CHDH-FM is a First Nations

First Nations

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 community

Community radio

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 radio station

Radio station

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 which operates at 97.7 MHz (FM

FM broadcasting

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) in Siksika, Alberta, Canada

Canada

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History

On June 15, 2001, Dale Hinves, on behalf of a society to be incorporated received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new new Type B english and native-language FM radio station at Siksika. The station would operate at 103.1 MHz. On the licence renewal in 2007, CHDH-FM's current frequency reads as 97.7 MHz.

The station is currently owned by Siksika Communications Society.

External links

• CHDH-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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