The CRTC strikes again.  Issuing a license to these undeserving...1/8 milers.  There were people who LOST out to these rodent-eating arsewipists.  EVERYBODY lost.  No exceptions.  The CRTC and that Blais twit need to be replaced ENTIRELY.  They're collectively Useless.  Pointless.  WORTHLESS.

Well, the day for some sign of life on AM 960 is here. And so far, nothing.

The CRTC gave them until Nov. 30th to get a signal up and running. So far, no website, no carrier, no publicity. If you do a Google search for CKNT, you come up with almost nada, beyond a very badly dated Wikipedia page.  

It's worse than dead air.

We'll see what happens today, but I'm beginning to think the call letters - beyond the obvious unfortunate pronunciation some here can conjure up - may well stand for "Can't,"

As in:

-Can't get their signal up
-Can't sign on after 5 years (and counting)
-Can't meet a deadline and possibly
-Can't get yet another extension from the CRTC. 

That last one remains to be seen. But how many more chances can they give them?

My suggestion for a new slogan: "CKNT - The Little Station That Can't."

Last edited by RadioActive (November 30, 2016 11:41 am)

That would make sense. Elliott Kerr owns both the team and the new station. I hope the hockey franchise is better run than CKNT seems to be!

It seems like the people behind CKNT never fail to fail.

In a letter from June 23, Transport Canada noted that the place where they were going to put the TX (after literally years of changing the spot) was very close to Pearson Int’l. Airport. As it turns out, too close to runway 05.
 
“…There is a high risk that the broadcast signals of the antenna …would interfere with the navigational or communications systems and from aircraft to the runway given the close proximity of that antenna to the runway… As such, this interference would have significant repercussions on the safety of the aircraft and passengers…”
 
Gee, putting a large radio antenna near a runway. Who knew that would cause a problem? In a response issued on July 11, Hahn Broadcast Engineering claims to have been “surprised and disappointed” by the findings, noting the feds agreed to test fights to see if this was an issue.
 
Transport Canada answered that salvo a week later, saying that runway is essential and one in which “the majority of aircraft are dependent on their navigational systems to land safely.”
 
So it’s back to the drawing board again – and again and again – with the latest site listed at [url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/6550+Danville+Rd,+Mississauga,+ON+L5T+2S6,+Canada/@43.648913,-79.6822637,551m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x882b3f133bcd53bb:0x4699b072ae86d0b5!8m2!3d43.648913!4d-79.680075]6550 Danville Road[/url] in Mississauga. As noted, they claim once given permission, they can make the Nov. 30 deadline.

I guess we’ll see. But the real question is, will we hear?
 
I can say one thing for sure. If CKNT ever does get on air, its programming will never be as entertaining as this now six year old (and counting) story.