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CKYE-FM
Vancouver, BC;
Broadcast area	Metro Vancouver
Frequency	93.1 MHz
Branding	Red FM
Programming
Format	Multicultural
Ownership
Owner	South Asian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	21 December 2005
Technical information
Class	C
Power	8 kW
HAAT	600m
Transmitter coordinates	49°21′15″N 122°57′30″W / 49.354252°N 122.958308°W
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Red FM

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CKYE-FM (identified on air and in print as Red-FM) is a Canadian radio station in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 93.1 megahertz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 8,000 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour, and its studios are located in Surrey. The station is owned by the South Asian Broadcasting Corporation.

History

Initial approval for a new ethnic radio station was granted on 21 July 2005 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. ^[1] The station was originally licensed to broadcast with an average effective radiated power of 2,800 watts, which was increased to 4,200 watts on 21 December 2005. Terms of the license included a stipulation that 90% of all programming in each broadcast week must be ethnic in nature. The station is required to provide programming in at least 15 different languages, targeted at no less than 15 different ethnic groups. 75% of this programming must be in the Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu languages.

Programming

CKYE's programming is primarily South Asian (Hindi and Punjabi) but it also airs programming in the following languages: African, Bengali, Fijian, Gujarati, Hungarian, Malayalam, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Sindhi, Tamil and Urdu.

References

^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-339

External links

Red FM
Station history from Canadian Communications Foundation
CKYE-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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[1] Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-339

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  | image = [[Image:CKYE FM.png]]
- | city = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[British Columbia|BC]]
+ | city = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia|BC]]
  | area = [[Metro Vancouver]]
  | branding = Red FM
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  | owner = South Asian Broadcasting Corporation
  | webcast = [http://www.streamtheworld.com/stream/CKYEFM/index.php Listen live]
- | website = [http://www.redfm.ca Red FM]
+ | website = [http://www.redfm.ca/ Red FM]
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-'''CKYE-FM''' (identified on air and in print as '''''Red-FM''''') is a Canadian radio station in the [[Vancouver|Greater Vancouver]] region of [[British Columbia]]. It broadcasts at 93.1 megahertz on the [[Frequency modulation|FM]] band with an [[effective radiated power]] of 8,000 watts from a transmitter on [[Mount Seymour]], and its studios are located in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]]. The station is owned by the South Asian Broadcasting Corporation.
+'''CKYE-FM''' (identified on air and in print as '''''Red-FM''''') is a [[Canada|Canadian]] radio station in the [[Vancouver|Metro Vancouver]] region of [[British Columbia]]. It broadcasts at 93.1 megahertz on the [[Frequency modulation|FM]] band with an [[effective radiated power]] of 8,000 watts from a transmitter on [[Mount Seymour]], and its studios are located in [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]]. The station is owned by the South Asian Broadcasting Corporation.
 ==History==
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 ==Programming==
-CKYE's programming is primarily South Asian ([[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]) but it also airs programming in the following languages: [[African]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Fijian language|Fijian]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Farsi language|Persian]], [[Polish language|Polish]],
+CKYE's programming is primarily South Asian ([[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]) but it also airs programming in the following languages: [[African]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Fijian language|Fijian]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Farsi language|Persian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].
-[[Russian language|Russian]], [[Serbian language|Serbian]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].
 ==References==
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 {{Vancouver FM}}
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 [[Category:Radio stations in Vancouver]]
 [[Category:Surrey, British Columbia]]
 [[Category:Multicultural and ethnic radio stations in Canada]]
 {{BritishColumbia-radio-station-stub}}