A British Columbia-based broadcaster is suing the federal government over the CRTC’s denial of a sale of a BCE Inc.-owned radio station in Calgary. Akash Broadcasting Inc. sought approval to buy two AM stations, one in Winnipeg and one in Calgary. Only the Manitoba sale...
The CRTC has approved two new ethnic radio licences — one to a company it previously ordered to stop broadcasting — and a rebroadcast transmitter for another to serve Surrey and Vancouver, British Columbia. The regulator had previously said that it was looking for applications to serve the market because of “demand in the Vancouver market for additional ethnic radio programming services.” On Monday, the CRTC said it has approved the applications...
