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CIDG-FM, branded as DAWG FM, is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts Canada's first and only all blues and blues-rock format, operating on 101.9 FM in Ottawa, Ontario. The station's studios are located on Hunt Club Road in Ottawa, while its transmitter is located in Ottawa atop a building on Montreal Road in Ottawa's east end. Owned by Frank Torres and Ed Torres of Skywords Traffic Network, the station was authorized by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on August 26, 2008.〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-222 )〕 The station began testing its signal on June 1, 2010 and launched at 7:30 AM on June 7, 2010. That morning, The DAWG'S Breakfast with Geoff Winter featured Max Keeping and eventual Juno-winning Ottawa band MonkeyJunk as special guests. Since its inception, DAWG FM has participated in many community events in the Ottawa area, including the creation of the first annual Class Axe Guitars Calabogie Blues and Ribfest. ==Controversy== CRTC commissioner Michel Morin took the unusual step of issuing a dissenting opinion, in which he stated that Corus Entertainment's competing proposal for a new talk radio station served a greater need in the market. In his dissent, Morin called attention to the fact that very few other radio stations in North America offer a primarily blues-based format, suggesting that there may not be sufficient audience demand to support the station in the long term.〔 On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of both CIDG and Astral Media's new classic hits station CJOT-FM. Moore asked the commission to assess whether the francophone population of the Ottawa-Gatineau area was sufficiently well-served by existing French radio services, and to consider licensing one or more of the French language applications — which included a Christian music station, a community radio station and a campus radio station for the Université du Québec en Outaouais — in addition to or instead of the approved stations.〔("The Government of Canada Refers Decisions on Radio in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region Back to CRTC" ), November 21, 2008.〕〔(Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-2 ), January 8, 2009〕 In the resulting round of hearings, Torres proposed that a new francophone station could be licensed on 94.5 FM, although such a station would be second-adjacent to Astral's CIMF-FM.〔("Language card played in bid for radio spot on FM dial" ). ''Ottawa Citizen'', April 14, 2009.〕 Industry Canada subsequently aired a testing signal on 94.5 in May 2009 to determine whether the signal could be used without affecting CIMF.〔Scott Fybush, ("On Memorial Day, No On-Air 'Rewound'" ). ''NorthEast Radio Watch'', May 25, 2009.〕 The test found that the signal could be used without causing significant interference to CIMF, and Astral consequently gave its consent to the use of the frequency as long as the company retained its license for CJOT.〔Scott Fybush, ("The End of Analog" ). ''NorthEast Radio Watch'', June 15, 2009.〕 On April 8, 2010, CIDG-FM received approval to decreasing the average effective radiated power from 1,300 watts to 934 watts, by increasing the maximum ERP from 3,000 watts to 4,500 watts (effective height of antenna above average terrain of 98 metres), and by relocating the antenna. 〔(Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-203 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CIDG-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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