CKRD-FM

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CKRD-FM
CKRD Shine90.5FM logo.png
Broadcast area Red Deer County
Frequency 90.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingShine 90.5 FM
Programming
Format Christian
Ownership
OwnerTouch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership
History
First air date
April 1, 2011
Call sign meaning
Christ Knows Red Deer
Technical information
Class C1
ERP 18.4 kilowatts average
38 kilowatts peak
HAAT 246.1 meters (807 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
52°16′35″N113°41′28″W / 52.2764°N 113.691°W / 52.2764; -113.691
Links
Website ckrd.ca

CKRD-FM is a radio station that broadcasts a Christian format on the frequency 90.5 FM in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting (2006) Inc. (the general partner) and 1188011 Alberta Ltd. and Touch Canada Broadcasting Inc. (the limited partners), carrying on business as Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership, the station received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on December 8, 2009. [1] [2]

The station uses the call letters previously used by the now CIZZ-FM from 1965 to 1987. [3] What is now CHUB-FM was CKRD-AM from 1949 to 2000. The call sign was also originally used by the now-defunct television station CHCA-TV from 1965 to 2005.

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References

  1. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-761
  2. "Licensee Name Search Results | Spectrum Direct | Industry Canada". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  3. "CIZZ-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting".