AM 730 ( formerly MOJO ) which launched its All Day Traffic format just last week will now have some competition to contend with: Clean Air Radio.
Beginning Monday, June 12th, the new FM station will be broadcasting on 88.5 from a tent on the hill above the 152nd street on-ramp to Highway 1 in Surrey.
Clean Air Radio is sponsored by the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation and will have a range of about two kilometres.
The equipment to run the station is solar powered and was built by SPEC Transportation Campaigner David Fields.
Plans are to broadcast a morning show from 7-9am and a 4-6pm drivetime show.
The shows will feature guests and SPEC hopes to create publlic awareness on the subject of freeway expansion.
The station is off the CRTC radar and does not need a license as it has a power of only two watts and will only broadcast intermittently.
Future plans may include broadcasting from other lower mainland locations like Maillardville or Burnaby.
For more information, there is a blog set up at http://www.cleanairradio.ca/