Re: [IRCA] Montreal 690 & 940 to go SILENT?

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 29 January 2010 13:34:09 Pete Taylor wrote:
> CINF 690 and CINW 940 have ceased operations as of 10 AM this morning. 
> They are running announcements stating that they will be going off the
>  air  at 7 PM. According to CTV Montreal, Corus Entertainment will be
>  turning the licenses to both stations into the CRTC.
> 
> Pretty amazing but I rather doubt the channels will remain vacant for
>  long. I look forward to the reports from those of you who have two nice
>  new clean frequencies to play with.

Shades of 1999!  The original occupants, CBF and CBM, went silent in early 
1999 (January and May, respectively, I think), and CINF and CINW showed up in 
November of that year.  For the months in between, 690 and 940 were a happy 
hunting ground for AM DXers in the northeast.  I had a total of 30 new 
loggings on those two channels during that period, but there's still lots 
more stations to look for... should be fun!

Barry

-- 
Barry McLarnon VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers

For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org

To Post a message: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx