Broadcast Dialogue is running an ad for a morning show opening on the venerable CKNX-AM in Wingham. What's interesting to me, though, isn't the job but the copy come-on for applicants. In addition to telling potential applicants they'll be there for the station's 100 birthday in 2026, it also says this:

"Not only is the chance to be part of a century-celebration, you’ll also be there for the next chapter in CKNX’s history when it flips to FM, building on 100 years of delivering quality programming and news to Midwestern Ontario."

I'm not that familiar with the market, but I know that CKNX already has an FM station called "The One" at 101.7. So if they take the AM over to FM, it may mean those famous call letters on 920 may have to change to something else, since CKNX-FM already exists. 

But I can't find any evidence that owner Blackburn has actually applied for or received permission to switch its AMer to the other band, Yet, the way the job ad is phrased makes it seem like a done deal. 

Does anyone know if or when this might happen? I can't seem to find any application made to the CRTC on this, although they did try for an FM translator on 104.3 in 2013, but the Commission turned them down. 

The reason? 

"Given that the proposed FM transmitter would encompass a significant portion of CKNX’s primary market, the Commission is concerned that the transmitter could end up migrating a significant portion of the listening audience located within that contour, and that CKNX could consequently become a de facto FM service and be promoted as such.

In the Commission’s view, approval of the application would be inconsistent with the Common Ownership Policy as it would be equivalent to granting a third FM radio station to Blackburn in the market, one more than the policy allows."

CRTC Decision

So what's changed and if nothing has, how can they make such a claim? Is this going to happen?