CJCN-FM
History
In 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission considered seven applications for a new commercial ethnic radio station to serve Surrey and Vancouver. The Akash application won approval from the CRTC for repatriating revenues lost to cross-border ethnic broadcasters based in northwestern Washington; it specified an entirely ethnic format serving the area's South Asian population, with more than 75 percent in languages other than English; 121 hours a week of local programming, about 40 percent of that in speech programs; and 50 percent Canadian content in music. Before launch, the transmitter site proposed was lost, and a new one was approved.
On-air testing for CJCN-FM began December 20, 2019.
In 2021, CKER-FM, CJCN-FM's sister station in Edmonton, Alberta, was rebranded from 101.7 World FM to Connect FM 101.7.
References
- ^ "Decision 2016-464". CRTC. November 28, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Decision 2019-328". CRTC. September 20, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Connect FM Canada's Instagram post: "Connect FM 101.7, Asli Radio! After #Surrey, now in the city of #Edmonton as well! Tune in for the all the latest #News, full on…"". Instagram. 2021-08-18. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
External links
- CJCN-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJCN-FM in the REC Canadian station database