CIHW-FM

Last updated
CIHW-FM
Frequency 100.3 MHz (FM)
Programming
Format community radio
Ownership
OwnerComité de la radio communautaire Huronne
History
First air date
September 1984 [1]
Technical information
Class LP
ERP 50 watts
Horizontal polarization only
HAAT 25 meters (82 ft)
Links
Website laradiodewendake.com

CIHW-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts to the Huron-Wendat Nation. Broadcasting on 100.3 FM, CIHW is a community radio station operated by the Huron-Wendat Nation at Wendake, an enclave of First Nations land within Quebec City.

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History

On May 31, 1984, Comité de la Radio Communautaire Huronne - Wyandot Inc. received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate an FM radio station at Village-des-Hurons, Quebec. [2] The station signed on the air in September 1984.

On April 15, 2016, the CRTC approved CIHW-FM's application to decrease the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 25 to 21.7 meters and relocate the transmitter. All other technical parameters would remain unchanged. [3]

On January 17, 2018, Comité de la Radio communautaire Huronne-Wyandot inc. received CRTC approval to operate a Type B Native FM radio station in Wendake. [4]

On April 24, 2019, CIHW-FM's license was licence was administratively renewed in 2019 [5] and expired on August 31, 2022.

On June 20, 2024, Comité de la radio communautaire Huronne-Wyandot inc. received approval to operate at 100.3 MHz (channel 262A) at Wendake, Quebec with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 239 watts (maximum ERP of 400 watts) and an effective height of the antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 18.9 metres. [6] [7]

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References

  1. CIHW-FM 100.3 - radios-quebecoises.com
  2. Decision CRTC 84-463, CRTC, May 31, 1984
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-135, CIHW-FM Wendake – Technical changes, CRTC, April 15, 2016
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-19, Type B Native FM radio station in Wendake, CRTC, January 17, 2018
  5. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-112, Various Indigenous radio programming undertakings – Administrative renewals of licences expiring 31 August 2019, 2020 and 2021, CRTC, April 24, 2019
  6. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2024-136, Indigenous FM radio station in Wendake, CRTC, June 20, 2024
  7. CRTC - CIHW 100.3 Wendake formally applies for licence, radiowest.ca, November 16, 2023

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