CKWT-FM is a
radio station
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of
Wawatay Radio Network
Wawatay Native Communications Society (Wawatay for short) was formed in 1974 by the people of Canada's Nishnawbe Aski Nation in the Kenora and Cochrane Districts of Northern Ontario, as a source of communications technology, namely radio, televis ...
in
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately northwest of Thunder Bay, it has a population of 5,272 people (up 4.7% since 2011), an elevation of , and its boundaries cover an area of , of which is lake and wetla ...
, Canada. The station airs a programming format for
First Nations
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* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
, and serves much of
Northwestern Ontario
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through a network of rebroadcast transmitters.
Rebroadcasters
Notes
On March 4, 2016, the CRTC approved Wawatay's application for a broadcasting licence to operate a low-power Type B Native FM radio station in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. The station would operate at 89.9 MHz (channel 210A1) with an effective radiated power of 224 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height above average terrain of 18.5 metres).
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-85
Type B Native FM radio station in Sioux Lookout, ''CRTC'', March 4, 2016
See also
* CIDE-FM
CIDE-FM is a Canadian First Nations radio station belonging to the Wawatay Native Communications Society, broadcasting at 91.9 FM in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. The station broadcasts distance education and informational programming through the Nort ...
* CHWR-FM
CHWR-FM is a First Nations in Canada, First nations community radio radio station, station that operates at 89.9 FM radio, FM in Whitesand, Ontario, Canada.
Owned by Whitesand Communication Group, the station was given approval by the Canadian Ra ...
* CJWT-FM
CJWT-FM is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations community radio radio station, station that operates at 106.7 FM radio, FM in Timmins, Ontario.
Owned by the Wawatay Native Communications Society, the station was given approval by the Canadia ...
References
External links
*
Query the REC's Canadian station database for Wawatay Native Communications Society
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