VOAR (AM)
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City of license | Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Branding | VOAR |
Frequency | 1210 kHz (AM) |
First air date | 1929 |
Format | Religious |
Power | 10,000 watts (day and night) |
Class | B |
Callsign meaning | Voice Of Adventist Radio |
Owner | The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland & Labrador |
Website | www.voar.org |
VOAR (Voice of Adventist Radio) is a Canadian radio station, which airs religious programming in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador on 1210 kHz and various FM frequencies.
The station first broadcast in the fall of 1929. Over the years, the station switched from one AM frequency to another, until VOAR moved to its current frequency, which was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 1991.[1] Since 2002 it was broadcasting mainly on FM.[2]
VOAR is one of just four broadcast radio stations (all on Newfoundland) in Canada whose call letters do not begin with C. The others, VOWR, VOCM, and VOCM-FM, are based in St. John's, where VOAR initially was based. With the exception of VOCM-FM, these stations first aired before Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949. The ITU prefix VO was originally assigned to Newfoundland and remains in use by Newfoundland and Labrador radioamateurs.
Rebroadcasters
In 2002, VOAR has added several FM rebroadcast transmitters in various parts of the province.[3] VOAR is also carried across Canada on Bell TV Channel 950.
A broadcasting licence up to 2015 was issued in 2008.[4][5]
In 2008 various transmitters were opened in British Columbia[6][7]
Call sign | Frequency | City of License |
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VOAR-2-FM | 99.5 FM | Marystown |
VOAR-3-FM | 91.7 FM | Lewisporte |
VOAR-4-FM | 89.7 FM | Gander |
VOAR-5-FM | 102.1 FM | Deer Lake |
VOAR-6-FM | 101.1 FM | Botwood |
VOAR-7-FM | 103.3 FM | Springdale |
VOAR-8-FM | 98.3 FM | Grand Falls-Windsor |
VOAR-9-FM | 105.7 FM | Corner Brook |
VOAR-10-FM | 99.9 FM | Channel-Port aux Basques |
VOAR-11-FM | 101.9 FM | Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
VOAR-12-FM | 102.5 FM | Labrador City/Wabush |
VOAR-13-FM | 107.1 FM | Bridgewater, Nova Scotia |
References
- ↑ Decision CRTC 91-163
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-49 Ottawa, 20 February 2002
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-49
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-282 Ottawa, 8 October 2008
- ↑ Radio Station History Newfoundland VOAR-AM (Religious), St. John's, Seventh Day Adventist Church
- ↑ VOAR Broadcast in Prince George
- ↑ Kamloops Christian Radio Is Off the Air
External links
- VOAR
- VOAR in British Columbia
- VOAR history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- WestList AM DX - Newfoundland
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for VOAR