International Radio Report
Program summary Sunday, July 18, 2004
- CBME-1-FM, new CBC Radio One translator at Sherbrooke and Cavendish
> Testing with 98 watts at 97.6 metres (height above ground or average
terrain?)
> Complaints of bad reception in parts of NDG, Montreal West
> Station heard as far as Hawkesbury, Ont. (!)
- 107.7 FM pirate Arabic station heard on West Island
> Impression it was beamed off a satellite music service
> No announcements, no IDs
> Signal strongest along Rivière des Prairies
> Site appears to have been found at a house in Laval
- RealWeather USA, new program in U.S.
> WPRO 630 kHz will be flagship station
> Weather in relation to people's activities
- CKZW: Proposed station for gospel on 650 kHz with 10,000 watts
> Group will run special-event station on 106.3 MHz from Aug. 12 to 15
> Should proposal get approved, station will have to protect WSM Nashville,
TN
- CHOI-FM demonstration Thursday drew 50,000 people to support fight against
CRTC
- ClearChannel has decided to run fewer commercials
> Reducing from as many as 20 minutes per hour to 15 or 12
> Advertising prices will be going up
- Wireless Amber Alert service
> Being developed to transmit information to cell phones
- KKOL has begun broadcasting with 1,000 watts from cargo carrier in waters
off Seattle
> www.dalke.com/KKOL
- Police going after FM pirates
> Most of these station being run by gangs promoting illegal activities
> Also interfering with other stations, air-traffic control
- Scott Fybush NorthEast Radio Watch needs financial help
> www.fybush.com
