TAGISH, YT – Independent radio company Borealis Broadcasting has grown to five radio stations after the CRTC approved its request for three new transmitters.
The company’s network of community repeaters now includes Tagish and Marsh Lake, YT (CFET 106.7 FM); Haines Junction, YT (CJHJ 99.9 FM); Carcross, YT (CJCC 99.9 FM); Atlin, BC (CHTR 99.9 FM); and Inuvik, NT (CHUG 99.9 FM).
Borealis said these stations run as a centrally managed network using the OpenBroadcaster system, allowing local communities and talent to manage programming and schedules using a common web browser.
“Harnessing the power of AI (Artificial intelligence) and predictive discovery algorithms makes all of this possible”, the company said in a statement. “We get machines to do the heavy work and decision making, freeing up precious time for talented people to focus on radio, and sharing stories from our part of the world in Northern Canada.”
Borealis Broadcasting, re-branded from CFET Radio, is a sole proprietorship owned by Robert Hopkins from Tagish, YT. CFET had its first broadcast on Labour Day Weekend in 1997, and eventually received the first commercial FM radio licence issued by the CRTC in the Yukon Territory.
