CJCN-FM
City | Surrey, British Columbia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
Frequency | 91.5 MHz FM |
Branding | Connect FM |
Programming | |
Format | Multicultural |
Ownership | |
Owner | Akash Broadcasting Inc. |
History | |
First air date | December 20, 2019 |
Call sign meaning | CJConNect |
Technical information | |
Class | A |
Power | 0.601 kW (average) 1.9 kW |
HAAT | 128.5 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 49°8′53.16″N 122°53′34.80″W / 49.1481000°N 122.8930000°WCoordinates: 49°8′53.16″N 122°53′34.80″W / 49.1481000°N 122.8930000°W |
Links | |
Website | connectfm |
CJCN-FM (91.5 FM) is an ethnic radio station in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The station broadcasts for the South Asian communities in Surrey and other cities east of Vancouver. It is owned by Akash Broadcasting Inc.
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.[1] Before launch, the transmitter site proposed was lost, and a new one was approved.[2]
On-air testing for CJCN-FM began December 20, 2019.
References[]
- ^ "Decision 2016-464". CRTC. November 28, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Decision 2019-328". CRTC. September 20, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
External links[]
- CJCN-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CJCN-FM in the REC Canadian station database
- Radio stations in Vancouver
- Multicultural and ethnic radio stations in Canada
- Radio stations established in 2019
- 2019 establishments in British Columbia
- British Columbia radio station stubs