Status report: How things are changing at Montreal TV and radio stations
Last fall, I wrote for The Gazette that there were a lot of changes going on at local TV and radio stations. This year, 2013, is turning out to be the biggest one for local broadcasting in decades,...
View ArticleRadio Fierté requests frequency change, one-year extension to launch
CHRF Radio Fierté, which was supposed to launch this fall at 990 AM, has instead requested a one-year extension and has applied to change frequency to 980 AM in an effort to improve its signal. When it...
View ArticleCRTC approves frequency change for Radio Fierté
It hasn’t launched yet, but Radio Fierté has already gotten approval to improve its signal, particularly during the night. On Wednesday, the CRTC approved a technical amendment to the licence of the...
View ArticleTwo new radio stations to launch in Montreal region by end of 2014
The last regulatory hurdle to the Montreal area getting its newest commercial radio company has finally been passed. On Thursday, the CRTC approved a technical change for CHSV-FM Hudson/St-Lazare, a...
View ArticleRadio Fierté begins testing on 980 AM
Montreal’s newest radio station, and its first new general-interest commercial AM station in just about forever, is now transmitting as it undergoes the final stage before launch. For a couple of weeks...
View ArticleRadio Fierté is now officially broadcasting
As of 6am today, a little over three months after it began on-air testing, CHRF Radio Fierté 980 is officially on the air, the first French-language LGBT radio station in North America according to...
View ArticleRadio ratings: Virgin and The Beat are tied (so both declare victory)
Quarterly radio ratings from Numeris were released on Thursday. There aren’t any big surprises for the anglophone market. Overall, among all listeners age 2+, these are the average minute audiences...
View ArticleMontreal radio ratings: The Beat gaining on Virgin
Numeris released its spring quarterly ratings report for metered markets this week, of which Montreal is one. The numbers for Montreal’s English market show little change from what we’ve seen for...
View ArticleRadio ratings: Virgin running out of ways to claim it’s beating The Beat
Numeris released its quarterly ratings report this week for Montreal and other metered markets. The Montreal top-line results show once again a significant margin between 92.5 The Beat (CKBE-FM) and...
View ArticleEvanov Radio shuts down CHRF 980 AM
Evanov Radio’s CHRF 980 AM in Montreal announced it has shut down effective midnight Sunday. Host Serge Plaisance announced on the station’s website that he’s moving to its sister station, CFMB 1280...
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