CIRI-FM

{{short description|Traffic advisory radio station in Calgary}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = CIRI-FM

| city = Calgary, Alberta

| area = Calgary Metropolitan Region
Bow Valley

| frequency = 107.9 MHz (FM)

| branding = Traffic Advisory Radio

| airdate = 2006

| format = Highway advisory radio

| owner = City of Calgary

| erp = 37.7 watts

| haat = {{convert|67.9|metres}}

| coordinates = {{coord|51|02|57|N|113|59|45|W|region:CA_type:landmark}}

| former_frequencies = 97.5 MHz (2006–2008)
106.5 MHz (2008–2020)

| licensing_authority = CRTC

| website =

}}

CIRI-FM is a traffic advisory radio station that operates at 107.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Owned by the City of Calgary, the station began broadcasting at 97.5 MHz as part of a year-long pilot project in 2006.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55568099/|accessdate=July 17, 2020|date=May 8, 2006|first=Allan|last=Connery|page=B2|work=Calgary Herald|title=Calgarians drive despite price hikes}} It moved to its former 106.5 MHz frequency in early 2008 to make way for the new CIGY-FM, which launched on March 6, 2008 on the adjacent 97.7 FM frequency.http://www.radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12819930 Canadian Radio News for February, 2013, radiowest.ca, March 1, 2013 In 2013, a new radio station (CKYR-FM) was launched on the adjacent frequency at 106.7 FM while CIRI-FM remained at 106.5, until the station received an upgrade on October 15, 2020 to replace the broadcasting equipment and relocate the transmitter to a more central location, thereby increasing the radio's coverage area over Calgary at its new current frequency 107.9 FM.{{Cite web|url=https://www.calgary.ca/transportation/roads/traffic/traffic-management/traffic-advisory-radio.html|title = Traffic Advisory Radio}} [https://mobile.twitter.com/cityofcalgary/status/1317209954181246976 City of Calgary], Twitter, October 2020

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