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Turn up your Radio Toronto. Patricia Jaggernauth Now Wakes Up Toronto on FLOW 98.7 By Stephen Weir FLOW 98.7 FM is giving Toronto radio listeners a new way to start their day. The station has launched   "Mornings with Patricia J & Spex,"   airing weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The new program pairs veteran broadcaster Patricia Jaggernauth with Spex, one of FLOW's original on-air personalities and a longtime advocate for reggae music and Caribbean culture in Canada. The addition is part of the station's evolving programming strategy aimed at strengthening its connection with Toronto's diverse communities. Jaggernauth brings an impressive broadcasting résumé that spans television, radio, journalism and public speaking. Known to viewers across Canada as a weather specialist, reporter and host, she has built a reputation for connecting with audiences through her energetic personality and community involvement.                 ...

Hallelujah. Maybe this time it will happen The Canadian Radio and Television Commission made a decision on Tuesday that allows for a religious broadcasting company to create a radio station specializing in religious music in British Columbia with a transmitter in Saskatoon and here in North Toronto.  “ The Commission approves an application byUnited Christian Broadcasters Media Canada to operate three English-language specialty (religious music) FM radio stations in Kelowna, British Columbia, and its rebroadcasting transmitter in Kamloops, British Columbia; in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and in Scarborough, Ontario” read yesterday’s decision. “The Commission also approved an application filed by International Harvesters for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language specialty (religious music) FM radio station in Scarborough, Ontario.  The decision might sound familiar.  As the Caribbean Camera reported last summer during the pandemic that the CRTC ...