CANADA
North East Radio Watch reports:
One of Atlantic Canada's oldest AM stations made an abrupt disappearance from the dial late last week, as CTV wasted no time moving CJCH (920 Halifax) to its new home on the FM band.
Barry Davies via MWC (2/6-2008)
CANADA
CKPT-AM 1420 kHz in Peterborough, Ontario, is the latest Canadian AM station to sign off for good. The station became 99.3 Energy FM last August, and has been simulcasting on AM since then. Last year, Peterborough's remaining AM station, 980 CKRU, applied to also move to FM. Nearly a dozen other applicants are also seeking Peterborough's available FM frequency. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is expected to choose an applicant soon.
Read the full story in the Peterborough Examiner
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1016474
Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD yg via Steve Whitt, MWC (8/5-2008)
CANADA
Presumed CBA New Brunswick on 1070 is alternating with CHOK at 0100+ 6 April with CBC Radio-1. Hear this while you can.
73 Liz Cameron via dxld yg (5/4-2008)
CANADA
More on CBA test:
CBA 1070 in Moncton has confirmed they will air a DX test Monday morning, April 7 at 01:00 am ***Atlantic*** time.
I'm now trying to determine the duration of the test - I'd expect just a couple of minutes, for a very tight window of opportunity - and how QSLs and eQSLs will be handled.
Please feel free to spread this far and wide. I'd like our friends overseas to know and I'm not on any of those lists!
BTW, I know it's taken a long time for the CFFX QSLs. And I really appreciate the patience we've encounterted from fellow DXers. We're getting these finalized; they will be issued shortly. We have NOT forgotten!
From a contact at CBA via Saul Chernos, IRCA mailing list via Barry Davies via MWC (3/4-2008)
CANADA
Possible CBA Moncton, NB DX Test
Attention DXers Get out your DX calendars and mark down early Monday morning, April 7. Saul Chernos - our "Canadian Connection" - has been working the phones again, and we are hoping to have a real treat to finish out the 2007-2008 DX Test Season.
CBA 1070 in Moncton, New Brunswick, plans to sign off for good as it completes its switch to FM (106.1) at 0700 Atlantic time on April 7. The Broadcast Test Committee is currently working with CBA personnel to include DX test content in some form during the overnight hours leading up to the official shut-down.
Because of the late timing, we thought it prudent to get the word out as soon as possible even though we are still in the process of finalizing details and verifying if and when the test material will air.
CBA runs 50,000 watts U1 day and night. If this test runs, expect much of the same content you've heard in other DX tests. We will post updates as soon as we have new information.
If you are in touch with other DXers who do not have computer or Internet access, please fill them in on this. We'd hate for anyone to miss out on this opportunity.
Jim Pogue and Saul Chernos, IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee via MWC (2/4-2008)
CANADA
Kids in Quebéc get a station on 1670 kHz AM.
Radio Enfant CJEU is a new mediumwave station broadcasting on 1670 kHz with a power of 1 kilowatt. The French-speaking station aims to involve children and youth of 5-18 years of age in radio broadcasting. CJEU is operated by Fondation Radio Enfant and the Children's Radio Workshop, which have organized radio workshops in more than 250 schools. The station has been reportedly heard sporadically in Canada in late March. CJEU can be contacted by writing to Radio Enfant/Ado, Atelier Radio Enfant Inc, Studio de la Maison de la culture, 855 boul de la Gappe pièce 310, Gatineau (Québec) J8T 8H9, Canada, tel. 819-243-6226, and by email.
DXing.info (2/4-2008)
CANADA
Hello to all in the group. Just in case some of you MW BCB DXers are interested, the 50KW powerhouse on 1070KHz CBA near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada is scheduled to be taken off the air on April 7th, 2008 shortly after 1130Z. This will mark the last of this area's AM transmitters. The next nearest one being some 40 miles away near the Nova Scotia border. This particular transmitter has a bit of history behind it as it was the first all solid state 50KW transmitter ever made for a commercial broadcaster. The manufacturer was Nautel and the serial number is 1. CBA is currently simulcasting on its new FM frequency of 106.1 MHz. I do not belong to any other group, so if this posting is picked up by some other DX group, please feel free to pass the news along.
R75 group via Sylvain Naud via mwdx yg (20/3-2008)
CANADA
CFGT-1270 Alma Quebec has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (97.7 MHz, 50 kW, 77.6 metres): http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2008/n2008-1.htm#29
Alma, Quebec, Application No. 2008-0098-9
Application by Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc. to convert commercial radio station CFGT Alma from the AM band to the FM band. The new station would operate on frequency 97.7 MHz (channel 249B) with an average effective radiated power of 50,000 watts (non-directional
antenna/antenna height of 77.6 metres).
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CFGT-AM for a period of 3 months from the date of implementation of the new station.
The applicant is also requesting, pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and 24(1) of the Broadcasting Act, the revocation of the licence of CFGT effective at the end of the simulcast period.
73, Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, March 14, DXLD 8-034 (14/3-2008)
CANADA
CBC RADIO ONE SWITCH TO FM DIAL DELAYED.
The CBC says it`s highly unlikely CBC Radio One in Sydney will switch over to the FM dial this fiscal year or next. The radio station hoped to make the move by sometime next fiscal year but radio regional director Susan Mitton said that isn`t likely to happen.
``What they are going to do for the next year is prioritize areas of the country that have no service, so we aren`t obviously there,`` she said. ``It`s our Maritime priority but there are other parts of the country that have no CBC Radio One service. They are ahead of us.``
Mitton said the move to FM is still on the wish list for next fiscal year. ``We`re lower on the list though so it`s highly unlikely unless something happens, say a project in another part of the country doesn`t happen, well, that would obviously free up those and we could
get back on the priority list.``
When the CBC received permission from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in July to switch over to the FM dial it was given two to three years to make the move, she noted. The CBC has said the AM transmitter and antenna system off Keltic Drive will have to be replaced, along with other related broadcasting equipment, for the move from 1140 AM to 97.1 FM. The switch to FM will
improve the signal, and the sound, for Radio One listeners, and will extend the broadcast into some pockets that currently aren't able to receive the AM signal.
Bruce Conti - Nashua NH, mwdx yg via DXLD 8-032 (9/3-2008)
CANADA
Reminder - CKEC 1320 soon to be dark --- It`s only a very few days and then CKEC-AM will go dark [nominally March 11 --- gh].
Give 1320 a try and see if you can catch their 25 kW signal. I'd suggest trying each night - their last night or two they might very well go out as an omni. Possibly their Nautel might be cranked to the full 30,000 watts too. Also, 1070 CBA will be going dark in another month or so - give them a try with their 50 kW Class A signal.
Phil Rafuse, PEI, March 7, ABDX via DXLD 8-031 (9/3-2008)
CANADA
CKEC 1320, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada - Final days on the air. This station is scheduled to permanently sign off its AM facilities and transition fully to 94.1 FM on March 11, 2008.
IRCA via Paul Crankshaw, MWC (9/2-2008)
CANADA
CKEC 1320, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada - Final days on the air.
This station is scheduled to permanently sign off its AM facilities and transition fully to 94.1 FM on March 11, 2008. Although the station is unable to conduct a special test with tones, Morse code or other special content, Chief Engineer Peter Lann (VE1LAN) invites reception reports from DXers during the last days of AM operation. He says this will be an
extremely good time to hear the station, particularly the final week. The station ID is given at least four times per hour and there is a four-minute News Cast at the top of the hour. Mr. Lann says he will reply to all DX reports sent. "I have been a SWL/Ham since my early teens.....Good hunting!"
The format for CKEC is country music. Reception reports may be sent to Mr. Lann at: 84 Provost Street, Box 519, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2H 5E7. E-mail reception reports may also be submitted to plann [at] ckec.com.
NOTE: All requests for written verifications must be accompanied by return postage in order to receive a reply.
Jim Pogue and Saul Chernos, IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
Steve Whitt via MWC (9/2-2008)
CANADA
CHLN 550 Trois-Rivières, QC: R.I.P.
Checking on 550 Khz, Trois-Rivières, QC, at 03:40 UTC, it was off the air. I had a check almost everyday over the last weeks and it was still on the air yesterday. They may have shut down the transmitter in the last hours. Looking at their web site, they never talked about the exact day/hour that the mediumwave frequency would go off the air. What a pity that they not even mention a word after 71 years on that channel! Here they go now on 106.9 Mhz. The bright side on a dxer point of view are those new channels QRM free opening for me: 549, 550, 555 and 558 and 560.
Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC Canada via MWDX (30/1-2008)
CANADA
CBC Radio (1070 CBA) closes April 5 2008.
" Hi Barry. Thanks for inquiring about our programe. Our AM signal will be turned off April 5th. After that, we'll be on FM only. However, you can listen on the internet with live streaming. You can find our website at www.cbc.ca/informationmorningmoncton"
Cheers, Karin Reid-LeBlanc, Producer, Information Morning CBC Radio, 106.1 FM Moncton
to Barry Davies via MWC (25/1-2008)
CANADA
CFFX-960 Kingston, ON DX Test, 1/15/08 additional info.
The BTC's Canadian Connection - Saul Chernos - and I have been working out some of the details on programming and QSLs for this test with chief engineer Roger Cole. To begin with, here are the basics:
CFFX 960 kHz Kingston, ON DX Test
DATE: Early morning of Tuesday January 15 (Monday night).
MODE OF OPERATION: CFFX will test using its 10,000-watt daytime directional pattern.
PROGRAMMING: Regular adult contemporary programming. Special test material will consists of three hourly voice announcements followed by special test material lasting several minutes. These will air roughly at the top of the hour, at approximately 0000, 0100 and 0200 EST, give or take a few minutes depending on the program log.
Here is what we've worked out on QSLs:
For those DXers who seek a traditional "paper" QSL card, please send your reception report, recording (mp3/wav on disk or cassette OK) directly to Saul at the following address:
Saul Chernos
57 Berkeley St.
Toronto, ON
M5A 2W5 CANADA
Regarding return postage, be sure to go with one of these options:
1. You may send Canadian stamps in an amount sufficient to cover postage from there to your location. For Canada to the U.S., I believe it is 93¢ Canadian.
2. Send $1 U.S. to cover return postage costs.
3. DXers hearing the test outside of Canada and the U.S. may send 1 Euro. And DXers anywhere can send 1 IRC to cover return postage costs. If none of these options will work for you, please contact me via e- mail and we'll work something out.
Saul will work with Mr. Cole to review reports, issue and mail QSL cards, etc. For those DXers who are happy with an eQSL, please send your reception report and/or recording in either mp3 or wav format to both Saul and Mr. Cole. Their e-mail addresses are respectively: schernos @ sympatico.ca roger.cole @ corusent.com
I hope this covers everything, but if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Good luck to everyone on hearing this very special test.
Jim Pogue, IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordinator, Memphis, TN USA, Jan 7, DXLD 8-003 (8/1-2008)
CANADA
Right now, CHLN 550 Trois-Rivières PQ is playing a loop mentionning that the FM frequency is now operating with full power. The message also mention that listeners now have to tune 106,9 Mhz. These are obviously the last hours of CHLN on mediumwave. No such message for the moment on other Corus stations that will also move on FM: Regular
programming on Sherbrooke CHLT 630 and the same for Jonquiere CKRS 590.
LATER: I forgot to say that Gatineau (Hull) CJRC 1150, the fourth Corus station to move on FM, still with his regular programming. CKAC 730 Montreal and CHRC 800 Quebec .
Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, Quebec Canada via MWDX yg (8/1-2008)
CANADA
CKDB-990, Watson Lake, Yukon Territory (a low power relay of CBC Radio One station CFWH Whitehorse YT) has applied to the CRTC to increase its power from 40 watts-U to 400 watts-D, 165 watts-N:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2007/pb2007-107.htm#2 to avoid confusion with CBW-990, note that YT is on Pacific time.
Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, Application No. 2007-1269-7:
Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) relating to the licence of the radio programming undertaking CFWH Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
The CBC proposes to change the authorized contours of the transmitter CBDB Watson Lake by increasing the transmitter power from 40 watts to a daytime transmitter power of 400 watts and a nighttime transmitter power of 165 watts.
The CBC indicates that the increase in power will significantly improve both daytime and nighttime coverage in Watson Lake and surrounding areas.
The Commission notes that the increase in power would change the status of CBDB from a low power unprotected service to a regular Class C service.
The Commission also notes that the authorized contours of the transmitter will be increased significantly resulting from the proposed increase in power.
73 via Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Sept 21, and Ricky Leong, AB, DXLD
So much for DXing CBW around Watson Lake; altho there are other LPRTs on 990 in YT, BC, but none to the east until remote QC, NB.
Glenn Hauser, DXLD 7-115 (23/9-2007)
CANADA
Greek Radio CHTO ready to broadcast in Toronto on 1690 AM.
CHTO on 1690 kHz AM is the latest newcomer on the Canadian X-band, ready to begin regular transmissions in September. The station was heard widely during test broadcasts in late July and early August, initially on 1690.7 kHz, but later closer to the nominal frequency. CHTO stands for Hellenic Toronto Radio, but in addition to Greek, the station is planning to transmit also in English, Armenian, Romanian, Serbian and Bulgarian. CHTO transmitter power is 1 kW.
DXing.info (29/8-2007)
CANADA
CJCH-920 Halifax NS has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (101.3 MHz, 100 kW, 160.1 metres).
As CHNS-960 is moving to FM if approved there will be exacty zero AM stations in Halifax (and zero shortwave stations as well, as CHNX has been silent for a few years).
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-12.htm#21
21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Application No. 2007-0198-9
Application by CTV Limited to convert radio station CJCH Halifax from the AM band to the FM band.
The new station would operate on frequency 101.3 MHz (channel 267C1) with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height of 160.1 metres).
The proposed station would maintain its current oldies music format.
Approval of this application will see the licensee exceed the ownership limits for commercial radio licensees as set out in Public Notice CRTC 1998-41, Commercial Radio Policy 1998. Under the policy, in markets with 8 commercial stations or more, operating in a given
language, such as Halifax, a person may be permitted to own or control as many as 2 FM stations in the same language. In the case of CHUM Limited, approval of its CJCH Halifax conversion application will see the licensee own the new FM along with its existing Halifax commercial radio holdings CIOO-FM and 50% of CKUL-FM.
CHUM has indicated that in the event that the Commission approves its application to convert CJCH from the AM to the FM band, it will divest its interest in CKUL-FM so as to comply with the Commission's common ownership policy.
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CJCH for a period of 3 months from the date of implementation of the new station.
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Aug 31, DXLD 7-105 (31/8-2007)
CANADA
Applications for AM stations in Montreal all DENIED by CRTC
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-217.htm
The three applications for new AM stations in Montreal (on 650, 1400 and 1410 kHz) have all been denied by the CRTC:
59. As regards the applications to operate ethnic AM radio stations that were considered in the current proceeding, the Commission finds that these applications did not meet its assessment criteria, either because of their general quality, or from a technical standpoint, in that the services did not seem to reach the communities that they proposed to serve. The Commission therefore encourages the applicants to reassess their plans so as to ensure that the coverage of their proposed stations will in fact reach the audiences that they are targetting.
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, July 6, DX Listening Digest 7-079 (7/7-2007)
CANADA
CJRS Radio Shalom, an all-Jewish station that will feature programming in French, English and Hebrew, launches tonight at 9 on 1650 AM.
The station will be on the air around the clock every day except Saturday. Its schedule includes David Lazzar's Rocking Rabbi show, Stan Asher's culture-oriented Montreal Jewish Magazine and a variety of shows offering information on news, health, finance and cooking, among other topics.
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted its approval last year to the station, which was previously heard on the Internet. Its call letters are CJRS.
For further information, see www.radio-shalom.ca or in English
http://www.radio-shalom.ca/EN/
The Gazette, May 05, 2007
73s Steve Whitt, mwc (5/5-2007)
CANADA
CFFX-960 Kingston ON has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (104.3 MHz, 4kW, 247.9 metres):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-6.htm#4
CKLC-1380 Kingston ON has also applied to the CRTC to move to FM (98.9 MHz, 8.7 kW, 132.2 metres):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-6.htm#6
CFWB-1490 Campbell River BC has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (106.1 MHz, 663 watts, 409 metres):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2007/n2007-6.htm#10
73, via Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, April 20, DXLD 7-048 (22/4-2007)
CANADA
Toronto Airport Radio on 1280 AM goes commercial.
CFBN claims to be Canada's first all-business radio station, operating on 1280 kHz AM in Toronto. "Biz 1280" used to be CFYZ, traveler information station for the Toronto Pearson international airport. Owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, the station used to broadcast flight arrival and departure schedules, as well as traffic and weather reports. CFYZ switched to business format on April 9, but continues to broadcast flight information as well. The power of the station is listed as 0.15 kW, enough to cover an airport but hardly sufficient for a major city. The change was first reported by Scott Fybush on April 2 on the NorthEast Radio watch website.
DXing.info (15/4-2007)
CANADA
Biz 1280 CFBN --- The former Pearson Airport TIS CFYZ-1280 now re-launched as CFBN all-business news format using slogans "Biz 1280" and "The sound of money".
http://www.cfbnnews.com/ Will this format succeed? They couldn't do worse than some of the other abortions on the local dial such as the former MOJO-640. But they are still a high-powered TIS, covering mainly the area near YYZ and northwest Toronto and Mississauga. Their signal could be nearly useless for most of their target audience in Toronto's Bay Street financial district. In downtown Toronto on a car radio they would get hammered by WHTK-Rochester. And they wouldn't be able to penetrate the concrete and steel of an office building.
Mike Brooker, Toronto, ON, April 11, IRCA via DXLD 7-045 (15/4-2007)
CANADA
APPLICATIONS: 580, CKXR, BC, Salmon Arm - It seems this station's switch to FM is being delayed as a couple of communities which were supposed to be served have complained that the new signal isn't making the trip. So, CKXR has asked the CRTC to extend the
simulcast period in order to give them time to install repeater stations to fill in the coverage gaps. In case you've erased the listing from your Logs, CKXR is U2 10000/1000.
Bill Hale, AM Switch NRC DX News April 2 via DXLD 7-043 (6/4-2007)
CANADA
A most unusual travel information station in CANADA is changing formats. CFYZ (1280) signed on a few years ago as the voice of Toronto's Pearson International Airport, and for a time it actually offered live drive-time programming aimed at travelers heading to or from the airport. Then the airport authority pulled the plug on the station's funding, and CFYZ went silent. Now it's back, under new calls and with a new programmer. Canada's Business Network is providing a combination of business talk and syndicated talkers (including Dennis Miller and Glenn Beck) to the station, which will soon be operating under new calls CFBN. Official sign-on for the new CFBN, which will operate from studios in Pearson's Terminal 1, is set for next Monday, April 9.
Scott Fybush, NE Radio Watch April 2 via DXLD 7-042 (3/4-2007)
CANADA
A new FF AM station in Gatineau Quebec/Ottawa ON on 1670 (1kW) has been approved by the CRTC:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-89.htm
Community radio station in Gatineau/Ottawa:
The Commission approves the application by Fondation Radio Enfant du Canada, on behalf of a company to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to operate a French-language, Type B community AM radio programming undertaking in Gatineau and Ottawa. The station will operate day and night at 1670 kHz with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts.
During each broadcast week, the station will broadcast 126 hours of programming, at least 120 hours of which will be produced by the station. The rest (i.e. at most 6 hours) will be used by the station for broadcasting children’s programs produced outside its territory. These programs will be aimed at enriching the programming and encouraging discussion among young people.
The applicant stated that the new station’s programming will target children from 4 to 18
years of age. The programming will be by and for young people and will reflect specific educational objectives drawn from school programs.
Deane McIntyre via NRC mailing list via Renato Bruni, mwc (19/3-2007)
CANADA
The new 1450 KHz station, CHOU, is now on the air testing. We saw the Valcom antenna in St. Laurent off Autoroute 13 near the corner of Pitfield and Bois Franc. I accidentally came across this station last Thursday night while DXing a station on 1460 when they came on breifly blasting my ears out through the headphones.
Steve, Jan 22, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD 7-021 (17/2-2007)
CANADA
Just received the following information from Stanley Asher at CJRS Radio Shalom. They are testing on 1650 kHz.
"We're official now, Industry Canada said we're kosher -- or the radio equivalent. Send me reception reports, please. Also, tell me if you have radio dreams -- and you don't have to be Jewish, as the old Cantor's ad went."
Cantor's, by the way, is a chain of Jewish bakery/pastry shops in the Montreal area. They used to run an ad on Montreal radio saying that you didn't have to be Jewish to go to Cantor's.
Sheldon Harvey, QC, 2321 UT Feb 20, DXLD yg (21/2-2007)
CANADA
CJRS --- Yes, that's the official set of call letters for Radio Shalom. We'll begin testing at 1650 very soon, possibly next week, with a tentative March launch. If you're interested in participating on-air or behind the scenes in our unique venture (North America's first all-Jewish radio station), please feel free to reach me at stanleyasher@.... [truncated].
We'll also consider some limited programming from various ethnic and/or religious
organizations who are presently not served by other Montreal area radio stations (such as those on CFMB, CINQ, CKDG and others). Japanese, Mennonite, Bahai, Bulgarian, and Roma groups particularly are welcome. I'm writing in the dual capacities of long-time RIM member, and VP of CJRS with temporary duties as English-language pgm. coordinator.
Stanley Asher, QC, Feb 4, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD
CJRS/Radio Shalom, 1650 AM --- Our tech guru, Michel Mathieu, has promised testing by mid-week -- we hope -- and we still are interested in news readers (Fr. & Eng.), journalists, producers/ops, who will be heard on a Montreal market station. Our budget is highly limited, so almost everyone is volunteering. We're 1000 watts, and would like to hear reception reports.
Laurentians? South Shore? Hudson/St. Lazare? Anjou/RDP/Mtl. N.? Ontario and US border towns, maybe?
Stanley Asher, Feb 11, radioinmontreal yg via DXLD
Where is the transmitter site located? And just a neat tidbit that I'm sure most everyone knows, CJRS was the call of Radiomutuel's Sherbrooke outlet, CJRS 1510. :)
(Marc Guerard, ibid.) On Ferrier 3 blocks west of Decarie.
Asher
But nothing further about it in this yg as of Feb 17
Glenn Hauser, DXLD yg (17/2-2007)
CANADA
CANADIAN RADIO NEWS.
For January 2007 (February 1 2007) (next update 3/1/2007)
FORMAT CHANGES
1070 ON Sarnia CHOK From News-Talk/Oldies to Country.
NEW STATIONS ON THE AIR
1450 QC Montreal CHOU Multilingual (primarily Arabic).
CALL LETTER DATA
1070 NB Moncton CBA Will become CBAM (when flip to 106.1 occurs).
TECHNICAL CHANGES
1380 ON Brantford CKPC Increases power from 10,000 watts to 25,000 watts (fulltime).
AM TO FM CONVERSIONS GRANTED
970 AB Edson CFXE Move to 94.3 with 11,000 watts.
1070 NB Moncton CBA Move to 106.1 with 69,500 watts.
TECHNICAL CHANGES GRANTED
1450 ON Cobourg CHUC Extension of simulcast time to Nov/07 to resolve signal problems associated with recent FM flip.
1610 ON Toronto CHHA Relocate transmitter.
DENIALS
1490 BC Campbell River CFWB Move to 106.1 with 663 watts (denied due to technical
issues, invited to re-apply with revised parameter values).
1050 SK North Battleford CJNB Move to 102.9 with 100,000 watts (would exceed the CRTC
common ownership policy of 2 FM stations per market).
Dan Sys dsysca@yahoo.ca via Steve Whitt, mwc (8/2-2007)
CANADA
The application by CKPR-580 Thunder Bay ON to move to FM (91.5 MHz, 100 kW) has been approved by the CRTC. CKPR was the first radio station in northwestern Ontario, having moved there from is original location (Midland ON) in the early 1930's.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-55.htm
Move of CFXE-970 Edson AB to FM (94.3 MHz, 11 kW) has been approved by the CRTC:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-48.htm
Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Feb 2, DXLD 7-014 (2/2-2007)
CANADA
"The application by the CBC to move 50 kW CBA-1070 Moncton NB to FM
(106.1 MHz, 69.5 kW) has been approved by the CRTC"
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-8.htm
From IRCA via Pau lCrankshaw, MWC (8/1-2007)
CANADA
The move of CJNB-1050 North Battleford Saskatchewan to FM has been DENIED by the CRTC as I would have resulted in the common ownership of three FM stations in the same market:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-5.htm
73, Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, Jan 4, DXLD 7-002 (4/1-2007)
CANADA
960 CHNS is off the air. In it's last days on the air, it was simulcasting FM as "Hal FM" with a rock music format, not oldies. Since then, 920 CJCH has switched from talk and nostalgia to an oldies format, promoted as the new home for oldies in Halifax.
73, Bruce Conti - Nashua NH via MWDX via Paul Crankshaw, mwc (5/1-2007)
CANADA
For the last several days - MBS Radio has been running 630 CFCY with an open carrier - they were supposed to go dark but they are still running the transmitter. Very annoying. No audio, not even a tone. Just wasting electricity. Time is up and its time to shut down the transmitter. Its been almost four months since the official launch of CFCY 95.1 and the CRTC allowed the usual 3 month simulcast period. Go dark 630 CFCY!
Phil Rafuse, PEI, Dec 25, ABDX via DXLD 6-190 (26/12-2006)
CANADA
Due to interference problems caused by their transmitter being located in a residential area of Toronto, CHHA-1610 will be silent effective today. They have applied to the CRTC to move the 1 kW transmitter southeast to a location near the Toronto harbour:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/2006/pb2006-154.htm
Steve Whitt, MWC (1/12-2006)
CANADA
Riverside County residents heading to Ontario International Airport can now get parking, transportation and security information from an airport radio station, officials said Wednesday.
The birth of the station, located at 770 on the AM dial, comes just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, which begins Friday. Officials from Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that which operates the airport, said about 200,000 passengers are expected to travel through the Ontario airport between Friday and Nov. 27.
Alan Hyde, commander of the Ontario airport police department, said the station "will enable us to communicate immediately with drivers headed to the airport in the event of a security emergency."
"We will now be able to inform drivers of security issues as they are developing and advise them directly about specific courses of action," Hyde said. "The new radio station is an important part of Ontario International's overall security program to ensure that the airport is as safe and secure as possible." The station, which is on the air seven days a week and 24 hours a day, is operated from a studio near the airport's Administration Building. A transmitter was built on the perimeter of the airport. Signs have been placed along freeways informing motorists about the station.
The station mirrors a long-running radio station, 530 AM, at Los Angeles International Airport.
LAWA operates LAX, Ontario, Palmdale and Van Nuys airports.
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_319145304.html via Mike Terry, dxld yg (16/11-2006)
CANADA
11/07/06 - RJ 1200 CJRJ AM Vancouver continues to test its new 25 kW transmitter in anticipation of a late November launch. In regard to chosing an AM frequency, station president Shushma Datt said, "There was simply nothing left on the FM dial that provided an
unimpaired signal, while the AM dial had some very viable options for a strong, clear signal and the 1200 spot was the best of those available.” The station's format will be predominantly Bollywood, Bhangra, Hip Hop and Indi-pop, targeted towards young South Asians aged 18-44, with a Sunday line-up featuring international languages including Filipino, Italian and Farsi.
Northwest [sic] Broadcasters via DXLD
1200, CJRJ, BC, Vancouver - New station is on the air with Punjabi programming. Facilities are U4 25000/25000 from two towers at N49-09- 55, W123-02-28. Day and night patterns are almost identical, both kidney-shaped toward the northwest.
Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC E-DX News Nov 13 via DXLD 6-170 (16/11-2006)
CANADA
Three applications for new AM stations in Canada have been filed with the CRTC:
For a new graveyarder in Montreal on 1400 kHz with 1kW:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#11
11. Montréal, Québec Application No. 2006-0214-5
Application by Radio Humsafar Inc. for a licence to operate an AM commercial ethnic radio programming undertaking in Montréal.
The new station would operate on frequency 1,400 kHz (Class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts day-time and night-time.
By condition of licence, the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 8 cultural groups in a minimum of 7 different languages per broadcast week
For a new X-band station in Brampton ON on 1650 kHz with 1 kW day, 0.68 kW night:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#12
12. Brampton, Ontario Application No. 2005-1584-3
Application by S. S. TV Inc. for a licence to operate an English- language AM commercial (ethnic) radio programming undertaking in Brampton.
The new station would operate on frequency 1,650 kHz (class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts day-time and 680 watts night-time.
By condition of licence, the applicant proposes to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 7 cultural groups in a minimum of 5 different languages per broadcast week.
For a new X-band station in Mississauga ON on 1650 kHz with 1 kW:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#15
15. Mississauga, Ontario Application No. 2006-0989-4
Application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a licence to operate a primarily third-language ethnic commercial AM radio programming undertaking in Mississauga.
The new station would operate on frequency 1,650 kHz (Class C) with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts day-time and night time.
The applicant will offer a service devoted entirely to ethnic programming of which 118 hours will be third-language programming. The applicant proposes to direct its programming to a minimum of 9 ethnic groups in a minimum of 6 different languages.
As Mississauga and Brampton are very close to each other (both suburbs of Toronto) I presume that these applications are mutually exclusive but this is not pointed out by the CRTC.
73 Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, DXLD 6-155 (19/10-2006)
CANADA
Apply to move to FM.
CFDR-780 Dartmouth NS has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (88.9 MHz, 21 kW):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#10
CKLC-1380 Kingston ON has applied to move to FM (98.9 MHz, 8.7 kW):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#17
CKPT-1420 Peterborough ON has applied to move to FM (99.3 MHz 5.7 kW):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-11.htm#18
73 Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, DXLD 6-155 (19/10-2006)
CANADA
Canadian "best bets" [for MW DX] --- Since Atlantic Canada and the New England states haven't been covered that well in these "best-bet" discussions and since I'm closer to those stations than most of the other list-members, here's a run-down:
Prince Edward Island:
Its two stations CFCY-630 and CHTN-720 are still on, but not for long. CFCY's country is the better received of the two here at night - about even with WPRO on the Flag antenna that nulls west but only slightly reduces co-channel WPRO (a tad west of south at bearing 186 deg.). CHTN has a fair to good day signal at nearby shore sites, but now drops quite a bit at night, presumably because its directional pattern is actually working for a change. This is interesting because it turns 720 into a free-fire zone in the early evening (before WGN fade-up) and all night if a suitably directive antenna is used to knock out WGN. With CHTN's paltry night signal, we can now get TA's (Portugal, Canaries) on 720 along with numerous Latinos (Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, etc.).
Newfoundland:
A strong het from Spain-639 is often present during the kind of conditions favoring the Newfies. CHCM-740 and VOCM-590 are both actually stronger signals, but have more interference. At shore sites near here (Rockport, Rowley) with the other 740 competition
(WJIB, CHWO) and 590 (WEZE) in a somewhat westerly direction, a cardioid pattern antenna gets the Newfies on those channels loud and in the clear. There are low powered stations in New Brunswick and Quebec on 590 but VOCM generally mows them down. In early evening I
get VOAR-1210 before Philadelphia (and/or Venezuela) QRM builds up. CBT-540, CBNA-600, and CBY-990 - also CBC affiliates like 640 - are pretty regular here and are often the channel dominants at the seashore less than an hour's drive time away. A bit less common, but
occasionally noted, are CKCM-620, CKGA-650, VOWR-800, and CJYQ-930. At sites such as Rockport or Chatham, they are common. Go several miles west of Boston and they get quite a bit more difficult.
Nova Scotia:
CKEC-1320 puts a monster signal in here every night. CFDR-780 is also good, usually over WBBM & R. Coro. CJCH-920 is usually over WHJJ & CKNX. CBI-1140 (CBC affiliate) dominates in the early evening before WRVA gets stronger. CHNS-960, soon to go FM, is top dog on that
channel here at night. When it goes away, 960 will be quite the shooting gallery here. CJCB-1270 (country) shows up fairly often here, mixing with WTSN-NH. CKAD-1350 (country: AVR network) is often over WOYK-PA & WGPL-VA.
New Brunswick:
Besides the obvious CBA-1070, I get a very good signal from French- language CJVA on 810. It's often over WGY, especially on any antenna designed to weaken signals from the west: Flag at home, or car-top loop-whip cardioid phased array at the beach. CFBC-930 hasn't
been that impressive, though it can be heard during the day behind WGIN-NH at shore sites. The NB stations that used to have monster signals (550 and 700) are long gone.
Quebec:
Beyond the three big Montrealers (690, 730, 940) there is also CFAV- 1570 which is almost as pesty as that channel's old CKLM. Some say they get CFMB-1280 well, though WFAU/WADO/WEIM/Bermuda is the typical 1280 line-up here in metro-Boston. CJMS dominates 1040 here at night; maybe it could be heard farther west sometimes. CHNC-610 is also good, competing with WGIR, WIOD, WIP, and Latins on that channel. CFAV, CJMS, and CHNC are all in French; CFMB is assorted ethnic.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA, Oct 9, NRC-AM via DXLD 6-151 (10/10-2006)
CANADA
CHTN 720 kHz finally emerged tonight mixed with WGN IDing as "The New Ocean 100". So both 630 and 720 are still on from PEI as of tonight.
Wade Smith, New Brunswick, 0446 UT Oct 8, NRC-AM via DXLD
I had noticed a couple of weeks ago driving between Moncton and Miramichi (on the way to Miscou Island) that CHTN was almost inaudible on the car radio. I had briefly thought that maybe CHTN was already gone.
I guess that's why Wade doesn't hear them very well over in Chipman. (You are in Chipman, or near there, right?).
Niel Wolfish, Toronto
That's correct Neil, I'm between Chipman and Minto. And right now at sunset 6:12 pm ET Sunday night, both CFCY 630 and CHTN 720 are booming in. Last night for awhile I heard nothing on 720 KHz until WGN faded up then very late CHTN was finally audible. CFCY appeared to be off the air with just an open carrier from 9 pm ET until I noticed they were back at 9:27 pm. They were quite strong going into a commercial break, but there was then no audio.
CFBC 930 in Saint John is also a tough catch at night now, I'm usually getting a better signal from WBEN or even CJYQ. And that's on all my antennas or just a portable, no nulling. When I did more DXing in the 80's I don't think that was the case. I think CFBC was always strong day and night.
Anyway the PE Islanders are still on tonight, if anyone wants to give them a try.
73 Wade Smith, Chipman (or pretty close to it), New Brunswick.
CFBC used to be a horrible pest here in Doaktown, day and night. Now I can barely hear them even when I try hard, which is....well.....never. I regret I was unable to get any cooperation from either PEI station for a pre-shutdown DX test. Oh, well. The way things are going, Canada will have no AM signals left soon. My next hope is that CJVA on 810 goes to FM. That would not leave a nice DX window - what with WGY waiting in the wings to be dominant again - but at least it would eliminate an irritant for the Miscou guys at sunset.
Brent Taylor, Doaktown, NB (26 miles NNW, as the crow flies, from Wade)
1450 CHUC ON is also still on.
Saul Chernos, ON, Oct 8.
All items via dxld yg (9/10-2006)
CANADA
This might be the final opportunity to log Prince Edward Island on mediumwave.
CFCY 630 KHz Charlottetown is still on the air as of 0156 UTC October 8, 2006. Very tough to copy though with WPRO, CHLT, and CFCO also coming in on the frequency. WPRO has talk programming, CHLT is carrying the Toronto-Montreal NHL game in French, and CFCO I presume is the station with the game in English. CFCY has played some fiddle music and what sounds more like Irish music tonight when it has faded up.
CHTN 720 is not audible at this time. I'll check during the day when it may actually be easier to hear. I suspect it may have signed off though.
Wade Smith, New Brunswick via dxld yg (8/10-2006)
CANADA
DX ALERT AND UPDATE - UPCOMING RADIO EVENT.
There will be a special five-hour "DX Program" from CKDO Oshawa Ontario on its new frequency of 1580, from 2100 EDT Thursday 5 October to 0200 EDT Friday 6 October. This program is timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the station, to the exact date.
This is NOT a DX test or any kind of test. It is a program celebrating CKDO's anniversary. However, thanks to Les Rayburn and Doug Smith, who very kindly and generously provided material used on tests, I am told the *plan* is to insert test-like material into the program from time to time. When, precisely? I haven't asked, and I won't ask. The plan also calls for a
toll-free number. Again, all I have been told is the number will have special significance, and that's all I am going to reveal. It's up to you, fellow DXers, to tune in and hear what happens as it unfolds. I don't want to take the mystery out of this event, and even though I won't be able to DX it (unless I slip out to my car or carry a portable in with me), I also want some element of surprise.
I don't yet know how late I will stay at the station. Friday is a work day. I do know they will have content from the past, and I expect there will be former announcers and other staffers present.
I also have word that the station plans a special morning show, live from a location of historical importance to Oshawa, from 0530 to 0900 EDT on Thursday morning. There won't be any 'test content' but it will present an early opportunity to log something unique from the station (which may help the west-coasters among you).
As indicated above, the plan is to announce a special toll-free number over the air, and phone calls from distant listeners will be encouraged. It is anticipated that some former DJs from over the years will be participating. The 1580 frequency uses the same directional pattern day and night favouring east and west, at 10,000 watts.
This DX program is organized by Wayne Plunkett (long-time DXer) and Douglas Kirk (owner of Durham Radio Inc.).
All written reception reports will be answered. Send reports to Attn:
Special DX Program,
CKDO,
1200 Airport Blvd., Ste 207,
Oshawa Ontario L1J 8P5.
If for any reason you do not receive a timely reply - give it at least a month - please feel free to contact me before sending a follow-up.
Let's hope for good conditions so this program can be heard coast-to-coast in North America, and maybe beyond!
Some background information:
CKDO first signed on October 5, 1946 with 100 watts on 1240. (CKDO = Durham and Ontario counties). The calls became CKLB on Dec. 19, 1949, when ownership changed to Lakeland Broadcasting (ckLB). Calls later became CKAR, and a few years ago reverted to the original CKDO. The station moved to 1350 on Dec. 31, 1955.
Thus with its recent official move on Aug. 14 to 1580, the station concluded more than 50 years service on 1350. For those who do not realize, 1580 was one of the clear channels allocated to Canada in the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement of 1941, and CBJ Chicoutimi QC operated on that frequency from March 22, 1942 until it moved to 93.7 in 1999.
Happy listening Saul Chernos via Harold Sellers, dxld yg (5/10-2006)
CANADA
1610 stations: The Toronto station is now CHHA. They're a fair bit off frequency themselves - currently on about 1610.048, which could be helpful in ID'ing them. Spanish programming, lots of music, and "Radio Voces Latinas" slogans. They just did a callsign ID at 2330 EDT [0330 UT].
CJWI Montreal has more talk, French (Haitian) programming, and are very close to the nominal channel, just a tad below 1610.
Barry McLarnon, VE3JF, Ottawa, ON, Sept 14, IRCA via DXLD 6-139 (17/9-2006)
CANADA
Application: CBA [1070] Moncton conversion to FM
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm
46. Moncton, New Brunswick --- Application No. 2006-0763-2. Application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to convert radio station CBA Moncton from the AM band to the FM band. The new radio station would operate on frequency 106.1 MHz (channel 291C1) with an
effective radiated power of 69,500 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height of 211 metres).
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CBA for a period of 3 months from the date of implementation of the new FM station.
via Ricky Leong, DXLD
This would be a major loss to the CBC Radio One listening audience in much of SE Canada, and NE USA. CBA 1070, I am sure, is the best or only place to hear CBC in many remote and non-Canadian locations, as well as for anyone preferring to use AM radio at home or in car. It`s
at the same site as RCI in Sackville, and I believe originally was identified with Sackville rather than Moncton, the nearest larger town, pronounced MUNK-tunn.
Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD
Wow! CBA. I am glad I QSL'd that one some years back. I wonder if any plans have changed to keep the Western CBC stations on AM? When I talked to the CE at CBU and CFPR some years ago, both told me that there were no plans to move any of the powerhouse CBCs here in the West. The FMers just could not cover the area nearly as well. Even CBXQ 540 on Vancouver Island. That one stays on AM for the same reason.
73, Patrick Martin, Come to Seaside Oregon for the 2006 IRCA Convention! It will be held at the Comfort Inn on September 22-24, 2006, DXLD
CANADA
Five Canadian AM stations, including CBA-1070 Moncton NB, have applied to move to FM:
CBA-1070 Moncton NB has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (106.1 MHZ, 69.5 kW). This would leave the CBC with only six 50 kW AM stations (CBU, CBR, CBX, CBK, CBW and CJBC) in Canada: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm#46
Application by CJNB-1050 North Battleford Saskatchewan to move to FM (102.9 MHz, 100 kW): http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm#27
Application by CHVO-560 Carbonear (official COL Spaniard's Bay) Newfoundland to move to FM (103.9 MHZ, 14 kW):
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm#44
Application by CFWB-1490 Campbell River BC to move to FM (106.1 MHz, 663 W): http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm#49
Application by CHQB-1280 Powell River BC to move to FM (94.1 MHz, 9.2 kW): http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-9.htm#52
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, AB, DX Listening Digest 6-131 (1/9-2006)
CANADA
1580, CKDO, ON, Oshawa 08/18 1000 UT. Very good clear signals with oldies rock. ID as CKDO 1580 and 107.7 FM. NEW. Summer and the warm weather still here but still some DX to be had. This one had a very good signal and could be a pest if this is to continue.
73 and Best of DX Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD 6-127 (21/8-2006)
CANADA
1270, CBRU, BC, Squamish, still here and dominant at S9+10 DB // CBU 690 with CBC News at 0504 EDT [0904 UT] 8/19. Those who still need this, should give it a try before they more to FM. 200 W at night. Drake R8, WNW/SW EWE phased.
73, Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, IRCA via DXLD 6-126 (19/8-2006)
CANADA
CJML 580 in Winnipeg is back on the air. All 99 watts of them. They are doing nostalgia programming again; Hours 07:00 to 22:00 CDST [12-03 UT] Aug 10 to 30.
73 and Best of DX Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER, MB, Aug 12, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD 6-123 (15/8-2006)
CANADA
1350-CKDO has now pulled the plug. After a few hours of religion and infomercials this morning, 1350-CKDO came out of the 10:00 a.m. [1400 UT] news with an announcement about the frequency shift to 1580. The announcer suggested listeners set a new memory at 1580 on their clock radios for tomorrow morning. Then he played a "final" song, which was The Beatles' "Hello Goodbye". The plug was pulled about 3 seconds into the next song, as CKDO will spend the rest of the day flying solo on FM 107.7. I wonder how well 1580 will do here in the daytime. I'm close enough to 1610-CHHA (Radio Voces Latinas) to get splatter down to 1570 in the day.
73 Niel Wolfish, Toronto, Aug 13, IRCA via DXLD 6-123 (15/8-2006)
CANADA
1580 CKDO ON, Oshawa. Heard ID by male announcer at 8/13 2302 in between music numbers "You are listening to Oshawa Radio CKDO" and a mention of 107.7. Severe nterference from assumed WLIM. Never heard them on 1350. (wjh-MD)
http://philcobill.com/sounds/01580-20060813-2302-CKDO.mp3
Bill Harms, Maryland via dxld yg (14/8-2006)
CANADA
Today CHNS - 960 kHz - from Halifax, Nova Scotia, began simulcasting the new FM outlet, so ID's at the moment are "89 point 9, Hal FM". This is a prelude to a disappearance of CHNS from medium-wave.
The format of the new FM station is classic rock, a change from the unpopular "oldies" format on medium-wave, so the Archies and Tony Orlando and Dawn are gone, replaced by Pearl Jam and the Doors.
Jean Burnell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada via mwdx yg (19/7-2006) Corus Entertainment in Quebec is applying to the CRTC to convert FOUR of its high(er)-power urban AM station to FM.
Here are the affected stations:
CJRC Gatineau [1150 kHz]
CKRS Saguenay [590 kHz]
CHLT Sherbrooke [630 kHz]
CHLN Trois-Rivières [550 kHz]
See http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-7.htm (items 18 to 21) for more details.
Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alberta via dxld yg (15/7-2006)
CANADA
The move of CBRU-1270 Squamish BC, which relays CBU-690 Vancouver, to FM (98.3 MHz, 1.55 kW), has been approved by the CRTC. Note that CBRU will go off the air on July 24 for good, when the FM goes on the air - there not be the usual three month simulcast period. I was able to log CBRU here in Calgary AB a few months ago - get them while you can.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-275.htm
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, Calgary AB, June 30, DX Listening Digest 6-095 (30/6-2006)
CANADA
GRANTS FOR NEW STATIONS: 560, NEW, YT, Dawson - The CRTC has approved an application by the CBC for a new station here with U1 400/400 to replace CBDN-FM Dawson. The new station will simulcast CFWH-570 Whitehorse. The CBC stated that it has been approached by a local communication society who has expressed interest in taking over the FM station, operating it as a community-owned station.
Bill Hale, AM Switch, NRC E-DX News June 19 via DX Listening Digest 6-088 (18/6-2006)
CANADA
CHER-950 Sydney NS has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (98.3 MHz, 100 kW): http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Hearings/2006/n2006-4.htm#77 Sydney, Nova Scotia Application No. 2006-0106-4. Application by Maritime Broadcasting System Limited to convert radio station CHER, Sydney, Nova Scotia from the AM band to the FM band.
The new station would operate on frequency 98.3 MHz (channel 252C1) with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (non-directional antenna/antenna height of 51 metres).
The applicant is requesting permission to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CHER for a period of three months from the date of implementation of the new station.
Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, April 20, DX Listening Digest 6-064 (21/4-2006)
CANADA
After being silent for almost a year, the Pearson International Airport station CFYZ-1280 returned to the air today. If you think you've heard one airport TIS you've heard 'em all, CFYZ had live AM and PM drive time programs, with real-live hosts. They probably pulled in better BBM numbers than some of the Toronto market bottom-feeders such as "640 Toronto" (the former MOJO 640 before getting some estrogen supplements).
73 Mike Brooker, Toronto, ON, April 14, IRCA via DX Listening Digest 6-062 (15/4-2006)
CANADA
960 CHNS ABANDONS AM FOR THE FM BAND
Radio in Halifax is changing and life on the AM dial will never be the same as 960 CHNS is abandoning ship for the more lucrative FM band. CHNS has a long history on the AM band, but reality bites as the vast majority of radio listeners abandoned the AM band several years ago. CHNS will be moving to 89.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. During the transition period, the CRTC ruled that the broadcaster will be allowed to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CHNS for a period of three months following the commencement of operations of their FM station.
The format is changing too. With the move to FM, CHNS will dump the stale and long-in-the-tooth oldies format for a more commercial Adult Contemporary music format with a mix of locally relevant programming service that is community-centred and community-driven.
With CHNS moving out, Halifax will be left with just two local AM stations clinging for life in a market with very few listeners and slick FM competition and the new 'HOT' Canadian Satellite Radio networks Sirius and XM picking off their listeners on a daily basis.
The recently released spring radio ratings show 920 CJCH at the bottom of the heap in the AM market with a market share of 2.7 down from 3.3 in the fall '05 ratings. CFDR AM (780/KIXX) sits at 3.9 down from 4.3 and rounding out the AM ratings, CHNS AM sits in second with a 3.5 down from 3.7. All three AM stations suffered losses over the previous period. The writing appears to be on the wall, the AM dial is on its final legs in Halifax.
Rating for the remaining two AM broadcasters in Halifax will likely continue to plummet as CHNS takes a large chunk of the AM audience with them into the future of Halifax radio.
http://www.halifaxlive.com/content/view/664/2/
Staff Writer, HalifaxLive.com, Halifax NS, Canada, 12 April 2006 via Mike Terry, dxldyg (13/4-2006)
CANADA
Today CFFR-660 Calgary AB, which has been Oldies since it came on the air in 1984, today switched formats to all news, calling itself 660 News. This is the first all news station in the Calgary market excluding the CKO network outlet on FM (103.1 MHz) which went silent in 1989. It will be running head to head with CHQR-770, which is a mix of news and talk and is the top rated AM station in the market (share usually around 10).
73, Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, April 3, DX Listening Digest 6-058 (4/4-2006)
CANADA
New X-Band AM station (1690, 1 kW-U) approved for Toronto ON by CRTC
The CRTC has approved an application for a (mostly) Greek language AM station (1690, 1 kW) for Toronto:
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-117.htm
The station will also have some programming in Armenian, Romanian, Serbian and Bulgarian, as well as in English. The owner of the station is Canadian Hellenic Toronto Radio Inc. The coordinates of the (single) tower are 43 deg 43 ' 26 " N, 79 deg 16 ' 41 " W. (450 Comstock Road, Scarborough, to the east of the downtown core of Toronto).
Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, AB, April 4, DX Listening Digest 6-058 (4/4-2006)
CANADA
Newcap buys second Winnipeg radio station.
Newcap, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newfoundland Capital Corporation, announced Thursday that its purchase of CKJS Limited, which holds the CKJS-AM [810 kHz] radio broadcast licence, has been approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
It is the company’s second acquisition in Manitoba. Newcap plans to combine the operations of CKJS and the previously acquired CKFE-FM (Café 100) under one roof, according to a news release.
TheChronicleHerald.ca Halifax NS (25/3-2006)
CANADA
The application of CKEC-1320 New Glasgow NS to move to FM (94.1 MHz, 36.68 kW) has been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-87.htm The AM station will go silent three months after the FM transmitter becomes operational.
The application of CHTN-720 Charlottetown PEI to move to FM (100.3 MHz, 33 kW) has been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-88.htm
The application of the only other Charlottetown PEI AM station, CFCY- 630, to move to FM (95.1 MHz, 73.3 kW) has also been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-89.htm
Both stations will continue to operate on AM for three months after their FM transmitters are operational, after which they will go silent.
When these stations do go silent, the number of AM stations in PEI will be exactly zero. Better log PEI soon if you have not done so, as the only hope left would be the two 20 watt TIS stations in Prince Edward Island national park (CBPP-1490 in English and CBPP-1 -1280 in French).
73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO, March 24, DX Listening Digest 6-051 (25/3-2006)
CANADA
New AM in Montreal (1690 kHz, 1 kW) approved by CRTC --- The CRTC has approved the application by the Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation for a new AM station in Montreal, in the X- band, 1 kW on 1690 kHz: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-58.htm They will be ND, operating from a single short (46 degree) tower located at 45? 26' 51.00" N, Latitude 73 ? 37' 57.00" W Longitude.
73, Deane McIntyre, VE6BPO, March 10, IRCA via DXLD
From http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/whatsnew/2006/mar10.htm
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-58.htm Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation, Montréal, Quebec. APPROVED – New English-language community-based campus AM radio programming undertaking in Montréal, Quebec. The licence will expire 31 August 2012. (for 1690 AM in Montreal).
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-60.htm La radio communautaire de LaSalle, Montréal (zone Lasalle), Quebec. APPROVED – New Type B French-language community FM radio programming undertaking in Montréal, Quebec. The licence will expire 31 August 2012. (for 100.1 FM in Montreal)
via Ricky Leong, AB, DXLD 6-043 (11/3-2006)
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CHINA
837 kHz, CNR-5 (Voice of Zhonghua, to Taiwan) on new 837 kHz, first noted by me on 25 March around 1415 listening in Tarakan, Indonesia. According to their Chinese-language website http://www.nihaotw.com the new frequency started operating on 28 Dec 2007.
909 kHz: Web sources suggest the new Quanzhou SARFT* site is already in operation, with a location near Zhangban in Hui'an County (GE low-res area in the region of 24 53N, 118 48E). The sources specifically mention that high-power transmitting equipment for both MW and SW has been installed at the new site, so the Chinese are evidently still wanting to continue doing whatever they have been doing on SW from the curtain antennas at the old Quanzhou site. It's possible that Zhangban is the site for the new CNR-5 frequency of 837 kHz, but I haven't been able to find any confirmation of that.
1269 kHz: FS can be a fair to strong signal in S Asia and in the western part of SE Asia.
1323 kHz: Chinese sources say there is at least one Harris DX-600 unit at
the Huadian site, from which Korean 1323 kHz is the only known
frequency, and the CRI/VOR Korean signals can sometimes be heard quite
well in SE Asia - presumably it's quite a narrow beam southwards.
1377 kHz: On the subject of Chinese sites, I recently found a paper published in 2005 describing the lightning-protection arrangements at the SARFT Station at Xingyang (near Zhengzhou). According to this, CNR-1 1377 kHz is also from a Harris DX-600 using a two-tower antenna with a slightly directional pattern - which must be the rather unimpressive-looking masts at 34 48 28N, 113 23 17E on GE, most likely being a radiator and reflector to give maximum radiation in a direction just north of west. The site also has two Thomson M2W units each operating with 100 kW into single-mast omnidirectional antennas for 630 kHz (CNR-2) and 972 kHz (Henan PBS), which must be the masts at 34 48 40N, 113 23 22E and 34 48 43N, 113 23 07E. The same article also mentions that the SARFT site at Putian for 549/684 kHz has two Thomson S7HP transmitters.
The sites for Shandong PBS News Service mentioned in various web sources are:
891 kHz: Dongying
918 kHz: Binzhou, Dezhou, Heze (10 kW), Jinan-Huangtai (200 kW), Jining, Laiwu, Rizhao (10 kW), Tai'an, Yantai (10 kW)
1467 kHz: *Beizhen (1 kW), Dezhou (1 kW), *Xin Xian (1 kW)
1485 kHz: *Dan Xian (1 kW), Liaocheng (1 kW), *Lu Xian (1 kW), *Pingyi (1 kW), *Tai'an (1 kW), *Weihai (1 kW)
1548 kHz: Linyi (7.5 kW), *Longkou (10 kW), *Qingdao (10 kW), *Rongcheng (10 kW), Weifang (10 kW)
*= sites not mentioned on Shandong PBS website
I can't explain the double listings for Dezhou on 918 and 1467 kHz and for Tai'an on 918 and 1485 kHz. Probably there have been frequency changes for these sites. The powers listed for some sites may be out of date, but probably haven't changed dramatically.
All China items from Alan Davies, ARC Information Desk 28 April via dxld yg (17/5-2008)
*SARFT = State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television (and Jamming)
Glenn Hauser, dxld yg (17/5-2008)
CHINA
Amid the prolonged snow crisis, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television began on Sunday to send 50,000 radios to the worst-hit southern provinces.
These radios would help people hear the "concerned voices of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, updated information on relief work, news, communication and weather, as well as recreational programs during the Spring Festival," said a brief statement from the two bodies.
The radios would go to central Hubei, Hunan, eastern Anhui, Jiangxi, and southwestern Sichuan, Guizhou Provinces, and southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the statement.
The two departments, it said, would enhance organization to make sure these radios would "reach disaster-affected people before the Festival", which will be celebrated in mid-week.
The statement did not say how the radios would be shipped. Much of the nation's transportation system has been thrown into chaos by the weather, especially in the targeted areas.
www.chinaview.cn via Xinhua (3/2-2008)
CHINA
Beijing PBS News Sce on 828kHz now operating 24hrs service (ex. 2130-0200 UTC).
Programe skd of Beijing PBS is not updated.
http://www.bjradio.com.cn/06jmsjb/200701/t20070108_338339.htm
Streaming: http://listen.bjradio.com.cn/xinwen/index.htm
S.Hasegawa, NDXC-HQ via dxld yg (10/1-2008)
CHINA
1521 kHz: The Hutubi 500 kW CRI transmitter in Xinjiang, NW of Urumqi, seems to have several directional arrays at its disposal. It is off for two minutes for antenna switching from 1257, 1457, 1557, 1657, 1757. The sign off is at 1957.
Olle Alm, Sweden, ARC MV-Eko Nov 12 via BC-DX via DXLD 7-137 (15/11-2007)
CHINA
I have recently returned from a trip to Beijing. Brought my Sangean 606 ATS with me, but it was of not much use. Unfortunately, the hotel where I stayed, wasn't a good dx-place, because of a lot of electrical noise. Besides that, I was too exhausted to listen to the radio, when back from my expeditions to various parts of Beijing and nearest surroundings :-) First of all fullfilling an old dream, once climbing the Great Wall.
CRI on 846 kHz was of course audible with very good signal!
On October 8th I visited CRI English Section and got a very warm welcome. I saw the studios and the editorial section; was interviewed to the program "Beyond Bejing". Have been a more or less regular listener to CRI since 1974, so it was quite nice to see some of the faces behind the voices.
Ydun Ritz (12/10-2007)
CHINA
CRI launches Olympic Radio on 900 kHz AM.
Two year before the Beijing Olympics, China Radio International (CRI) has launched a new multilingual station called Olympic Radio broadcasting in the capital on 900 kHz mediumwave. Olympic Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day in Chinese, English, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and German. English programming can be heard daily from midnight until 07:00 local time. "The opening of CRI Olympic Radiowill meet the growing demand for information on Beijing, China and the Olympics,” says CRI president Wang Gengnian. Organizers of the station don't even try to hide that the station serves also a propaganda purpose: "The channel will also help to display a favorable image of our country,” Wang says in a news item published on the CRI website on August 8.
DXing.info (23/9-2006)
CHINA
NEW OLYMPIC RADIO CHANNEL 900AM.
Since 8.8.2006 there is a new Olympic- Radio-Channel (900AM) in Beijing on air. The first multi language service in China as RCI said.
Beijinger Localtime: [UT +8]
English Programm 00.00 - 07.00
Chinese Programm 07.00 - 09.00
Spanish Programm 09.00 - 11.00
French Programm 11.00 - 13.00
Arabic Programm 13.00 - 15.00
Chinese Programm 15.00 - 16.00
German Programm 16.00 - 18.00
Japanese Programm 18.00 - 20.00
Korean programm 20.00 - 22.00
Russian Programm 22.00 - 24.00
http://de.chinabroadcast.cn/401/2006/08/02/1@54232.htm
73, Paul Gager, Austria, Aug 14, BDXC via DXLD 6-124 (17/8-2006)
CHINA
Re. China Radio International in English on 1540 kHz:
Surely CHIN 1540 Toronto, as scheduled: http://www.chinradio.com/amfm.asp
73, Glenn Hauser, DXLD yahoogroup (24/10-2005)
CHINA
Last night I heard a relay of China Radio International in English on 1540 kHz at 2300 UTC Saturday. Does anyone know which station would be relaying it at this time? According to CRI's website they are carried on WNWR Philadelphia on 1540 at "1000-1100 local time" and the WNWR website isn't much help either. Can ayone confirm if they carry CRI at this time ? WNWR isn't often heard in Europe, but Trans-Atlantic reception was excellent last night.
Dave Kenny Caversham UK Lowe HF225+ 100m beverage via DXLD yahoogroup (23/10-2005)
CHINA
CRI on 1386 kHz via LTU noted on Sat 16 October in English from tune-in at 2045 GMT until end of English programme at 2100 GMT.
Online EMWG currently says:
2002-2100 Czech
2100-2200 English
2200-2300 German.
Mark Hattam via EMWG yahoogroup (16/10-2005)
That is correct. In the EMWG introduction you will read that the EMWG has times expressed in Winter time. If it is Summer time, you need to subtract one hour from the times mentioned in the EMWG unless otherwise mentioned.
So 2100-2200 English needs to be read as 2000-2100 English when Summer time is in order.
73 Herman Boel, EMWG (16/10-2005)
CHINA
CRI launches Newsradio on 900 kHz AM.
China Radio International (CRI) has launched CRI Newsradio in the capital Beijing on 900 kHz AM and 90.5 MHz FM. According to Xinhua news agency, the new channel began broadcasting on September 28. CRI Newsradio provides a 24-hour service of news, current affairs, finance, sports and entertainment programs in Chinese and in foreign languages. Established in 1941, CRI is China's international radio broadcaster transmitting radio programs in 43 languages.
DXing.info (2/10-2005)
CHINA
China Radio International (CRI) yesterday launched a new domestic channel called CRI Newsradio which operates on 900 kHz mediumwave. The new station provides a 24-hour service including current affairs, finance, sports and entertainment, and can be heard in both Chinese and foreign languages. Chinese interested in international news and other cultures, as well as foreigners living in China, are expected to be the new channel's major audience.
Source: CRI via Andy @ on the Media Network blog (29/6-2005)
CHINA
Sound of Hope, the clandestine also on SW, has started a weekly English program, on AM620 in NY and soon on WUST 1120 Washington DC, called Speaking of Asia, and also on demand: http://eng.soundofhope.org/aboutus.asp Furthermore, has bilingual news, and a few shows in Spanish.
Glenn Hauser`s SW/DX Report April 14-16 (16/4-2005)
CHINA
Voice of Strait English homepage is at
http://www.vos.com.cn/enroot/service/index.htm They give frequencies as
News Channel: MW: 666 KHz SW: 11590 KHz
Minnan Dialect Channel: MW: 873 KHz SW: 6115 KHz
Life and Entertainment Channel: SW: 7280 KHz FM 90.6 KHz
and contact info as: Voice of Straits Address: 187 Box, Fuzhou, China 350012 E-mail: vos @ am666.net
There is a mention of English at http://www.vos.com.cn/enroot/service/schedule.htm 14:30 English weekly "Focus On China" But but, is this schedule in Beijing Time??? S/on and s/off times 0625/0100 fits that.
Jari Savolainen, Finland, March 2, DX Listening Digest 5-038 (3/3-2005)
CHINA
CRI informs its listeners in Moldova, Ukraine and Southern Russia that starting from 9 May, Russian Service relay via Moldova at 1430-1630 will go on the air on 1413 kHz, replacing the former 1467 kHz.
Voice of Russia, Club DX No. 737 via Signal Bulletin # 147 (26/5-2005)
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