CKIA-FM
| City of license | Quebec City, Quebec |
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| Frequency | 88.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | October 31, 1984 |
| Format | community radio |
| ERP | 350 watts |
| Class | A |
| Owner | Radio Basse-Ville |
| Website | http://www.ckiafm.org/ |
CKIA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Quebec City, Quebec.
The station operates under a community radio licence and is owned by a non-profit group known as Radio Basse-Ville. It broadcasts on 88.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 350 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna, broadcasting from Edifice Marie-Guyart in downtown Quebec City.
CKIA-FM opened on October 31, 1984 and was originally on 96.1 MHz with a power of only 6.8 watts. The station had to move to a new frequency to increase its power; the move and the power increase took place in September 2001, and the station then began stereophonic transmissions. The 96.1 MHz frequency is now used by CBM-FM-2, a CBC Radio 2 station which is actually a rebroadcaster of Montreal station CBM-FM.
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Coordinates: 46°48′27″N 71°13′00″W / 46.80750°N 71.21667°W