CKOA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 89.7 FM in

Glace Bay Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated t ...

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

. Owned and operated by the Coastal Community Radio Cooperative, the station broadcasts a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

format branded as The Coast 89.7. The station was licensed by the

CRTC The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

in 2007, and went on the air on December 3 of that year.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-212
/ref> The Coastal Community Radio Cooperative began life as a low-powered 50-watt special events station, broadcasting from various locations and temporary studios in Glace Bay and Sydney, NS.

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The Coast 89.7 Facebook

The Coast 89.7
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