CKIA-FM is a French-language

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located in

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. The station operates under a

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licence and is owned by a non-profit group known as Radio Basse-Ville. It broadcasts on 88.3

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with an

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of 350

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s ( class A) using an

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, broadcasting from Edifice Marie-Guyart in downtown Quebec City. CKIA-FM opened on October 31, 1984 and was originally on 96.1 MHz with a power of only 6.8 watts. The station had to move to a new frequency to increase its power; the move and the power increase took place in September 2001, and the station then began

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transmissions. The 96.1 MHz frequency is now used by CBM-FM-2, a CBC Radio 2 station which is actually a rebroadcaster of

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station CBM-FM. In 2016, the station premiered ''TransRéalité'', the first radio program in Quebec devoted to

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issues."1ère émission radio à Québec sur la réalité des personnes transgenres"
'' Fugues'', August 22, 2016. The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.

References

External links

www.ckiafm.org
- CKIA FM 88,3 * *

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