Astral Media awarded right to use 99.1 FM in Prince Rupert

Astral Media has been given the green light from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to move CHTK from the AM dial to 99.1 on the FM dial, a ruling that goes against an application for a station on the same frequency by a group headed by Barry Wall that was looking to start a local station of their own.

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Story has been updated to include comment from Astral Media general manager Brian Langston.