CKKI-FM
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CKKI-FM is a Canadian radio station in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, near Montreal
, Quebec
. The station currently airs a country music
format. Its studios are located on the reserve in a residential house on Route 207
.
The station previously operated as a pirate
on 106.7 FM, the frequency previously used by a local Aboriginal Voices
repeater. It has been granted a license to operate on 89.9 FM on September 29, 2011 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The station was licensed by the CRTC as a dual-language English / Mohawk station slanted towards the Kahnawake reserve with 126 hours of local programming -- 120 hours featuring country music, and 6 hours of spoken word and talk programming, 5% in Mohawk, with the remainder in English. The station will also sponsor music and concerts featuring local Mohawk and other native artists.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The station currently airs a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. Its studios are located on the reserve in a residential house on Route 207
Quebec Route 207
Route 207 is a provincial highway located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The highway starts at the junction of Route 205 in Saint-Urbain-Premier and ends northeast at the junctions of Route 132 and Route 138 just south of the Mercier Bridge at the Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve, southwest of the...
.
The station previously operated as a pirate
Pirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
on 106.7 FM, the frequency previously used by a local Aboriginal Voices
Aboriginal Voices
Aboriginal Voices Radio Network is a Canadian national radio network with licensed radio stations in nine Canadian metropolitan areas, all which are licensed under the calls of Toronto flagship station CKAV-FM...
repeater. It has been granted a license to operate on 89.9 FM on September 29, 2011 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The station was licensed by the CRTC as a dual-language English / Mohawk station slanted towards the Kahnawake reserve with 126 hours of local programming -- 120 hours featuring country music, and 6 hours of spoken word and talk programming, 5% in Mohawk, with the remainder in English. The station will also sponsor music and concerts featuring local Mohawk and other native artists.
External links
- KKIC Radio
- History of Existing Montréal/Laval/Lanaudiére/Laurentides/Montérégie Radio Stations at Canadian Communications FoundationCanadian Communications FoundationThe Canadian Communications Foundation is a history of Canadian broadcasting for radio and television chronicles and documents. It also provides a history of radio and television stations, including networks, programs, broadcasters and many others....