Cabin Radio, Vista Radio each seek new FM licence at CRTC hearing in Yellowknife

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A 2-day CRTC hearing began Tuesday at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife to determine whether Cabin Radio or Vista Radio will receive a new FM broadcasting licence in the city. (Jocelyn Shepel/CBC – image credit)

CBC News

February 12, 2025

A two-day hearing before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began Tuesday in Yellowknife, focused on applications to operate a new commercial FM radio station in the city.

Two applicants have applied for a new broadcasting licence: Cabin Radio, which currently operates a locally-owned news website and online radio station, and Vista Radio, a B.C.-based company which currently operates True North FM in Yellowknife along with other FM stations in B.C., Alberta and Ontario.

Cabin Radio first applied for a broadcasting licence in August 2019. That application was then denied by the CRTC because the commission found the Yellowknife market could not sustain another commercial radio station.

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