CJCN-FM (91.5 FM) is an ethnic radio station in

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. The station broadcasts for the South Asian communities in Surrey and other cities east of Vancouver. It is owned by Akash Broadcasting Inc.

History

In 2016, the

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considered seven applications for a new commercial ethnic radio station to serve Surrey and Vancouver. The Akash application won approval from the CRTC for repatriating revenues lost to cross-border ethnic broadcasters based in northwestern Washington; it specified an entirely ethnic format serving the area's South Asian population, with more than 75 percent in languages other than English; 121 hours a week of local programming, about 40 percent of that in speech programs; and 50 percent Canadian content in music. Before launch, the transmitter site proposed was lost, and a new one was approved. On-air testing for CJCN-FM began December 20, 2019. In 2021,

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, CJCN-FM's

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, Alberta, was rebranded from ''101.7'' ''World FM'' to ''Connect FM 101.7.''

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