CJCN-FM

CJCN-FM (91.5 FM, "Connect 91.5") is a radio station licensed to Surrey, British Columbia. Owned by Akash Broadcasting, it broadcasts programming serving Greater Vancouver's South Asian communities.

CJCN-FM

Surrey, British Columbia
Broadcast area	Greater Vancouver
Frequency	91.5 MHz (FM) (HD Radio)
Branding	Connect 91.5
Programming
Format	Multicultural
Ownership
Owner	Akash Broadcasting Inc.
Sister stations	CKER-FM
History
First air date	December 20, 2019
Call sign meaning	CJ ConNect (branding)
Technical information
Class	A
Power	0.601 kW (average) 1.9 kW
HAAT	128.5 m
Transmitter coordinates	49°8′53.16″N 122°53′34.80″W
Links
Website	connectfm.ca

History

In 2016, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission considered seven applications for a new commercial ethnic radio station to serve Surrey and Vancouver. The Akash application won approval from the CRTC for repatriating revenues lost to cross-border ethnic broadcasters based in northwestern Washington; it specified an entirely ethnic format serving the area's South Asian population, with more than 75 percent in languages other than English; 121 hours a week of local programming, about 40 percent of that in speech programs; and 50 percent Canadian content in music.^[1] Before launch, the transmitter site proposed was lost, and a new one was approved.^[2]

On-air testing for CJCN-FM began December 20, 2019.

In 2021, CKER-FM, CJCN-FM's sister station in Edmonton, Alberta, was rebranded from 101.7 World FM to Connect FM 101.7.^[3]