CKIA-FM

CKIA-FM

City	Quebec City, Quebec
Frequency	88.3 MHz (FM)
Branding	Radio Urbaine
Programming
Format	community radio
Ownership
Owner	Radio Basse-Ville
History
First air date	October 31, 1984
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	350 watts
HAAT	163.6 meters (537 ft)
Links
Website	http://www.ckiafm.org/

CKIA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.

The station operates under a community radio licence and is owned by a non-profit group known as Radio Basse-Ville. It broadcasts on 88.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 350 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna, broadcasting from Edifice Marie-Guyart in downtown Quebec City.

CKIA-FM opened on October 31, 1984 and was originally on 96.1 MHz with a power of only 6.8 watts. The station had to move to a new frequency to increase its power; the move and the power increase took place in September 2001,^[1] and the station then began stereophonic transmissions. The 96.1 MHz frequency is now used by CBM-FM-2, a CBC Radio 2 station which is actually a rebroadcaster of Montreal station CBM-FM.

In 2016, the station premiered TransRéalité, the first radio program in Quebec devoted to transgender issues.^[2]

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.

References[]

External links[]

• www.ckiafm.org - CKIA FM 88,3
• CKIA-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
• CKIA-FM in the REC Canadian station database

Coordinates: 46°48′27″N 71°13′00″W / 46.80750°N 71.21667°W / 46.80750; -71.21667

This article about a radio station in Quebec is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t