CHLI-FM, or Rossland Community Radio Co-operative is a volunteer-led co-operative community radio

Community radio

Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...

 station in Rossland

Rossland, British Columbia

Rossland is a city in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia.Tucked high in the Monashee Mountains, Rossland is at an elevation of 1023 metres . Population today is approximately 3500; a number that fluctuates from season to season. The population is at its peak during the winter...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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History

The co-operative applied for a low-power broadcast license with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with the aim to broadcast at 5 watts of power on the FM dial at 101.1 with the call letters CHLI, and the station was given approval by the CRTC on May 15, 2008. As of March 2008, the co-op has more than 75 members and is currently housed in the Rossland United Church building. Rossland Radio Coop began official broadcasting on December 31, 2008.

The station is one of several new community radio stations launched in the Kootenay

Kootenays

The Kootenay Region comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Ktunaxa First Nation first encountered by explorer David Thompson.-Boundaries:The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land...

 region in the 2000s. Others include CJLY-FM

CJLY-FM

CJLY-FM, known on-air as Kootenay Co-op Radio, is a Canadian community radio station, which broadcasts at 93.5 FM in Nelson, British Columbia...

 in Nelson

Nelson, British Columbia

Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the extreme West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City", and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush,...

, CFAD-FM

CFAD-FM

CFAD-FM is a community radio station that began broadcasting on October 11, 2008 at 92.1 FM in Salmo, British Columbia.Owned by Salmo FM Radio Society, the station was licenced on July 31, 2008....

 in Salmo

Salmo, British Columbia

Salmo is a village in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Salmo River Valley, surrounded by the Selkirk Mountain range....

, CJHQ-FM

CJHQ-FM

CJHQ-FM is a community radio station in Nakusp, British Columbia, broadcasting on 107.1 FM.Owned by the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, the station was licenced on April 15, 2005 and began broadcasting on September 5 of that year....

 in Nakusp

Nakusp, British Columbia

The Village of Nakusp is a small community located on the shores of Upper Arrow Lake, a portion of the Columbia River, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia...

 and CIDO-FM

CIDO-FM

CIDO-FM, branded as Creston Community Radio, is a community radio station broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 20 watts in the small Southern Interior community of Creston, British Columbia, Canada...

 in Creston

Creston, British Columbia

Creston is a town of 4,826 people in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town is located just a few kilometers north of the Porthill, Idaho border crossing into the United States and about a three-hour drive north from Spokane, Washington. It is about a one-hour drive...

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On April 29, 2011, Rossland Radio Cooperative received CRTC approval to operate a new FM community radio station in Rossland, British Columbia on the frequency of 101.1 MHz.

Shows

RRC airs several Rossland-based shows, like Sesn-a-tonin, as well as a few syndicated programs, like Pacifica Radio

Pacifica Radio

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's Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...

, and Kootenay Coop Radio

CJLY-FM

CJLY-FM, known on-air as Kootenay Co-op Radio, is a Canadian community radio station, which broadcasts at 93.5 FM in Nelson, British Columbia...

's food-issues program Deconstructing Dinner

Deconstructing Dinner

Deconstructing Dinner is a syndicated public affairs show which discusses food and sustainable food systems. The show is produced and recorded in the studios of CJLY-FM Kootenay Co-op Radio in Nelson, British Columbia. As of Oct. 2009 the program is aired on 37 campus radio stations and community...

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External links

• Rossland Radio
• CHLI-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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