Taqramiut Nipingat

Taqramiut Nipingat is a Canadian radio network,[1] which broadcasts community radio programming in Inuktitut to 14 communities in the Nunavik region of Quebec.[2] The service, whose name means "Voice of the People", began as an individual community radio program serving the region in the early 1970s before being incorporated as a full standalone radio network in 1975.[3]

Taqramiut Nipingat
Typecommunity radio
Country
Canada
AvailabilityNunavik
OwnerTaqramiut Nipingat Inc.
Official website
Official website

The network operates from offices in Montreal and Salluit, with smaller production offices in Kuujjuaq and Puvirnituq.[4]

The company has also produced selected Inuit-language television drama programs,[5] for broadcast on CBC North[6] and APTN.[7]

Transmitters
Rebroadcasters of Taqramiut Nipingat (Single-frequency network)
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNet
AkulivikVF244594.119 wattsLPQuery
AupalukVF243494.119 wattsLPQuery
InukjuakVF244194.16 wattsLPQuery
IvujivikVF244794.119 wattsLPQuery
KangiqsualujjuaqVF244394.119 wattsLPQuery
KangiqsujuaqVF243694.119 wattsLPQuery
KangirsukVF243794.119 wattsLPQuery
KuujjuaqVF243994.121 wattsLPQuery
KuujjuarapikVF243894.119 wattsLPQuery
PuvirnituqVF244294.119 wattsLPQuery
QuaqtaqVF243594.119 wattsLPQuery
SalluitVF244694.119 wattsLPQuery
TasiujaqVF244494.123 wattsLPQuery
UmiujaqVF244094.125 wattsLPQuery

References
  1. "New president for Taqramiut Nipingat Inc.". Nunatsiaq News, November 22, 2002.
  2. "Inuit broadcaster wants budget cuts rescinded". Montreal Gazette, March 15, 1990.
  3. "From Dorval to far Kangiqsualujjuaq Inuit network covers a lot of ground". Montreal Gazette, November 30, 1989.
  4. "West Island hub of activity for Inuit students, companies, patients". Montreal Gazette, March 11, 1993.
  5. "Council aids native TV". The Globe and Mail, October 20, 1983.
  6. "CBC offers Inuit a chance for more native TV shows". Ottawa Citizen, July 14, 1986.
  7. "North channels its resources: Native groups ready to launch TV network next week". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 1992.
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