CRTC okays three new Vancouver FM stations

[SpongeG]

CRTC okays three new Vancouver FM stations

VANCOUVER -- Metro Vancouver radio listeners will soon hear three new FM radio stations following their approval by the CRTC.

The Jim Pattison Group will broadcast a new station at 100.5 MHz, replacing its AM station CKBD AM 600. The new station will be known as 100.5 The PEAK, with an adult alternative album (Triple A) format featuring artists like John Mayer, David Gray, Arcade Fire and Jack Johnson.

It will be the Pattison Group's second Vancouver FM station, as it currently operates country music station JR FM.

A new independent player in the Vancouver radio market - 6851916 Canada Inc. - will operate a new station at 104.1 MHz and will also have a Triple A music format targeting adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

Matthew Gordon McBride will operate a new station in Port Moody at 98.7 MHz with a music mix featuring contemporary pop, world beat and jazz. The station will be available to listeners in the tri-city area of Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, with a combined population of about 270,000.

McBride currently operates radio stations in small B.C. communities like Pemberton, Tofino and Ucluelet.

The CRTC said the Vancouver radio market generated more than $131 million in advertising revenues last year, experiencing compounded annual growth of 6.5 per cent between 2003 and 2007. The Vancouver radio market's pre-tax profit last year was about $31.5 million.


http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/n...8-e9a9d640e63b

[hollywoodnorth]

good news...but Port Moody? ummmm ok then

[SpongeG]

yea they have been trying to get a tri city radio for a while now for locals

i wonder what it will be like

the other two sound like they will both be bland considering the format

[deasine]

haha this is a little random, but in killarney sec. we have our own radio too =P
CKIL 88.5 FM =P

[MistyMountainHop]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

The Jim Pattison Group will broadcast a new station at 100.5 MHz, replacing its AM station CKBD AM 600. The new station will be known as 100.5 The PEAK, with an adult alternative album (Triple A) format featuring artists like John Mayer, David Gray, Arcade Fire and Jack Johnson.

Seeing The Arcade Fire there makes me wish we had a proper indie station.

[westcoast604]

I guess Sky 104 Fm wasnt approved then..

http://sky104fm.com/

edit:

unless its this A new independent player in the Vancouver radio market - 6851916 Canada Inc. - will operate a new station at 104.1 MHz and will also have a Triple A music format targeting adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

But the target age bracket doesnt seem right.

[SpongeG]

yea i am thinking it is this applicant

11.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Application No. 2007-1420-6
Application by The Coast 104.1 FM Inc. for a licence to operate an English-language FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Vancouver.
The new station would operate on frequency 104.1 MHz (channel 281C) with an average effective radiated power of 4,100 watts (maximum effective radiated power of 8,000 watts/antenna height of 600 metres).
The applicant is proposing a New Adult Contemporary/Smooth Jazz music format.
The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.



edit: this is the station that is applying to operate here as the coast 104.1: http://www.wave947.fm/

[SpongeG]

omg they play kenny g

Top 10 - For the week of: 6/2/2008

1 Marcus Miller with Corinne Bailey Rae - Free
2 Angie Stone - Happy Being Me
3 Mindi Abair - Smile
4 Jesse Cook - Cafe Mocha
5 Gabriel Mark Hasselbach with Christine Duncan - Been Around The World
6 Jessy J - Tequila Moon
7 Chris Standring - Love And Paragraphs
8 Brian Culbertson - Always Remeber
9 Kenny G - Sax-O-Loco
10 Earl Klugh - Driftin'

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by marmorek

Seeing The Arcade Fire there makes me wish we had a proper indie station.

Coast 1040 back in the early-mid 90's was pretty kick-ass. Too bad it didnt make it long term and on to FM

[SpongeG]

i loved coast 1040 - they applied to go on FM and were turned down

so on their last day of broadcasting they played every song that they could that had F**K in it - lol

good times

[mersar]

Originally Posted by westcoast604

I guess Sky 104 Fm wasnt approved then..

http://sky104fm.com/

edit:

unless its this A new independent player in the Vancouver radio market - 6851916 Canada Inc. - will operate a new station at 104.1 MHz and will also have a Triple A music format targeting adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

But the target age bracket doesnt seem right.

According to the CRTC release there were 13 companies trying for the 104.1 frequency, the application for sky104 was one of the denied ones (its listed under the name of the applicant, Nirenderjit Pataria, who hadn't registered the company yet)

More details on the 104.1 station:

Agent gets licence for new FM station in Vancouver
by MARSHA LEDERMAN
Globe & Mail
May 31, 2008

VANCOUVER -- After years of getting his big-name acts played on the radio, music impresario Sam Feldman (pictured) is getting into the business directly. The long-time Vancouver-based music manager and agent (Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Joni Mitchell) has been granted a licence to launch a new commercial radio station in Vancouver.

The station at 104.1 FM will operate a format known as Triple A (Adult Alternative Album) with an emphasis on new music (half of its play list will have been released within the past two years) and emerging artists (at least 15 per cent of the weekly play list will be devoted to emerging artists, according to the application). The new station will also devote 15 per cent of its play list to so-called special interest music, including roots, folk, jazz, blues and world music.

Approval was granted yesterday by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Mr. Feldman's partners in the venture include another radio newcomer, David Aisenstat (restaurateur whose properties include The Keg) and veteran radio programmers Bob Mackowycz and Roy Hennessy. TSN personality Michael Landsberg is also involved. The ownership group, tentatively calling itself Shore FM, plans to launch the station in the first half of 2009.

Meanwhile, the migration away from the AM dial continues in Vancouver, as CBC Radio One's signal will move to FM. As part of yesterday's decision, the CRTC said the CBC can move to 88.1 FM but also maintain its 690 AM signal to reach a wide geographic area.

In another switch, the easy listening format commercial station 600 AM (CKBD), operated by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd., will go off the air and be replaced by a new FM station at 100.5 FM. The new station, to be launched in late fall, will also take on the Triple A format, with a focus on new and emerging music.

The CBC's request to operate an FM transmitter on Gabriola Island was denied, as was its request to operate an FM transmitter in Nanaimo.

[David]

damn, i was hoping for SkyFM

[Smooth]

I wish I had better reception of The Zone 91.3 in Vancouver. It's far better than any of the local stations.

[Punkster]

Originally Posted by Smooth

I wish I had better reception of The Zone 91.3 in Vancouver. It's far better than any of the local stations.

I agree. Love The Zone.

[SpongeG]

the BCIT station is really good if you can pick it up

better than CITR i think

[hollywoodnorth]

Business in Vancouver June 10-16, 2008; issue 972

Business bigwigs nab new radio stations

CRTC approves FM applications from billionaire businessman Jim Pattison and Vancouver talent agency operator Sam Feldman

Curt Cherewayko

New media hasn’t killed the radio star – yet.

Judging by the media and business heavyweights that are behind new stations appearing on Vancouver’s FM bandwidth, there’s still profit to be had in radio.

Sam Feldman, CEO of Vancouver’s S.L. Feldman and Associates, Canada’s largest full-service talent agency, is among the shareholders of Shore FM, which received a licence from the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in May to operate 104.1 FM.

Shore’s other shareholders include veteran radio hands Roy Hennessy and Bob Mackowycz and David Aisenstat, restaurateur and owner of the Keg restaurants.

“You have a couple of radio warhorses and some other guys who have certainly [made] their mark in Vancouver,” said the Ladner-raised Hennessy, GM and president of the new station, which will launch next spring.

Hennessy, who runs a Toronto-based advertising agency, got his start in radio in Penticton before becoming the music director and morning man at CKLG in the mid-’60s during the “Boss Radio” days, when he was known as the “Real” Roy Hennessy.

Shore researched the Vancouver radio scene in preparation for its application to the CRTC.

“Vancouver has perhaps the most conservative music list on radio in the country,” said Hennessy. “The average station is playing about 350 songs.”

Shore will operate in the Triple A (adult alternative album) format, which, according to the CRTC, is a relatively new commercial format in Canada.

The CRTC defines Triple A as a broad mix of genres from the 1970s and 1980s and newer music that could include pop, rock and acoustic music.

The broad definition gives stations that use the format flexibility when developing their musical identity.

Shore will target adults aged 25 to 54, which, with the exception of ethnic and talk outlets, is the prime demographic for Vancouver’s 19 commercial radio stations.

“85% of advertising in radio is spent in that demographic,” said Hennessy.

He added that Feldman will use the station to promote his agency’s 200-plus artists, including Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne and Diana Krall.

“Sam has been very up front from the beginning that he hopes this station helps his artists,” said Hennessy. “But more than anything else, he wants to make sure it helps all the artists in Vancouver.”

Shore’s approval for a licence stemmed from a public hearing in Vancouver in February, when the CRTC heard from 17 applicants for the three available FM frequencies in Vancouver.

The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group also received approval for a new station at 100.5 FM, which is replacing its CKBD station on 600 AM. The new station will also operate in the Triple A format.

The Pattison Group was unavailable for comment. Many of its senior staff were attending another CRTC hearing in Edmonton where it has applied for another station.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. received a licence for the third available FM frequency in Vancouver, but it’s required to maintain its 690 AM frequency for listeners in remote areas that might not receive the FM station.

After Toronto and Montreal, the Vancouver radio market is Canada’s third largest, recording $131 million in advertising revenue last year.

Advertising revenue in Vancouver grew at a compound annual rate of 6.5% over the last four years.

But despite higher radio ad revenue, its audience is decreasing.

Between 1999 and 2006, the number of hours that Canadians tuned in to radio dropped 1.9% to 18.6 a week.

The only demographic whose listening didn’t decrease from 2005 to 2006 was adults aged 25 to 34.

The largest decline in listening, according to the CRTC, occurred among teens between 12 and 17, who tuned in to radio an average of 7.6 hours per week in 2006, a 3.7% decline since 1999.

Alfred Hermida, a journalism professor at the University of British Columbia, said that radio’s advantages are that it is a well-established medium and, in some cases – such as in automobiles during the work commute – has a captive audience.

He noted, however, that the Internet and other digital formats are cutting into radio’s market share.

Ownership of digital music players such as iPods is increasing among all age groups in Canada, particularly 18- to 24-year-olds.

“If that younger audience instead is turning [to] online or other sources, then – in say 10 years’ time – they are not going to tune into the radio, because their media habits will already be established.”

Hennessy is aware that radio’s younger audience is shrinking. “Radio as we know it is going to have to change, it is going to have evolve,” he said. “There are a thousand different directions to go if you just take your head out of the sand.”

[bugsy]

Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

But despite higher radio ad revenue, its audience is decreasing.

Between 1999 and 2006, the number of hours that Canadians tuned in to radio dropped 1.9% to 18.6 a week.

Perhaps more people would listen if they stop playing this "adult alternative" crap.