CRTC forcing sale of Montreal-area radio station

Media | 04/11/2014 5:47 pm EDT

The CRTC is forcing the owner of a Quebec radio station to sell its broadcasting licence within the next 90 days or have it revoked after years of ignoring the regulator’s orders. CJMS Saint-Constant, an AM country station broadcast from a small suburb on the south shore of Montreal, has provided multiple excuses for why over the years it has faltered on filing a mandatory annual report, contributing to Canadian talent development and keeping logs of the music it broadcasts, the CRTC said in a posting on its website Friday. “This is the last call,” CRTC spokeswoman Patricia...