850 AM Montreal
| City of license | Montreal, Quebec |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 850 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | TBA |
| Format | French-language sports/talk |
| Power |
50,000 watts (day) 22,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Owner |
Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media (7954689 Canada Inc.) |
| Sister stations | 600 AM Montreal, 940 AM Montreal |
850 AM is a proposed radio station soon to be launched in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The new station is owned by Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media (TTP), a company controlled by business partners Rajiv Pancholy, Paul Tietolman and Nicolas Tétrault.[1]
The new French-language sports/talk radio format will broadcast with a power of 50,000 watts daytime and 22,000 watts nighttime, on 850 kHz as a class B station.[2] The station will also broadcast with a directional signal to the northeast, to protect Class-A clear-channel station KOA in Denver at night, and other stations broadcasting on, or close to, 850 AM, during the day, such as WEEI in Boston; WYLF in Penn Yan, New York; and WAXB in Ridgefield, Connecticut.[3]
TTP was awarded a license by the CRTC on June 19, 2013. In the initial application, the station planned on broadcasting from facilities on Île Perrot;[2] however, in an extension filed with the CRTC in June 2015, TTP proposed broadcasting from a Cogeco-owned site near Kahnawake, due to being unable to secure permission from local authorities in Île Perrot to broadcast from there. In the early planning stages, TTP originally planned for 850 AM to broadcast from Kahnawake, but opted for Île Perrot when the Kahnawake site was deemed unsuitable for 850; the site shifted back to Kahnawake after consultation and surveying from an anonymous American engineering firm.[4] The CRTC approved the extension, now giving TTP until June 19, 2016 to open the station.[4]
Until 1999, the 850 kHz AM frequency was formerly occupied by station CKVL, which moved to 690 AM as CINF later that year. CINF would cease operations in 2010.
References
- ↑ Steve Faguy, "A renaissance for AM radio in Montreal". The Gazette, August 10, 2012.
- 1 2 Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-293, French-language AM radio station in Montréal, CRTC, June 19, 2013.
- ↑ Fagstein: "CRTC approves TTP Media’s French-language sports radio station at 850AM", June 19, 2013.
- 1 2 Fagstein: "TTP Media gets extension for 850 AM, plans to move transmission site", July 6, 2015.
External links
- Existing Montréal radio stations and surrounding areas - history - Canadian Communications Foundation
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