CFSI-FM was a Canadian radio station began broadcasting on September 14, 2009. Broadcasting on 107.9 FM, it is the first radio station licensed to

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in British Columbia. The station was licensed by the

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(CRTC) on October 22, 2007. It offers a community-oriented programming format, including a variety of different musical styles: independent artists, blues,

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, world music. Programming also includes local interest talk shows and spiritual shows. Richard Moses, a former programmer with

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and CJRT in

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, was one of the contributing programmers. The station began testing on June 15, 2009. and officially began broadcasting in September 2009. On September 23, 2011, Salt Spring Island Radio Corp. received CRTC approval to operate a new FM transmitter at 102.1 MHz in Mount Bruce with the call sign CFSI-FM-1. In 2013, CFSI-FM was rebranded as ''Green FM'', The station was sold in mid-February 2013 to

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broadcaster Satnam Media Group; Satnam announced it intended to maintain the existing format on CFSI. However, after several non-compliances in a CRTC Audit, as well as alleged missing voluntary audits, including faulty program logs, as well as missing annual returns and several years of unpaid fees, a number of former CFSI staff/volunteers intervened with the CRTC asking for license revocation due to the poor management of Satnam Media. After a hearing in May 2015, the CRTC revoked CFSI's radio license on June 25, 2015 and CFSI went off the air on July 25, 2015.

Notes

On November 28, 2019, Gulf Islands Community Radio Society submitted an application to operate a new community FM radio station at Salt Spring Island. The new station would operate on CFSI-FM's former frequencies 107.9 MHz with a rebroadcasting transmitter at 102.1 MHz. Gulf Islands received CRTC approval to operate an English-language community FM radio station as well as a rebroadcasting transmitter on Salt Spring Island on January 24, 2022.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-9
Community radio station and transmitter on Salt Spring Island, ''CRTC'', January 24, 2022 The station was launched in the spring of 2022 as CHIR-FM Gulf Islands Radio at 107.9 FM Salt Spring Island and VF5176 at 102.1 FM Mount Bruce. ''(See also: CHIR-FM).''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cfsi-Fm Fsi Fsi Radio stations established in 2009 2009 establishments in British Columbia Radio stations disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in British Columbia