By the way, I wonder how many know or remember that a numbered company once tried to get a licence for 1220 in St. Catharines back in 2013. The format would have been very different and - for an AM station - very odd. 

The submission to the CRTC offered this:

"The proposed station would offer a mix of music from the past and the present, including emerging artists, and would primarily target those between 18 and 45 years of age. The station’s programming would be primarily in the English language, but a maximum of 15 hours per week would consist of third-language programming in Filipino, Tamil, Russian, Portuguese, and South Asian languages."

They were turned down because the CRTC couldn't get a clear answer about their programming plans, or how their spoken word commitments would serve the local area. And of course, other ethnic stations in the GTA objected to their foreign language proposals. Not only that, there wasn't a single intervention from anyone in the community supporting the idea or the need for such a station. 

In the end, the CRTC said no. Until the new owners - whoever they are now - of CFAJ came calling. How this current group ever expects to make back whatever money has been invested so far, is beyond me. Do they even have studios, a physical presence anywhere or even more than one staff member? Like how they built the Great Pyramids, it's a mystery the world still doesn't know the answer to. And at this rate, it may never be solved! 

I can try. But being immigrant consultants, I just hope they're not out of the country!