CKUA

CKUA is a Canadian radio station. Originally located at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, it now broadcasts from studios in downtown Edmonton and south Calgary. Created in 1927 through a provincial grant, CKUA was the first public broadcaster in Canada and also the first to offer educational radio programming, including music concerts, poetry readings, and university lectures.

Broadcast Technics

The station broadcasts its signal across the Province of Alberta at 580 kHz on the AM band through one Edmonton-based transmitter. The signal is also carried province-wide on FM through a network of 16 transmitters. CKUA also broadcasts in western Canada on select satellite providers. As of February 29, 1996, CKUA became the first radio station in Canada to stream their broadcast online, and now has upgraded the service to carry in excess of five hundred streams. The station currently has over 160 000 weekly listeners.

Related Topics:
Province of Alberta - AM band - Edmonton - FM - February 29 - 1996 - Stream

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Due to CKUA's extensive coverage, the station is one of only a handful of broadcasters (another being AccessTV) to carry the Alberta Emergency Public Warning System. The provincial government-funded programme provides the station with 12% of its annual income. CKUA is especially suited as the primary originator of this service as (unlike many commercial stations) its studios are manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Related Topics:
AccessTV - Emergency Public Warning System

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