CIRF

CIRF, is a Canadian radio station which operates a multilingual format on the frequency of 1350 kHz on the AM band.

CIRF
CityBrampton, Ontario
Broadcast areaGreater Toronto Area
Programming
Formatmultilingual
Ownership
OwnerRadio Humsafar
History
First air date
2020
Technical information
Power1,000 watts (day)
40 watts (night)
Links
Websiteradiohumsafar.com

History

On October 21, 2015, the CRTC approved Radio Humsafar's application to operate a new ethnic commercial AM radio station at Brampton on the frequency of 1350 kHz. [1]

Prior to the stations' sign on, the original callsign was to be CFKA but changed to its current callsign. The station also had a number of technical changes some were denied. [2] [3] [4]

The station began testing in December 2019.

References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-471, Licensing of new radio stations to serve Brampton, CRTC, October 21, 2015
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-385, Ethnic commercial AM radio station – Technical changes, CRTC, October 3, 2018
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-248, Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes, CRTC, July 9, 2019
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-351, Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes and extension of implementation deadline, CRTC, October 18, 2019


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