| City of license | Moncton, New Brunswick |
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| Frequency | 93.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | Origins go back to 1971 |
| Format | Campus radio |
| Callsign meaning | C K Université de Moncton |
| Owner | Médias acadiens universitaires, inc. |
| Website | ckumfm.blogspot.com |
CKUM-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 93.5 MHz in Moncton, New Brunswick. It is the campus radio station of the Université de Moncton. When launched as an FM station, CKUM was originally carried at 105.7 MHz before moving to its present frequency.
In 1971, The University of Moncton launched CKUM Radio. In 1980, Les Média Acadiens Universitaires Inc. received an FM licence for a new station at the University of Moncton. CKUM would operate on a frequency of 105.7 MHz and have a power of 50 watts. On March 25, 1994, CKUM-FM's application to change frequencies from 105.7 MHz to 94.5 MHz and to increase the effective radiated power from 50 watts to 13,300 watts. [1] The station reapplied a year later to change frequencies from 105.7 MHz to 93.5 MHz and received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval on September 21, 1995. [2]
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