Broadcast area | Calgary Metropolitan Region Bow Valley |
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Frequency | 107.9 MHz (FM) |
Branding | Traffic Advisory Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Highway advisory radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | City of Calgary |
History | |
First air date | 2006 |
Former frequencies | 97.5 MHz (2006–2008) 106.5 MHz (2008–2020) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
ERP | 37.7 watts |
HAAT | 67.9 metres (223 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°02′57″N113°59′45″W / 51.04917°N 113.99583°W |
CIRI-FM is a traffic advisory radio station that operates at 107.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Owned by the City of Calgary, the station began broadcasting at 97.5 MHz as part of a year-long pilot project in 2006. [1] It moved to its former 106.5 MHz frequency in early 2008 to make way for the new CIGY-FM, which launched on March 6, 2008 on the adjacent 97.7 FM frequency. [2] In 2013, a new radio station (CKYR-FM) was launched on the adjacent frequency at 106.7 FM while CIRI-FM remained at 106.5, until the station received an upgrade on October 15, 2020 to replace the broadcasting equipment and relocate the transmitter to a more central location, thereby increasing the radio's coverage area over Calgary at its new current frequency 107.9 FM. [3] [4]
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