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- ↑ http://www.radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12819930 Canadian Radio News for February, 2013, radiowest.ca, March 1, 2013
- ↑ "Traffic Advisory Radio".
- ↑ City of Calgary, Twitter , October 2020
