darcyh wrote:

haydenmatthews14 wrote:

darcyh wrote:

Interesting story RA. The article makes it sound like the Tillsonburg studios were closed. I presume the station is now programmed from London?
 

Yes the stations studios are located in London at the Rogers TV building along with CHST-FM Jack 102.3 at 800 York Street across from the Western Fair. You all may remember that 102.3 used to be located at the CFPL-TV studios that now houses Pure Country 93 and 97.5 Virgin. Because CHST-FM used to be owned by CHUM along with CFPL-TV. But now it is owned by Rogers Media.

Thanks for the information. I did not know this. It is shame Rogers closed the Tillsonburg studio but it is not surprising.

Supposedly the airwaves are public and generally speaking the purpose of a radio station is to serve and entertain a region within its signal coverage, a radio station should have to locate their studio in the town they are licenced to serve. We also see this with a Woodstock and St. Thomas station being programmed from London. So much for local. 

 

Same thing with Z103.5. They are licenced from Orangeville, their transmitter is in Orangeville. But their studio is in Toronto with a 416 phone number while Orangeville is 519 area code.