CKKI-FM
CKKI-FM (89.9 KiC Country Montreal) is a Canadian radio station in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, near Montreal, Quebec, which operates at 89.9 MHz FM. The station airs a country music format. Its on-air studios are located on Route 207, with production studios in Mercier.[1]
City | Kahnawake, Quebec |
---|---|
Broadcast area | Montreal, Quebec |
Frequency | 89.9 MHz (FM) |
Branding | 89.9 KIC Country Montreal |
Slogan | Independent Radio |
Programming | |
Format | country |
Ownership | |
Owner | KKIC Radio (Brian Moon, in his capacity as General Manager of Kahnawake Keeps It Country Station) |
History | |
Former frequencies | 106.7 MHz (pirate) |
Technical information | |
ERP | 610 watts |
Links | |
Website | www.899kic.com |
In December 2009, the station originally operated as an unlicensed station on 106.7 FM, the frequency previously used by a local Aboriginal Voices repeater. It was granted a license to operate on 89.9 FM on September 29, 2011, by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).[2][3] The station was licensed by the CRTC as a dual-language English / Mohawk station on the Sovereign Territory of Kahnawake, with 126 hours of local programming—120 hours featuring country music, and 6 hours of spoken word and talk programming, 5% in Mohawk, with the remainder in English. The station will feature and sponsor music and concerts featuring local Mohawk and other Native artists.[2]
On the weekend, Casey Clark's Country Countdown Ted Rupe's Country Spotlight, "Down East Country" with George Canyon , "Trucker Radio" and Cool Indy Radio are featured.
Currently during the week Kic Country is airing all music with no live programming, until the weekend.
References
- Fagstein: "Coming soon: A reborn (and legal) KKIC Radio", October 29, 2011.
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-630
- It's been a week of big radio changes in CANADA, Scott Fybush, Northeast Radio Watch @ Fybush.com
External links
- 89.9 KiC Country Official website
- CKKI-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKKI-FM in the REC Canadian station database