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TheAboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA) is anAboriginalpublisher inCanada. AMMSA was established in 1983 under the Alberta Societies Act and launched its first publication in March 1983 – simply titledAMMSA. The name of this publication was later changed toWindspeaker in March 1986.
AMMSA abandoned producing paper products, making the decision to set up a news website.
History
AMMSA published a number of monthly publications listed below
AMMSA published the following provincial publications on a monthly basis:
Published monthly from December 1993 - 2016
Published monthly from January 2000 -2016
Published monthly from March 1997 - 2016
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.
AMMSA also operates a radio network, Windspeaker Radio, for Indigenous listeners throughout Alberta. The network studios were originally inLac La Biche, but are now based inEdmonton. A new transmitter in Edmonton was licensed by theCRTC 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 inEdmonton at 89.3 MHz as the RavenCIWE-FM (which signed on in 2021), and inCalgary at 88.1 MHz asCJWE-FM (which began broadcasting in 2018). Both frequencies were previously licensed toAboriginal Voices Radio Network but were revoked in 2015 due to compliance issues.[2][3]
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