Cabin Radio

Cabin Radio is a Canadian independent hyperlocal web media organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-bbc-reporter-keeps-nwt-local-news-alive-with-cabin-radio/ "Former BBC reporter keeps NWT local news alive with Cabin Radio"]. The Globe and Mail, August 22, 2023. Launched in 2017 by Ollie Williams, a former BBC Sport reporter who moved to Yellowknife in the 2010s after marrying a Canadian woman he met while covering the 2010 Winter Olympics, the organization currently operates a news website and an Internet radio stream, as well as posting news updates to various social networking sites.

The website grew from three million page views in its first year in operation to over 13 million annual views by 2024.Nick Dunne, [https://thehub.ca/2024/02/23/nick-dunne-on-cabin-radio/ "The Northwest Territories’ Cabin Radio: A part of Canada’s North"]. The Hub, February 23, 2024.

In 2025, the Michener Award foundation awarded Cabin Radio a $125,000 Norman Webster Fellowship grant for a journalistic investigation into failures in the circuit court system of the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories.Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/cabin-radio-le-droit-awarded-125k-norman-webster-fellowships/ "Cabin Radio, Le Droit awarded $125K Norman Webster Fellowships"]. Broadcast Dialogue, May 28, 2025.

Community radio

In 2019 the company submitted an application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for a community radio license.Sidney Cohen, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cabin-radio-refiling-broadcasting-licence-appication-1.6764963 "Yellowknife's Cabin Radio to resubmit FM licence application, in spite of CRTC decision"]. CBC North, March 1, 2023. The CRTC did not issue a decision until 2023, denying the company's application on the grounds that the Yellowknife market could not support a new radio station.Natalie Pressman, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cabin-radio-yellowknife-options-narrow-1.7007032 "Cabin Radio's 'fiercely loyal' fans show support for Yellowknife station as it fights for FM licence"]. CBC North, October 25, 2023.

However, following widespread community opposition to the decision, the CRTC announced in 2024 that it would reopen the process, stating that the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2023 Canadian wildfires had highlighted the critical importance of reliable community-based news and information services in times of emergency.Mah Noor Mubarik, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/crtc-cabin-radio-application-fm-licence-nwt-1.7145329 "CRTC to reconsider Cabin Radio's application to get on Yellowknife's FM airwaves"]. CBC North, March 15, 2024. A new round of hearings started in February 2025,[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wildfire-risk-very-much-in-the-mind-of-crtc-as-it-mulls-new-fm-licences-in-yellowknife-1.7457904 "Wildfire risk 'very much in the mind' of CRTC as it mulls new FM licences in Yellowknife"]. CBC North, February 13, 2025. with the CRTC considering Cabin Radio's application alongside a competing application by Vista Radio.Jocelyn Shepel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cabin-radio-vista-radio-fm-licence-1.7456699 "Cabin Radio, Vista Radio each seek new FM licence at CRTC hearing in Yellowknife"]. CBC North, February 12, 2025.

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External links

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Category:2017 establishments in Canada

Category:Mass media in Yellowknife

Category:Internet radio stations in Canada

Category:Canadian news websites