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CIDG-FM 
City of license Ottawa, Ontario Broadcast area Eastern Ontario Branding DAWG FM Frequency 101.9 MHz (FM) First air date June 7, 2010-present Format blues/blues-rock ERP 1.793 kilowatts Class A Callsign meaning CI DawG Owner Frank and Ed Torres Website www.dawgfm.com CIDG-FM, branded as DAWG FM, is a new Canadian radio station, which broadcasts a blues and blues-rock format at 101.9 FM in Ottawa, Ontario. The station's antenna mast is located in Ottawa atop a building on Montreal Road in Ottawa's east end.
Owned by Frank Torres and Ed Torres of Skywords Traffic Network, the station was authorized by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on August 26, 2008.[1]
The station began testing its signal on June 1, 2010 and launched at 7:30 AM on June 7, 2010. That morning, The DAWG'S Breakfast with Geoff Winter featured Max Keeping and MonkeyJunk as special guests.
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Controversy
CRTC commissioner Michel Morin took the unusual step of issuing a dissenting opinion, in which he stated that Corus Entertainment's competing proposal for a new talk radio station served a greater need in the market. In his dissent, Morin called attention to the fact that very few other radio stations in North America offer a primarily blues-based format, suggesting that there may not be sufficient audience demand to support the station in the long term.[1]
On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of both CIDG and Astral Media's new adult contemporary station CJOT-FM. Moore asked the commission to assess whether the francophone population of the Ottawa-Gatineau area was sufficiently well-served by existing French radio services, and to consider licensing one or more of the French language applications — which included a Christian music station, a community radio station and a campus radio station for the Université du Québec en Outaouais — in addition to or instead of the approved stations.[2][3] In the resulting round of hearings, Torres proposed that a new francophone station could be licensed on 94.5 FM, although such a station would be second-adjacent to Astral's CIMF-FM.[4] Industry Canada subsequently aired a testing signal on 94.5 in May 2009 to determine whether the signal could be used without affecting CIMF.[5] The test found that the signal could be used without causing significant interference to CIMF, and Astral consequently gave its consent to the use of the frequency as long as the company retained its license for CJOT.[6]
On April 8, 2010, CIDG-FM received approval to decreasing the average effective radiated power from 1,300 watts to 934 watts, by increasing the maximum ERP from 3,000 watts to 4,500 watts (effective height of antenna above average terrain of 98 metres), and by relocating the antenna. [7]
On April 19, 2011, Torres Media Ottawa Inc. received CRTC approval to change the authorized contours of the english language commercial radio programming undertaking CIDG-FM Ottawa, by increasing the effective radiated power (ERP) from 934 to 1,793 watts (maximum ERP from 4,500 to 5,500 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 98 metres). [8]
Other
On November 9, 2011, Frank Torres submitted an application to the CRTC to operate a new radio station at Uxbridge, Ontario. If approved, the new station will operate a classic hits format at 105.5 MHz. [9]
References
- ^ a b Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-222
- ^ "The Government of Canada Refers Decisions on Radio in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region Back to CRTC", November 21, 2008.
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-2, January 8, 2009
- ^ "Language card played in bid for radio spot on FM dial". Ottawa Citizen, April 14, 2009.
- ^ Scott Fybush, "On Memorial Day, No On-Air 'Rewound'". NorthEast Radio Watch, May 25, 2009.
- ^ Scott Fybush, "The End of Analog". NorthEast Radio Watch, June 15, 2009.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-203
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-262
- ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2011-694
External links
- DAWG FM
- DAWG FM Liveplayer
- CIDG-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
Radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec Ottawa AM Ottawa FM CILV 88.5 • CHUO 89.1 • CIHT 89.9 • CBOF 90.7 • CBO 91.5 • VF8013 92.3 • CKCU 93.1 • CKKL 93.9 • CJFO 94.5 • CKAV-10 95.7 • CIIO 96.1 • CIIF 97.5 • CJLL 97.9 • CJWL 98.5 • CHRI 99.1 • CJOT 99.7 • CJMJ 100.3 • CIDG 101.9 • CBOX 102.5 • CBOQ 103.3 • CISS 105.3 • CHEZ 106.1 • CKQB 106.9 • CKDJ 107.9
Gatineau CIRA-5 1350 • CJEU 1670 • CIMF 94.9 • CFTX 96.5 • CHLX 97.1 • CKTF 104.1 • CKOF 104.7
Smiths Falls Perth Defunct station Weatheradio Canada VBE719 162.550 (Ottawa-Gatineau)
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See also: List of radio stations in Ontario Quebec Radio Markets: Abitibi-Témiscamingue • Bas-Saint-Laurent • Centre-du-Québec • Chaudière-Appalaches • Côte-Nord • Gaspésie • Gatineau • Mauricie • Montreal • Nord-du-Québec • Quebec City • Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean • Sherbrooke/Estrie
See also: List of radio stations in Quebec Categories:- Radio stations in Ottawa-Gatineau
- Jazz radio stations in Canada
- Blues radio stations
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