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TAGGED AS FISTON KALAMBAY

French-language Christian radio station approved for Ottawa

Media | 07/22/2014 5:15 pm EDT

The CRTC has approved a broadcast licence for a French-language FM radio station in Ottawa that will play Christian music. The commission said on its website that it has approved the application made by Fiston Kalambay on behalf of a to-be-incorporated, not-for-profit group. A posting on the CRTC's website Tuesday said the station would target members of the French-language community in Ottawa between the ages of 13 and 55. It said the group has committed to play 90 per cent Canadian music, to contribute $5,000 a year to Canadian content development initiatives, and also not to accept...