New style of station ID heard on OPP Sim 11 (148.765)

cxgy2

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On OPP Sim 11 (148.765 FM analog), I've always heard stations ID as "Orillia Comm Centre", "London Comm Centre", etc., but this morning I heard a broadcast from the "Oxford-Norfolk Dispatcher" with a fail-to-stop. I wonder if this was a one-off or whether this is a new nomenclature for provincial common channels. I'm going to auto-record for a few days and see if I get any other similar ID's.
 

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It would have been a dispatcher at the London PCC on the Oxford Norfolk desk. I've heard similar in the past saying they're the Toronto dispatcher and the Aurora dispatcher.
 

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I think this is where the dispatch is talking to a 'group' of local units on the simplex freq. This allows them to know the dispatch is aimed at them and not something further away.
 

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When the Pilatus aircraft takes off from Lake Simcoe heading to Thunder Bay you will hear the pilot call the dispatch centre on Sim11
 

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When the Pilatus aircraft takes off from Lake Simcoe heading to Thunder Bay you will hear the pilot call the dispatch centre on Sim11

Have heard this as well down in Hamilton here. I'm friends with an ATC at YYZ, they won't be flight radar sites of course but I hear them often enough ready to fly
 

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They show up on ads-b exchange when they fly. Looks like they landed in Thunder Bay a few hours ago:

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Heard Air to Ground Ornge Air Ambulance this afternoon on 418.6875. They mentioned flying to Barrie and the aircraft had its registration letters over the helicopter icon on Flightaware when I double checked.
 
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