CKLB is a Canadian

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...

 radio station

Radio station

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, broadcasting at 101.9 FM in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River...

. Owned by the Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territories, the station was licenced in 1985 and broadcasts a community radio

Community radio

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 format for the territory's First Nations

First Nations

First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...

 population. The station serves the entire Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

 through a network of rebroadcasters.

CKLB has a number of rebroadcasters operating on low-power FM transmitters throughout Northwest Territories:

• VF2083 101.9 FM - Aklavik
• VF2071 101.9 FM - Behchoko
• VF2069 101.9 FM - Deline
• VF2070 101.9 FM - Fort Good Hope
• VF2022 101.9 FM - Fort Liard
• VF2080 101.9 FM - Fort McPherson
• CHFP-FM 101.9 FM - Fort Providence
• VF2081 101.9 FM - Fort Resolution
• VF2102 101.9 FM - Fort Simpson
• CHFS-FM 101.9 FM - Fort Smith
• CHRR-FM 101.9 FM - Hay River
• VF2082 101.9 FM - Inuvik
• VF2020 101.9 FM - Kakisa
• VF2026 101.9 FM - Lutselk'e
• VF2008 101.9 FM - Tsiigehtchic
• VF2054 101.9 FM - Whatì
• VF2025 101.9 FM - Wrigley

External links

• CKLB
• CKLB-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
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