CIRF
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| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1350kHz(AM) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Multilingual-South Asian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Humsafar |
| History | |
First air date | 2020 |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 1,000watts(day) 40 watts (night) |
| Links | |
| Website | radiohumsafar.com |
CIRF(1350kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationlicensedtoBrampton, Ontario,Canada,servingGreater Toronto.It is owned byRadio Humsafarand broadcasts amultilingualethnicformat,mostly inSouth Asianlanguages including inPunjabi.
By day, CIRF transmits 1,000wattsusing anon-directional antenna.At night, to avoid interference to other radio stations on 1350 AM, it reduces power to 40 watts. Thetransmitteris on Atlantic Drive near East Britannia Road inMississauga.[1]
History
[edit]On October 21, 2015, theCRTCapprovedRadio Humsafar's application to operate a new ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton on the frequency of 1350 kHz.[2]
Prior to the station’ssign on,the originalcall signwas to be CFKA but it changed to its current call sign when it went on the air. The station also had a number of technical issues before it could begin broadcasts.[3][4][5]
The station began testing in December 2019 and signed on the air a few months later in 2020.
References
[edit]- ^FCCdata.org/CIRF
- ^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-471,Licensing of new radio stations to serve Brampton,CRTC,October 21, 2015
- ^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-385, Ethnic commercial AM radio station – Technical changes,CRTC,October 3, 2018
- ^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-248,Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes,CRTC,July 9, 2019
- ^Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-351, Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes and extension of implementation deadline,CRTC,October 18, 2019
External links
[edit]- Radio Humsafar
- CIRFat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
- CIRFin the REC Canadian station database
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