CIRF
CIRF, is a Canadian radio station which operates a multilingual format on the frequency of 1350 kHz on the AM band.
| City | Brampton, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
| Programming | |
| Format | multilingual |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Humsafar |
| History | |
First air date | 2020 |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 40 watts (night) |
| Links | |
| Website | radiohumsafar.com |
History
On October 21, 2015, the CRTC approved Radio Humsafar's application to operate a new ethnic commercial AM radio station at Brampton on the frequency of 1350 kHz. [1]
Prior to the stations' sign on, the original callsign was to be CFKA but changed to its current callsign. The station also had a number of technical changes some were denied. [2] [3] [4]
The station began testing in December 2019.
References
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-471, Licensing of new radio stations to serve Brampton, CRTC, October 21, 2015
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-385, Ethnic commercial AM radio station – Technical changes, CRTC, October 3, 2018
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-248, Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes, CRTC, July 9, 2019
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-351, Ethnic commercial AM radio station in Brampton – Technical changes and extension of implementation deadline, CRTC, October 18, 2019
External links
- Radio Humsafar
- CIRF History - Canadian Communications Foundation
- CIRF in the REC Canadian station database
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