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| City | Prince George, British Columbia |
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| Branding | Boomer Radio |
| Frequency | 93.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | July 1, 2007 |
| Format | community radio/oldies |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | 4.8 meters (16 ft) |
| Class | LP |
| Owner | The Prince George Community Radio Society |
| Website | CFIS-FM |
CFIS-FM is a not-for-profit community radio station in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting at 93.1 FM. Signing on July 3, 2007, the station is owned and operated by the Prince George Community Radio Society under a developmental community license with a transmitting power of five watts. The format of the station is predominantly (but not exclusively) pre-1980 pop. The station's moniker is Boomer Radio, as their primary target audience is the 55+ age group. However, a variety of specialty Programming, including spoken word programs of community interest, multi-faith programming, local sports and music shows featuring other genres of music ensure that the musical interests of most Prince George residents are represented at some point during the week.
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by commercial or mass-media broadcasters. Community radio stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities they serve. They are generally nonprofit and provide a mechanism for enabling individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, to share experiences and, in a media-rich world, to become creators and contributors of media.
Prince George, with a population of 74,003, is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is the "Northern Capital" of BC. It is situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 16 and Highway 97.
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 5.016 million as of 2018, it is Canada's third-most populous province.
On August 2, 2013, the CRTC approved an application by the Radio Society to operate a new community FM radio station at 93.1 MHz, broadcasting at 494 watts on a non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -34.5 metres. This application is, in effect, a replacement of its current license. [1]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications. It was created in 1976 when it took over responsibility for regulating telecommunication carriers. Prior to 1976, it was known as the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, which was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. Its headquarters is located in the Central Building of Les Terrasses de la Chaudière in Gatineau, Quebec.
