Aboriginal Multi-Media Society
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
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