CKTO-FM and CKTY-FM Truro, CKBC-FM Bathurst, CJCJ-FM Woodstock, and CIKX-FM Grand Falls sold to MBS

The CRTC has approved an application by Maritime Broadcasting System Limited (MBS) to change the ownership and control of the English-language commercial radio stations CKTO-FM and CKTY-FM Truro, Nova Scotia, and CKBC-FM Bathurst, CJCJ-FM Woodstock, and CIKX-FM Grand Falls and its transmitter CIKX-FM-1 Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. Through this transaction, MBS will acquire from Bell Media Radio Atlantic Inc. the assets necessary to operate the stations and transmitter noted above. The Commission also approves the applicant’s request for new broadcasting licences to continue the operation of the stations and transmitter noted above.

MBS confirmed that it would continue operating the stations under similar formats: adult hits format for CKTO-FM and CKBC-FM, while CKTY-FM and CJCJ-FM would continue to offer a country music format. MBS expressed a desire to change formats for CIKX-FM from adult hits to country. MBS committed to a minimum of 42 hours of local programming per broadcast week on all 5 stations, which includes 1 hour of local and regional news, 15 minutes of national news, and 5 minutes of international news per broadcast week.

You can read the CRTC decision here