CFTL-FM

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CFTL-FM, is a First Nations community radio radio station which operates at 100.3 Hertz FM broadcasting in Big Trout Lake, Ontario, Canada. 100.3 FM CFTL Radio - Facebook The station is owned by the Ayamowin Communications Society and is a rebroadcaster of CBC Radio One outlet CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay.

CFTL-FM was originally established in 1974 CRTC Annual Report 1973-74, (Decision 73-399), August 16, 1973, World Radio History page 121 (p.111) and was the first community radio station in Ontario, established locally with the support of the Wawatay Native Communications Society; its popularity led communities, first at Muskrat Dam then elsewhere, to ask for similar assistance. By its 1992 CRTC licence renewal, it was authorized to broadcast 59 hours of local programming in Oji-Cree, 10 hours of Wawatay programs, and 99 hours of output from the CBC Music FM network. Decision CRTC 92-86 In later years, it switched from CBC Stereo to CBC Radio One through CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay.

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