CIVR-FM is a Canadian
radio station
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, broadcasting at 103.5 (
MHz
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)
FM in
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the o ...
. Branded as Radio Taïga, the station airs a
community radio
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format for Yellowknife's
Franco-Ténois
Franco-Ténois, originating from the acronym ''TNO'', the French term for the Northwest Territories of Canada (), refers to the widespread community of francophones who reside in the Northwest Territories.
History
Francophones have a long histo ...
community.
The station is a member of the
Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada The Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada is a Canadian organization, which serves as a coordinating body for French-language community radio stations in the regions of English Canada, where French speakers are in the minority. Founded in 199 ...
.
History
On April 28, 2000, L'Association Franco-culturelle de Yellowknife received
CRTC
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approval to operate a new
French-language
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community radio station at Yellowknife. The station would broadcast on a frequency of 93.3 MHz, with an effective radiated power of 164 watts. 126 hours of programming per week would be broadcast, of which 15 hours would be produced locally, with the balance of the programming originating with the French-language radio network Réseau Francophone D'Amérique. The licence would be held by a not-for-profit organization.
Still unbuilt, on April 5, 2001, CIVR-FM received approval from the CRTC to change frequencies from 93.3 to 103.5 MHz. Two weeks later, the CRTC granted it an extension of its construction period, and the station signed on September 14, 2001.
On June 9, 2011, Société Radio Taïga received CRTC approval to acquire CIVR-FM from L'Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife. Upon surrender of the current licence issued to L'Association Franco-Culturelle de Yellowknife, the Commission would issue a new licence to Société Radio Taïga, to expire August 31, 2013. Furthermore, the Commission's analysis revealed that, during the current licence term, CIVR-FM might have contravened section 9(2) of the Radio Regulations, 1986 regarding the submission of annual returns for the 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 broadcast years. In a letter dated February 10, 2011, the applicant indicated that, once the acquisition of assets was complete, it would pursue the matter so that it could submit the missing annual returns to the Commission by the end of March 2012. The Commission stated it would review CIVR-FM's compliance with its regulatory obligations, including any instances of non-compliance, in the context of the station's licence renewal in 2013.
See also
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VF2136
References
External links
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radiotaiga.com*
CIVRCIVR-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the
Canadian Communications Foundation
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Ivr
Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows telephone users to interact with a computer-operated telephone system through the use of voice and DTMF tones input with a keypad. In telecommunications, IVR allows customers to interact ...
Ivr
Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows telephone users to interact with a computer-operated telephone system through the use of voice and DTMF tones input with a keypad. In telecommunications, IVR allows customers to interact ...
Ivr
Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows telephone users to interact with a computer-operated telephone system through the use of voice and DTMF tones input with a keypad. In telecommunications, IVR allows customers to interact ...
Radio stations established in 2001
2001 establishments in the Northwest Territories