved the application by Radio Chalom for a
new religious AM X-Band station in Montreal QC on 1650 kHz, 1kW
ND from a single 45 degree tower at 45 deg 26'51" N 73 deg 37'57" W:
>
>Religious AM radio station in Montréal
>
>The Commission approves an application by Radio Chalom to
  operate a commercial religious AM radio station in French (60%),
  English (30%) and Hebrew (10%) in Montréal. The proposed station
  will primarily serve Montréal’s Jewish community, replacing the
  service currently offered by Radio Chalom on the subsidiary
communications
  multiplex operation (SCMO) facilities of CIRA-FM Montréal.
>
>
<http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-80.htm>

Seeing as they've been operating (albeit illegally) in the x-band for years 
out of their Brooklyn head office, I wonder if the Chabad-Lubavitchers are 
behind this application?  I would suspect no, as one of the stipulations in 
the CRTC's ruling is:

"15% of the weekly air time would be devoted to programs produced by other 
religious groups. The balanced programming would include programs 
originating with the Communauté Catholique Congolaise de Montréal and the 
Association socio-culturelle bulgare. Other spoken word programming would 
include La religion au Québec, a review of the various aspects of religion 
within Quebec geopolitics, and Hindu tradition Sanatan Dharma, a program 
about various aspects of Hinduism."

Would that last program be in EE, FF or Hindi?

So along with the new Concordia University station on 1690, and CJWI-1610, 
Montreal will be home to THREE x-banders!  Unless you count TIS/HAR's, I 
can't think of any other market with more than one x-band station.

>
>The Commission received an application by 9015-2018 Québec inc.
(doing business under the name of Radio Moyen Orient du Canada)
for a broadcasting licence to operate a commercial ethnic AM radio
programming undertaking in Montréal at 1450 kHz with a transmitter
power of 1,000 watts, day and night.

<http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-82.htm>

With all the Canadians deserting the AM band, why would they want a 
graveyarder frequency?  They could have gotten CFCF's old 600, 1470 
(ex-CKO), 1410 (ex-CFMB), or 850 (ex-CKVL)


73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON 

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