CHLY-FM

CHLY 101.7FM
The Sound of the Salish Sea
Frequency101.7 MHz FM
BrandingCHLY 101.7 FM
Programming
Language(s)Primary: English. Secondary: French, Ukrainian, and Punjabi.
FormatEclectic
AffiliationsNational Campus and Community Radio Association
Ownership
OwnerRadio Malaspina Society
History
First air date
October 5, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-10-05)
Technical information
Licensing authority
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
ClassA
ERP1,300 watts (3,000 watts maximum)
HAAT95 meters (312 ft)
Links
Webcast
Websitewww.chly.ca

CHLY-FM (101.7 MHz) is a non-profit campus-community radio station in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Primarily funded by students of Vancouver Island University's Nanaimo campus, the station is also supported by donations and memberships from the community, as well as local advertising, sponsorships and grants.[1] CHLY-FM is run by the Radio Malaspina Society, an incorporated non-profit society.

CHLY is a Class A station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,300 watts (3,000 watts maximum). From its transmitter tower on Cottle Hill, CHLY's broadcast signal covers much of the west coast of Vancouver Island, as far north as Campbell River, south to the Cowichan Valley as well as Gabriola Island and Valdes Island.[2] It can also be heard on the southern Sunshine Coast.

  1. ^ "CHLY-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  2. ^ FCCdata.org/CHLY