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CKRP-FM-2
CKRP-FM, branded as Nord-Ouest FM since 2020, is a Canadian French language community radio, community radio station that operates at 95.7 FM radio, FM in Falher, Alberta. The station was established in the early 1990s-via several temporary on-air samples-and signed in October 1996. From 1996 to 2017, it was operated by the regional Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta, ACFA. On November 21, 2017, it was announced that CKRP-FM would cease to operate. The station was relaunched under a new committee independent of the ACFA in 2019. Rebroadcasters References External linksCKRP Radio * * Radio stations in Alberta, Krp Community radio stations in Canada, Krp French-language radio stations in Western Canada, Krp 2017 disestablishments in Alberta Radio stations disestablished in 2017 1996 establishments in Alberta Radio stations established in 1996 2019 establishments in Alberta Radio stations established in 2019 {{Alberta-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falher, Alberta
Falher (, ) is a town in the Peace Country area of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Municipal District of Smoky River No. 130, along Highway 49. Falher is one of the earliest agricultural communities in the Peace River Country and is notable for its sizable francophone population. History The area was known to missionaries before it was surveyed in 1909 as an Indian trail that led to British Columbia and where the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway later laid its tracks. In 1912, the settlement of Mission St-Jean Baptiste de Falher was opened from the current location of the Town of Falher. When the railway came to the area in 1915, the settlement was named after Father Constant Falher (March 29, 1863 – March 18, 1939), a Roman Catholic Oblate missionary who was born in Josselin, France, arriving at Grouard in 1889. The origin of the majority of local colonizers were from Quebec; some arriving in the area via the United States of America (French American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |