Aboriginal Multi-Media Society

Canadian media organization

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The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA) is an Aboriginal publisher in Canada. AMMSA was established in 1983 under the Alberta Societies Act and launched its first publication in March 1983 – simply titled AMMSA. The name of this publication was later changed to Windspeaker in March 1986.

Publications

AMMSA abandoned producing paper products, making the decision to set up a news website.

History

AMMSA published a number of monthly publications listed below

Windspeaker – Featuring national content; publishing from March 1983 - 2016

AMMSA published the following provincial publications on a monthly basis:

Alberta Sweetgrass – News and events from Indigenous communities in Alberta

Published monthly from December 1993 - 2016

Ontario Birchbark - News and events from Indigenous communities in Ontario

Published monthly from January 2000 -2016

Raven's Eye - News and events from Indigenous communities in British Columbia and the Yukon

Published monthly from March 1997 - 2016

Saskatchewan Sage - News and events from Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan

Published monthly from October 1996 - 2016

AMMSA digitized all of the published articles in its paper products dating back to 1983 and makes them available online as part of an archive of 20,000+ news and information articles. These archives have grown to more than 30,000 articles.

Radio

AMMSA also operates a radio network, Windspeaker Radio , for Indigenous listeners throughout Alberta. The network studios were originally in Lac La Biche, but are now based in Edmonton. A new transmitter in Edmonton was licensed by the CRTC in 2008, and became the CFWE network's primary station when it launched in July 2009.^[1]

On June 14, 2017, the CRTC granted AMMSA licenses to operate Type B Native FM radio stations aimed at urban Indigenous audiences in Edmonton at 89.3 MHz as the Raven CIWE-FM (which signed on in 2021), and in Calgary at 88.1 MHz as CJWE-FM (which began broadcasting in 2018). Both frequencies were previously licensed to Aboriginal Voices Radio Network but were revoked in 2015 due to compliance issues.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (Oct 17, 2008). "ARCHIVED - Licensing of new radio stations to serve Edmonton, Alberta". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (Jun 25, 2015). "ARCHIVED - CKAV-FM Toronto, CKAV-FM-2 Vancouver, CKAV-FM-3 Calgary, CKAV-FM-4 Edmonton and CKAV-FM-9 Ottawa - Revocation of licences". crtc.gc.ca. Retrieved Mar 16, 2023.
^ "CRTC grants licences for five radio stations to serve indigenous people in urban centres country wide". Turtle Island News. Archived from the original on 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2017-06-15.

Radio stations in Edmonton, Alberta

CHAH 580
CHED 630
CBX 740
CFCW 840
CHQT 880
CJCA 930

Defunct	CFRN 1260 CKAV-4 89.3 CKO-FM-6 101.9

Specialty services

Alberta radio markets: Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Fort McMurray; Grande Prairie; Lethbridge; Lloydminster; Medicine Hat; Red Deer

See also: List of radio stations in Alberta

v t e Radio stations in the Calgary, Alberta area
AM	CFFR 660 CJLI 700 CHQR 770 CFAC 960 CBR 1010 CHRB 1140
FM	CJWE-FM 88.1 CJSI-FM 88.9 CBCX-FM 89.7 CKMP-FM 90.3 CJSW-FM 90.9 CJAY-FM 92.1 CFEX-FM 92.9 CKUA-FM-1 93.7 CHKF-FM 94.7 CKWD-FM 95.3 CHFM-FM 95.9 CJAQ-FM 96.9 CHUP-FM 97.7 CIBK-FM 98.5 CBR-1-FM 99.1 CFXO-FM 99.7 CKUV-FM 100.9 CKCE-FM 101.5 CBR-FM 102.1 CFXL-FM 103.1 CBRF 103.9 CKMR-FM 104.5 CKRY-FM 105.1 HD2 CKYR-FM 106.7 CFGQ-FM 107.3 CIRI-FM 107.9
Digital HD Radio	105.1-1 105.1-2
Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Sur Sangam Radio
Defunct	CKMX 1060 CKAV-FM-3 88.1 CKO-FM-5 103.1
Alberta radio markets Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer See also List of radio stations in Alberta