Licensing of new radio stations to serve Surrey and Vancouver and addition of a transmitter in Surrey

THE CRTC has approved an application by South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. to amend the broadcasting licence for the ethnic commercial specialty radio station CKYE-FM Vancouver by adding an FM rebroadcasting transmitter in Surrey.
It has also approved an application by Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a new ethnic commercial AM radio station to serve Vancouver.
An application by Akash Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate a new ethnic commercial specialty FM radio station to serve Surrey has also been approved.
The CRTC has denied the remaining applications for broadcasting licences for radio stations to serve Surrey and Vancouver.