In 2008, Neeti P. Ray, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, received approval in part from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new ethnic FM radio station (CJNR-FM) to serve Windsor at 95.9 MHz.[1] However, the 95.9 MHz frequency was awarded to Blackburn Radio's CJWF-FM which launched in November 2009.
In 2009, the Commission approved the application by the CBC to convert CBC Radio One outlet CBE from 1550 kHz to 97.5 MHz,[2] making their plans to install a nested transmitter at 102.3[3] obsolete. As a result, the 102.3 MHz frequency became available by September 2011.
former CINA-FM logo
On December 13, 2011, Ray filed an application to allow CJNR-FM to operate at 102.3 MHz; this was approved on March 2, 2012.[4]
The station launched on September 6, 2012, having changed its callsign to CINA-FM (after Mississauga/Toronto sister station CINA AM).
