CIRA-FM, the Glossary
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29 relations: AM broadcasting, Antenna (radio), Broadcasting, Canadian Communications Foundation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CHFO (AM), CHVR-FM, Commercial broadcasting, Effective radiated power, FM broadcasting, French language, Gatineau, Hertz, List of North American broadcast station classes, Montreal, Mount Royal, National Capital Region (Canada), Omnidirectional antenna, Pembroke, Ontario, Quebec, Radio broadcasting, Radio format, Religious broadcasting, Rimouski, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Victoriaville, Watt, 1994 in radio.
- 1994 establishments in Quebec
- Radio stations in Montreal
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
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Antenna (radio)
In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.
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Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.
Canadian Communications Foundation
The Canadian Communications Foundation (CCF) was a Canadian nonprofit organization which documented the history of broadcasting in Canada, particularly radio and television networks, programs and broadcasters.
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
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CHFO (AM)
CHFO was a French language Canadian radio station located at 1350 kHz (AM) in Gatineau, Quebec.
CHVR-FM
CHVR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 96.7 FM in Pembroke, Ontario.
Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Effective radiated power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter.
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FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Gatineau
Gatineau is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada.
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
List of North American broadcast station classes
This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Mount Royal
Mount Royal (Mont Royal) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
National Capital Region (Canada)
The National Capital Region (NCR) (Région de la capitale nationale), also known as Canada's Capital Region and Ottawa–Gatineau, is an official federal designation encompassing the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the adjacent city of Gatineau, Quebec, and surrounding suburban and exurban areas.
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Omnidirectional antenna
In radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is a class of antenna which radiates equal radio power in all directions perpendicular to an axis (azimuthal directions), with power varying with angle to the axis (elevation angle), declining to zero on the axis.
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Pembroke, Ontario
Pembroke is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley.
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Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.
Religious broadcasting
Religious broadcasting, sometimes referred to as faith-based broadcasts, is the dissemination of television and/or radio content that intentionally has religious ideas, religious experience, or religious practice as its core focus.
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Rimouski
Rimouski is a city in Quebec, Canada.
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke is a city in southern Quebec, Canada.
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour.
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Victoriaville
Victoriaville is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River.
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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1994 in radio
The year 1994 in radio involved some significant events.
See also
1994 establishments in Quebec
- Îles-Avelle-Wight-et-Hiam Ecological Reserve
- Action démocratique du Québec
- Autodrome Montmagny
- Bicolline
- Bois-Franc station
- CANADA!
- CINY-FM
- CIRA-FM
- CKRQ-FM
- Canadian American Railroad
- Caribous-de-Jourdan Ecological Reserve
- Casino de Charlevoix
- Coalition Démocratique–Montréal Écologique
- Communauto
- Cosmodome
- Dream Pod 9
- Dunes-de-la-Moraine-d'Harricana Ecological Reserve
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Granby Inouk
- Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve
- Martyr (band)
- McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
- Montreal Roadrunners
- Soul Attorneys
- Sunnybrooke station
- Telus Stadium
- The Kingpins (Canadian band)
- Toon Boom
- Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve
- Vice (magazine)
- Vice Media
- Xceed (software company)
Radio stations in Montreal
- CBF-FM
- CBFX-FM
- CBM-FM
- CBME-FM
- CFGL-FM
- CFMB
- CFNV
- CFOX (AM)
- CFQR (AM)
- CFTL (pirate radio)
- CHLP
- CHMP-FM
- CHOM-FM
- CHOU (AM)
- CHRF
- CHRN
- CHYC (AM)
- CIBL-FM
- CILO-FM
- CINF
- CINQ-FM
- CINW
- CIRA-FM
- CISM-FM
- CITE-FM
- CJAD
- CJFM-FM
- CJLO
- CJLV
- CJMS (1280 AM)
- CJPB-FM
- CJPX-FM
- CJRM-FM (Montreal)
- CJWI
- CKAC
- CKBE-FM
- CKDG-FM
- CKGM
- CKIN-FM
- CKLM
- CKLX-FM
- CKMF-FM
- CKO
- CKOI-FM
- CKUT-FM
- CKVL-FM
- CKZW
- Radio Humsafar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIRA-FM
Also known as CIRA-5, CIRA-FM-1, CIRA-FM-2, CIRA-FM-3, CIRA-FM-4, Radio Ville-Marie.