Skigin Radio gets CRTC approval for Indigenous FM station licence in New Brunswick

OTTAWA – The CRTC last week approved Skigin Radio Incorporated’s November 2022 application for a broadcasting licence to operate a low-power, Indigenous FM radio station in Woodstock First Nation, New Brunswick. Serving the Maliseet people of the Wolastoqiyik territory, Skigin Radio’s 50-watt station will operate at 107.7 MHz. In its licence application, Skigin Radio had proposed to broadcast 112 hours of local programming and 14 hours of wrap-around programming (programming that originates from other radio stations) per broadcast week. Of that programming, 104 hours would be devoted to musical content, 20 per cent of which will be musical selections performed or composed...