95.3 The Peak Testing

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95.3 The Peak Testing

Postby RoadRunner65 » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:45 am

Was just out getting some items thought I would checkout 953. To my surprise they were testing :)

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Re: 95.3 The Peak Testing

Postby albertaboy4life » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:04 pm

They might actually make it to air before the second anniversary of the approval of their application by the CRTC. The license was granted on May 12, 2012.

It has taken longer to launch 95.3 FM than Rawlco took to launch 96.9 FM in Calgary. Rawlco had approval on August 16, 1994 and it wasn't until June 3, 1996 that it hit the air.

Too bad the Peak didn't launch at the same time as a bunch of new Save On Foods stores opened in Calgary. It probably would have been some good intra-corporate partnering between Pattison divisions.
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Re: 95.3 The Peak Testing

Postby Rocky » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:09 pm

Funny how in 1954 Channel 2 and in 1960 Channel 4 in Calgary were able to get on the air within months of approval, not years. They had to erect towers from scratch not lease space.
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Re: 95.3 The Peak Testing

Postby albertaboy4life » Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:54 am

The Peak, in Calgary, launches on Friday, April 25th at 95.3 FM.

More information at http://953thepeak.com/ as well as https://www.facebook.com/953ThePEAK and https://twitter.com/thepeakcalgary
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