CIRI-FM | |
City: | Calgary, Alberta |
Area: | Calgary Metropolitan Region Bow Valley |
Frequency: | 107.9 MHz (FM) |
Branding: | Traffic Advisory Radio |
Airdate: | 2006 |
Format: | Highway advisory radio |
Owner: | City of Calgary |
Erp: | 37.7 watts |
Coordinates: | 51.0492°N -113.9958°W |
Former Frequencies: | 97.5 MHz (2006–2008) 106.5 MHz (2008–2020) |
Licensing Authority: | CRTC |
CIRI-FM is a traffic advisory radio station that operates at 107.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Owned by the City of Calgary, the station began broadcasting at 97.5 MHz as part of a year-long pilot project in 2006.[1] It moved to its former 106.5 MHz frequency in early 2008 to make way for the new CIGY-FM, which launched on March 6, 2008 on the adjacent 97.7 FM frequency.[2] In 2013, a new radio station (CKYR-FM) was launched on the adjacent frequency at 106.7 FM while CIRI-FM remained at 106.5, until the station received an upgrade on October 15, 2020 to replace the broadcasting equipment and relocate the transmitter to a more central location, thereby increasing the radio's coverage area over Calgary at its new current frequency 107.9 FM.[3] [4]