The CRTC received an application from Five Amigos Broadcasting Inc. (Five Amigos) for a broadcasting license to operate an English-language commercial FM radio programming undertaking in Wallaceburg, Ontario. The new station would operate at 99.1 MHz (channel 256A) with an average effective radiated power of 570 watts.
Five Amigos is owned by Greg Hetherington (25% of the voting shares), Gary Patterson (25% of the voting shares), Gregory Aarssen (17% of the voting shares), Mike Kilby (16.5% of the voting shares) and Max Fantuz (16.5% of the voting shares). It is controlled by its board of directors, pursuant to the terms of the Shareholders’ Agreement.
The new station would offer an Adult Contemporary music format. It would provide a minimum of 91 hours of local programming per broadcast week, with the remainder consisting of syndicated programming. Further, it would provide a minimum of 12 hours of spoken word programming per broadcast week, of which four hours and 12 minutes would be devoted to news. It would also broadcast information relating to weather, sports, business reports and community events.
The Commission received interventions in support of this application, as well as an intervention in opposition from Blackburn Radio Inc. (Blackburn). The interventions and the applicant’s reply to the intervention from Blackburn can be found on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca under “Public Proceedings.”
Links:
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2134532
http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1584912
http://ckdp.ca/wallaceburg-radio-station-approved/
http://ckdp.ca/five-amigos-broadcasting-updates-wallaceburg-dresden-community/
http://ckdp.ca/wallaceburgs-five-amigos-broadcasting-holding-naming-contest/
http://ckdp.ca/five-amigos-excited-and-thrilled-with-wallaceburg-station-approval/
