CFTL-FM

CFTL-FM, is a First Nations community radio station which operates at 100.3 MHz FM in Big Trout Lake, Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by the Ayamowin Communications Society and is a rebroadcaster of CBC Radio One outlet CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

CFTL-FM
Community-owned rebroadcaster of CBQT-FM Thunder Bay
CityBig Trout Lake, Ontario
Frequency100.3 MHz
Ownership
OwnerAyamowin Communications Society
History
First air date
1974 (1974)
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ERP63 watts
Transmitter coordinates
53.833°N 89.883°W / 53.833; -89.883

CFTL-FM was originally established in 1974 and was the first community radio station in Ontario, established locally with the support of the Wawatay Native Communications Society; its popularity led communities, first at Muskrat Dam then elsewhere, to ask for similar assistance.[1]:108 By its 1992 CRTC licence renewal, it was authorized to broadcast 59 hours of local programming in Oji-Cree, 10 hours of Wawatay programs, and 99 hours of output from the CBC Stereo FM network.[2] In later years, it switched from CBC Stereo to CBC Radio One through CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay.

References

  1. Minore, J. B.; Hill, M. E. (1990). "Native Language Broadcasting: An Experiment in Empowerment" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Native Studies. pp. 97–119.
  2. Decision CRTC 92-86
  • CFTL-FM in the REC Canadian station database


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