CKRD-FM explained

CKRD-FM
City:	Red Deer, Alberta
Area:	Red Deer County
Branding:	Shine 90.5 FM
Frequency:	90.5 MHz (FM)
Format:	Christian
Airdate:	April 1, 2011
Callsign Meaning:	Christ Knows Red Deer
Erp:	18.4 kilowatts average 38 kilowatts peak
Class:	C1
Owner:	Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership

CKRD-FM is a radio station that broadcasts a Christian format on the frequency 90.5 FM in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting (2006) Inc. (the general partner) and 1188011 Alberta Ltd. and Touch Canada Broadcasting Inc. (the limited partners), carrying on business as Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership, the station received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on December 8, 2009.^{[1] [2]}

The station uses the call letters previously used by the now CIZZ-FM from 1965 to 1987.^[3] What is now CHUB-FM was CKRD-AM from 1949 to 2000. The call sign was also originally used by the now-defunct television station CHCA-TV from 1965 to 2005.

External links

• Shine 90.5 FM
• CKRD-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation

Notes and References

1. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-761.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-761
2. Web site: Licensee Name Search Results | Spectrum Direct | Industry Canada . 2010-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706183127/https://sd.ic.gc.ca/pls/engdoc_anon/web_search.licensee_name_results?output_format=1&selected_columns=TX_FREQ,RX_FREQ,CALL_SIGN,LOCATION,COMPANY_NAME&col_in_fmt=COMMA_LIST&selected_column_group=NONE&extra_ascii=None&extra_xml=None&licensee_name=TOUCH%20CANADA%20BROADCASTING%20(2006)%20IN%20C.&admin_do=22&company_cd=86609065 . 2011-07-06 . dead .
3. Web site: CIZZ-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting.