I missed this one along the way, but a few weeks ago, CHTO - the Greek station on the so-called X-band at 1690 AM, applied for a repeater signal at 1490, so it can better reach Etobicoke, Brampton and Mississauga at night. Its current power is 6K day and 1K night. What's unusual about the proposed addition is that it will be stronger at night than during the daylight hours, an almost unheard of scenario.

If the request is granted, CHTO would occupy two spots on the dial, with 1490 being all of 23 watts during the day, while upping the power to 770 after the evening pattern change, The location for the new TX would be 1785 Matheson Boulevard, appropriately enough the roof of a Greek Orthodox Church. 

Wasn't 1490 the original home of CHYM in Kitchener a long, long time ago? You could never really get it at all in Toronto. And next to 1450, it's one of the worst propogating signals on the AM dial. So I'm really not sure how much coverage the station will gain if they get what they're asking for. No timeframe yet for a decison from the CRTC.