Dan Sys wrote:I found this confusing letter hidden away on the CRTC site this morning:
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/lb190710.htm
It states that CKPM went dark on June 27, 2019? Fact of the matter is the station has been off the air since April 2018.
Dan Sys wrote:
Makes sense from a technical point Dave, but the CRTC should be more concerned about the fact that programming ceased in April 2018.
In a letter dated 5 July 2019, the licensee informed the Commission that CKPM-FM Port Moody was taken off-air on June 27, 2019. CKPM-FM Port Moody indicated that following unsuccessful negotiation of the antenna site lease, its tenancy was terminated. It added that the station will be off-air until such time as an approved alternate broadcast site can be established.
In order to continue the analysis of the licence renewal application, you are required to provide the following additional information:
Explain in detail the circumstances of this situation.
Explain why the station was suddenly taken off-air by the landlord on June 27, 2019.
File the terminated lease, which should indicate its expiry date, or the documents that terminated the lease.
Indicate the next steps for the station’s operations and when it is expected to be back on the air. Further, describe any initiative that has been attempted in the search of a new broadcasting site.
Furthermore, explain why the Commission should renew the broadcasting licence for CKPM-FM (which expires on 31 August 2019), in light of the various instances of apparent non-compliance identified in letters dated 14 May and 5 June 2019 and the fact that the station is currently not in operation.
It is necessary to obtain this information from the applicant in order to provide for a complete record.
erratics wrote:The antenna where CKPM broadcast from in Newport Village was taken down a few weeks back. The station is history and I guess Matt has moved on to other ventures, whatever they are? I guess when all the bureaucracy sorts itself out, with time, maybe someone else might take up 98.7 frequency in Metro Vancouver.
splunge wrote:The stations have all been renewed until March 2020.
jon wrote:splunge wrote:The stations have all been renewed until March 2020.
Wasn't March 2020 the existing expiry dates for the licenses, prior to this announcement?
splunge wrote:What this means is anyone's guess.
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-225-1.htm
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