CINA-FM

CINA-FM is a new radio station which broadcasts a mixture of English language and ethnic/multilingual music and programming on 102.3 FM/MHz in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

History

In 2008, Neeti P. Ray received approval in part from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new ethnic FM radio station (CJNR-FM) to serve Windsor, Ontario on the frequency of 95.9 MHz. ^[1] However, the 95.9 MHz frequency was awarded to Blackburn Radio's CJWF-FM which launched in November of 2009.

Also in 2008, the Commission approved the application by the CBC to convert CBE Windsor from the AM band to the FM band. ^[2] In light of this conversion, the nested transmitter was never implemented and the 102.3 MHz frequency became available to Windsor in September 2011.

On December 13, 2011, an application by Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated (OBCI) to change CJNR-FM's (CJWF-FM) frequency from 95.9 MHz to 102.3 MHz. On March 2, 2012, Neeti P. Ray received approval to operate the station at 102.3 MHz. ^[3] The station will broadcast with an antenna aimed toward the northwest, to protect nearby stations on the same frequency: CHST-FM in London; WGRT in Port Huron, Michigan; and WPOS-FM in Toledo, Ohio.

The station launched on September 6, 2012, having changed its call-letters to CINA-FM (after Toronto sister station CINA-AM).

References

External links

• CINA RADIO 102.3 FM
• CJNR-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CJNR-FM

Coordinates: 42°17′50″N 83°01′31″W / 42.29722°N 83.02528°W / 42.29722; -83.02528