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...
The CRTC is asking for applications for radio stations in the Vancouver area, which it said in its “preliminary view” would “best be served by proposals targeting the ethnic communities,” though it noted that it would consider other types of applications. Last year, the CRTC said it would hold a hearing to look into three radio stations it said were in violation of the Broadcasting Act by operating out of British Columbia's Lower Mainland and having their signals transmitted from the United States back into Canada without a CRTC-issued licence. In a decision in...
The CRTC said Thursday that it has ordered a Vancouver-area radio station found to be transmitting signals from the United States back to its home base in British Columbia to cease these operations before the end of the day. A...
Notices issued by the CRTC on Tuesday and Friday indicated two out of three British Columbia radio stations accused of broadcasting in Canada without a licence will not appear at a scheduled hearing...
The CRTC said Wednesday it will hold a hearing this fall that considers three radio stations it says are in violation of the Broadcasting Act by operating out of British Columbia's Lower Mainland and having their signals...
