CKOH-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.3
FM in
Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest popu ...
,
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. Owned by th
Okalakatiget Society the station broadcasts a
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...
format for the region's
First Nations and
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, ...
communities.
CKHV also has a
Class A re-broadcaster in
Nain, operating on 99.9 FM with the call sign CKOK-FM. CKOK was first used by CKOK,
Penticton
Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its population was 33,761, while its census agglomeration populati ...
,
British Columbia
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. now known as
CKOR.
As of the end of 2014, the station now streams online. The stream is live during local programming only. At other times, the stream is not available.
In January 2016, the OKalaKatiget Society applied to convert CKHV to 99.3 FM. Power will be 1,710 watts (average and maximum ERP). Antenna height will be 187 metres (EHAAT). The station will simulcast programming from CKOK 99.9 in Nain. Call letters will be CKOH-FM.
This application was approved by the CRTC on June 1, 2016.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-211
Type B Native FM radio station in Nain, ''CRTC'', June 1, 2016
References
External links
Okalakatiget Society
Okalakatiget Society Live Web Stream [Local Programming Only]
CKOH-FM history - Canadian Communication Foundation
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