CIIO-FM (defunct)
CIIO-FM was a Canadian radio station that operated a tourist information service at 96.1 FM in Ottawa, Ontario, known as Information Radio. The station also operated another station at 97.5 FM in Ottawa with the callsign CIIF-FM.
The station, owned by Instant Information Services, originally began broadcasting at 104.7 FM in 2006, [1] until the station moved to 99.7 FM in 2007 to make room for CJRC to operate at 104.7 FM in Gatineau, Quebec. [2]
On October 4, 2007, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) received applications for new radio stations in Ottawa to operate at 99.7 MHz. Three applicants had proposed the 99.7 MHz frequency; however, CIIO-FM planned to increase their effective radiated power. CIIO's application to increase power was denied on August 26, 2008. [3] On the same date, a new radio station owned by Astral Media was authorized to broadcast at 99.7 FM in Ottawa, forcing CIIO to relocate to a new frequency; the new station, CJOT-FM, signed on on May 27, 2010.
In May 2010, the CRTC authorized CIIO-FM to move to 97.5 MHz. [4]
As of December 2010, the station CIIO-FM was listed as 96.1 MHz, while VF2516 was listed at 97.5 MHz in Ottawa, which was known as CIIF-FM.
On December 7, 2011, Jack McGaw and Information Radio applied to delete their French language Information Radio service CIIF-FM 97.5 in Ottawa and replace it with their English language service CIIO-FM 99.7, which was forced off the air when Astral's CJOT-FM was launched in 2010. Technical parameters for 97.5 FM would not change. [5] [6]
CIIO-FM left the air in late 2011, and its license was due to expire on August 31, 2014.
References
- ↑ CRTC Decision 2005-601, Use of frequency 104.7 MHz by the new low-power tourist information service in Ottawa, CRTC, December 21, 2005
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-75, Low-power tourist information service in Ottawa - Technical change, CRTC, March 1, 2007
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-222, Licensing of new radio stations to serve Ottawa and Gatineau, CRTC August 26, 2008
- ↑ Canadian Radio News for May 2010, Radio-Info
- ↑ Broadcasting Part 1 Applications Open for Comment 2011-1188-0
- ↑ Broadcasting Part 1 Applications Open for Comment 2011-1551-9
External links
- History of CIIO-FM - Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CIIO-FM (former 99.7 FM frequency; was listed at 96.1)
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CIIF-FM (formerly known as VF2516)
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for VF2516
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