CIRS was a Canadian

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, broadcasting at 530 AM in Sault Ste. Marie,

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. Owned and operated by

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, the station broadcast a

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format for travellers crossing the

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. The station is listed as silent in the CRTC databases and has been off the air since 2010. The station was licensed by the

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in 1986.CRTC Decision 86-575
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