Kelowna rock station denied access to Penticton ears by radio regulator
PENTICTON – Radio listeners in Penticton won’t be able to enjoy the classic rock offerings of a Kelowna radio station anytime soon thanks to a decision from Canada’s broadcast regulator.
K96 wanted to move its transmitter to the top of Okanagan Mountain so its signal would beam into the South Okanagan, specifically Penticton.
Newcap Radio, the company which owns the Kelowna radio station, applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for a change to the contours of its broadcast signal.
In a recent ruling, the Commission said the technical change would provide a strong signal to Penticton, which could have a negative impact on the existing Penticton radio stations. The commissioners argued Newcap would take advertising dollars away from those businesses.
The decision also said approving the application would essentially have allowed a new radio station in the city without following the competitive licensing process.
Newcap argued in its application that being allowed into the Penticton market would “bring the station to a level of profitability that would ensure continued service to Kelowna.”
Country 100.7 FM in Penticton is also owned by Newcap.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.
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6 responses
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Interesting that 100.7 can broadcast to Kelowna and the rest of the valley, but god forbid we in the south could listen to a radio station from Kelowna!This is the reason that we own a sattelite radio!
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You absolutely suck. Yet another way the government is controlling what you, the listener, hears. I don’t want Crap Sun FM anymore…it isn’t cool…it’s degrading and horrendous on the ears..I want MUSIC! made with hands and instruments and written by one/two artists, not one singer singing 30 people’s written words…##$^$%^@#$.
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Disagree,, Our Loss,, possibiliy of more advertising for Penticton businesses ,,$$ in to our city,,
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Why not ask what the listeners want? Instead we continue to be stuck with the crap that is available.
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People are denied the right to listen to a kelowna station because the existing stations will be impacted?Not if they produced programing people wanted to hear.What is being said is you can listen to satellite stations on line stations and all the CD’s you can handle but be damned if you’re going to hear a station you want to listen to I do not comprehend the logic here.
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