CFAO-FM

CFAO-FM
Broadcast area Alliston, Ontario
Frequency 94.7 MHz (FM)
First air date 2009 (testing)
2010 (off the air)
Format adult contemporary
Callsign meaning C F Alliston, Ontario
Owner Frank Rogers
(2188301 Ontario Corporation)

CFAO-FM was a radio station that operated at 94.7 FM in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. The station broadcast an adult contemporary music format.

Owned by Frank Rogers, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated the station was licensed on July 28, 2008.[1][2]

In 2008, Rogers was licensed to operate a second radio station at Beeton with the callsign CJBT-FM. Not yet on the air, that station had until August 1, 2012 to launch, or face the cancellation of the license.[3]

In 2009, CFAO-FM began on-air testing.[4] It is uncertain when the station officially launched.

As of June 25, 2010, CFAO-FM has been shut down due to economic troubles, which led to the station's eviction from its rented studios; also during these final days of operation, the station was unable to pay wages to its staffers.[5][6]

In 2013, Rogers sought renewal of CFAO-FM's license;[7] however, on December 19, 2014, the CRTC denied the station's renewal, citing many violations, including remaining dark since 2011, and failing to meet numerous target dates to resume broadcasting - the most recent being April 1, 2014. An intervention report from My Broadcasting Corporation, owner of competing station CIMA-FM, cited that CFAO was only on the air for 11 months at most.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-147
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2011-748, December 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ "New Alliston FM radio station begins testing period on air", madhunt.com, June 15, 2009
  5. ↑ "CFAO off the air", madhunt.com, July 12, 2010
  6. ↑ "North of Toronto, CFAO (94.7 Alliston) has run into some pretty big obstacles", Scott Fybush/Northeast Radio Watch, July 19, 2010
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-474, September 12, 2014
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-667, CFAO-FM Alliston - Licence renewal (denied), CRTC, December 19, 2014

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