CINA-FM
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Broadcast area | Southwestern Ontario Detroit–Windsor |
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Frequency | 102.3 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Radio CINA |
Programming | |
Format | Multilingual |
Ownership | |
Owner | Neeti P. Ray |
CINA, CKWW | |
History | |
First air date | September 6, 2012 |
Technical information | |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,900 watts average 5,000 watts peak |
HAAT | 55.5 meters (182 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | cinafm.com |
CINA-FM (102.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a mixture of English-language and ethnic/multilingual music and programming in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The station broadcasts with an antenna aimed toward the northwest and southeast, to protect nearby stations on the same frequency: CHST-FM in London; WGRT in Port Huron, Michigan; WPOS-FM in Toledo, Ohio and WFXN-FM in Galion, Ohio. In consequence, the coverage area reaches out to ethnic communities in both Windsor and Detroit, Michigan.
History
[edit]In 2008, Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, received approval in part from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new ethnic FM radio station (CJNR-FM) to serve Windsor at 95.9 MHz.[1] However, the 95.9 MHz frequency was awarded to Blackburn Radio's CJWF-FM which launched in November 2009.
In 2009, the Commission approved the application by the CBC to convert CBC Radio One outlet CBE from 1550 kHz to 97.5 MHz,[2] making their plans to install a nested transmitter at 102.3[3] obsolete. As a result, the 102.3 MHz frequency became available by September 2011.
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On December 13, 2011, Ray filed an application to allow CJNR-FM to operate at 102.3 MHz; this was approved on March 2, 2012.[4]
The station launched on September 6, 2012, having changed its callsign to CINA-FM (after Mississauga/Toronto sister station CINA AM).
Programming
[edit]CINA FM's airs programming in a variety of language including: Arabic, Assyrian, Cantonese, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish and Ukrainian. 80% of the daily programming is in Arabic.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Radio CINA
- CINA-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CINA-FM in the REC Canadian station database