CKIA-FM

CKIA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.

CKIA-FM
CityQuebec City, Quebec
Frequency88.3 MHz (FM)
BrandingRadio Urbaine
Programming
Formatcommunity radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Basse-Ville
History
First air date
October 31, 1984
Technical information
ClassA
ERP350 watts
HAAT163.6 meters (537 ft)
Links
Websitehttp://www.ckiafm.org/

The station operates under a community radio licence and is owned by a non-profit group known as Radio Basse-Ville. It broadcasts on 88.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 350 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna, 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,[1] and the station then began stereophonic transmissions. The 96.1 MHz frequency is now used by CBM-FM-2, a CBC Radio 2 station which is actually a rebroadcaster of Montreal station CBM-FM.

In 2016, the station premiered TransRéalité, the first radio program in Quebec devoted to transgender issues.[2]

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.

References
  1. Decision CRTC 2001-26, Licence amendment for CKIA-FM Quebec, CRTC, January 25, 2001
  2. "1ère émission radio à Québec sur la réalité des personnes transgenres". Fugues, August 22, 2016.


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