CKER-FM

CKER-FM

City of license	Edmonton, Alberta
Branding	World FM
Frequency	101.7 MHz (FM)
First air date	1980
Format	multilingual
Power	100 KW
Transmitter coordinates	53°31′54.7″N 113°46′52.2″W / 53.531861°N 113.781167°W / 53.531861; -113.781167Coordinates: 53°29′48″N 113°29′29″W / 53.49667°N 113.49139°W / 53.49667; -113.49139 (World FM)
Callsign meaning	Edmonton Radio
Owner	Rogers Media
Sister stations	CHDI-FM
Website	101.7 World FM

CKER-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 101.7 FM in Edmonton, Alberta. The station airs a multilingual programming format branded as 101.7 World FM and is owned by Rogers Media.

History

CKER-FM first hit the airwaves on November 1, 1980 on the AM dial as Edmonton's first and only multilingual station. It was owned by O.K. Radio Group which is headed up by Roger Charest and Stu Morton. The station operated at 1480 AM with a broadcasting power of 10,000 watts.

In 1982 O.K. Radio Group spun off CKER into a separate company- CKER Radio Ltd., a company that was headed up by Roger Charest as well as other investors.

In 1994, CKER was granted approval by the CRTC ^[1] to move to the FM band at 101.9 MHz with an ERP of 64,000 watts, on a frequency previously used by CKO from 1978 to 1989. This would later be increased to 100,000 watts. On January 18, 2006, CKER received approval to move from 101.9 to 101.7 MHz in an effort to allieviate interference that was being caused to other stations.^[2]

On November 29, 2006, CKER-FM was sold to Rogers Communications who also purchased other stations owned by O.K. Radio Group.^[3] Rogers pledged to keep the station the same, with a multilingual format and the current branding of World FM.

Programming

CKER currently airs programming in over 10 languages serving over 12 ethnic groups. It has programming in the following languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Filipino, German, Italian, Mandarin, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian.

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Radio stations in Edmonton, Alberta

AM	CHED 630 CBX 740 CFCW 840 CHQT 880 CJCA 930 CFRN 1260

FM	CJSR 88.5 CKAV-4 89.3 (defunct) CHFA 90.1 CBX 90.9 CHBN 91.7 CKNG 92.5 CJLD 93.1 CBX-FM-2 93.9 CKUA 94.9 CKEA 95.7 CKRA 96.3 CIRK 97.3 CFWE 98.5 CIUP 99.3 CFBR 100.3 CBCX-FM-1 101.1 CKER 101.7 CKNO 102.3 CHDI 102.9 CISN 103.9 CFMG 104.9 CJRY 105.9 CJNW 107.1 CKFT 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Desh Punjab Radio

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Philadelphia	WNWR

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Overseas	Radio Free Asia Voice of America

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