CKYR-FM is a radio station which operates a multilingual/ethnic radio station on the frequency of 106.7 MHz/FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CKYR's studios are located on Westwinds Drive Northeast in Calgary, while its transmitter is located on Old Banff Coach Road in western Calgary.
History On May 24, 2012, Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation Inc. received a licence from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new ethnic commercial radio station to serve Calgary.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-308, Licensing of new radio stations to serve Calgary, Alberta, CRTC, May 24, 2012
In February 2013, the station is doing on-air tests and will be branded as RED FM.RED FM (CKYR) 106.7 Calgary is on the air testing , Radio West - Canadian Radio News, February 17, 2013 The station launched on May 3, 2013.Calgary’s Newest Radio Station, Red FM 106.7 FM, Launched on May 3, 2013, mediamag.ca
Notes CIRI-FM, a very low power traffic radio station operating at 106.5 MHz is an adjacent frequency to the new proposed multicultural station at 106.7 MHz. CIRI remained at 106.5 FM, until the station moved to a new frequency in 2020.City of Calgary, Twitter, October 2020
Programming CKYR's programming is primarily South Asian (Hindi and Punjabi) but it also airs programming in the following languages: Akan, Arabic, Bengali, Croatian, Dari, Fijian, Gujarati, Korean, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
References
External links Red FM Calgary CKYR-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation