2008-44 Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. (the general partner) and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership
Enderby, Keremeos, Penticton, Princeton and Vernon, British Columbia
DENIED – Acquisition of assets
The Commission denies the application by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd. (the general partner) and Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. (the limited partner), carrying on business as Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison), to acquire from Rogers Broadcasting Limited the assets of the commercial radio programming undertaking CKIZ-FM Vernon and its transmitter CKIZ-FM-1 Enderby, British Columbia. The Commission also denies the application by Pattison to acquire from Great Valleys Radio Ltd. the assets of the commercial radio programming undertaking CIGV-FM Penticton and its transmitters CIGV-FM-1 Keremeos and CIGV-FM-2 Princeton, British Columbia.
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A plan for new ownership of KISS FM (CKIZ-FM) has been turned down. The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group announced last May it wanted to buy the Vernon radio station from Rogers Broadcasting for an undisclosed price. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission announced Monday it had denied the application along with one for Pattison to purchase CIGV FM in Penticton.The commission's main concern was that Pattison would have owned 3 FM stations that can be heard in the Kelowna market, one more than new rules allow. It was also concerned that should it have allowed the sales, all nine of the commercial radio stations in Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton would have been owned by two companies, Pattison and Astral Media.The decision means KISS FM will continue under the ownership of Rogers which had owned the station since 1989.
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