{"id":24896,"date":"2025-07-26T06:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24896\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:34:11","slug":"crtc-to-issue-cabin-radio-fm-ruling-within-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24896\/","title":{"rendered":"CRTC to issue Cabin Radio FM ruling within next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CRTC says it will issue a decision regarding Cabin Radio\u2019s application for a Yellowknife FM radio frequency within the next week.<\/p>\n

In an advisory<\/a> late on Friday, the federal broadcasting regulator listed the application among its \u201canticipated releases\u201d for the period from July 28 to August 1.<\/p>\n

Cabin Radio first applied for a commercial broadcast licence to serve Yellowknife in 2019.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the CRTC rejected that initial application<\/a> without opening it, saying it had decided through a study of the market that Yellowknife was not large enough to support two commercial FM stations.<\/p>\n

Cabin Radio applied again<\/a> and the CRTC ultimately decided to hold a public hearing<\/a> regarding the second application \u2013 and an application from Vista Radio, the incumbent commercial FM operator in Yellowknife \u2013 in February 2025. <\/p>\n

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The regulator, revisiting its 2023 decision, said it had chosen to hold a hearing as it now believed Yellowknife was \u201cnot as well served as it could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

In particular, the CRTC said the Covid-19 pandemic and wildfires in the NWT had \u201chighlighted the importance of having increased access to radio content in the North.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CRTC is expected to issue decisions at the same time on the applications from both Cabin Radio and Vista Radio, which operates True North FM. Vista is seeking a second licence that would allow it to serve Yellowknife with two stations.<\/p>\n

The regulator can choose to give new licences to both companies, award a new licence to one but not the other, or leave the situation as it is and award no new licences at all.<\/p>\n

Cabin Radio has operated as an online station since March 2018, broadcasting as though it were a commercial FM station but with programming accessible online via its website and app.<\/p>\n

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