At least two applicants are in the running to replace the now silenced AVR at 106.5 FM in Toronto. And both pledge to do a much better job of serving their audience than the previous occupant did. But both appear to have different ideas on what that would be.  
 
The first, Wawatay Native Communications Society, vows 63 hours of local programming each broadcast week in English, as well as Cree, Inuktitut, Ojibwe, Algonquin, Oji-Cree, Mohawk and Michif.
 
The other is called First Peoples Radio, and offers a mostly music-based format, with the odd total of 89 hours and 15 minutes of local programming each week in English, along with Cree, Unukitut and Ojibwe languages.

The former would have an ERP of 2,400 watts, while the latter would go with 2,600. 
 
What’s most interesting about this particular call for applications is that instead of having one entity control a network of stations across the country, the outlets in places like Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton won't be affiliated with the proposed owners in Toronto and Ottawa. The hearing into all this will be held on March 27th in Gatineau, Que.

AVR lost all its stations across the country after some frequencies went dormant and others were accused of not properly meeting the conditions of licence. After filing - and losing - a months-long court appeal that let them remain on the air, they all went dark last November.
 
Aboriginal Radio licence applications