The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / CIRV-FM HD4

**Posted by mjf** May 26, 2025 3:17 pm

For those in Toronto with HD, give a listen to CIRV-FM, 88.9, HD-4. They've been playing a recorded loop for at least a month now looking for "producers" who want to run programming on their HD-4 channel in the languages that they list. There was a Farsi station on HD-4 previously, Radio Arina.

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** May 26, 2025 3:38 pm

what about arabic? what about malayalam?
Why don't they ask for produsers for those languages?
I keep checking for real programing on CIRV hd4 on my hd radio.

**Posted by RadioActive** May 26, 2025 4:29 pm

Interesting. I heard the exact same announcement but on CHIN-FM.

**Posted by mjf** May 26, 2025 7:41 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
what about arabic? what about malayalam?
Why don't they ask for produsers for those languages?

I don't know much about the licensing of ethnic stations. Are they only licensed to carry certain languages?

**Posted by mjf** May 26, 2025 7:43 pm

RadioActive wrote:
Interesting. I heard the exact same announcement but on CHIN-FM.

The last time I checked, CHIN-FM had full-time Spanish programming on their HD4 channel.

**Posted by RadioAaron** May 26, 2025 7:46 pm

mjf wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
what about arabic? what about malayalam?
Why don't they ask for produsers for those languages?
I don't know much about the licensing of ethnic stations. Are they only licensed to carry certain languages?

Nothing on the HD sub-channels is regulated at all.

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** May 26, 2025 9:40 pm

RadioAaron wrote:
mjf wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
what about arabic? what about malayalam?
Why don't they ask for produsers for those languages?
I don't know much about the licensing of ethnic stations. Are they only licensed to carry certain languages?

Nothing on the HD sub-channels is regulated at all.

They don't have pharsi or tamil on there main station, but hd3 is in tamil as thaalam and hd4 was a persian station.
I think the name was radio arina.

**Posted by mjf** May 27, 2025 12:19 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
hd4 was a persian station.
I think the name was radio arina.

If your HD radio displays station logos, you'll still see the Radio Arina logo on HD4

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** May 27, 2025 12:40 pm

mjf wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
hd4 was a persian station.
I think the name was radio arina.
If your HD radio displays station logos, you'll still see the Radio Arina logo on HD4

Remember, I'm actualy diagnosed totaly blind.
I go to worldradio map or wikipedia to find these things out.
I have enuf tamil friends to know the tamil, but I don't understand any persian.
The blindnes is not my fake identaty online.
I'm not that person.
I'm actualy realy bad at spelling longer words so I try to type slower and think about how words are spelled.

**Posted by mace** May 28, 2025 8:54 am

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
mjf wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
hd4 was a persian station.
I think the name was radio arina.
If your HD radio displays station logos, you'll still see the Radio Arina logo on HD4
Remember, I'm actualy diagnosed totaly blind.
I go to worldradio map or wikipedia to find these things out.
I have enuf tamil friends to know the tamil, but I don't understand any persian.
The blindnes is not my fake identaty online.
I'm not that person.
I'm actualy realy bad at spelling longer words so I try to type slower and think about how words are spelled.

Considering your disability, I think you do quite well.

**Posted by mjf** May 28, 2025 11:56 am

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
Remember, I'm actualy diagnosed totaly blind.

Oh, yes, I am aware. You are quite correct about Radio Arina being the previous station on HD4. My comment was just to state that the logo is still there, possibly months after the station left the air. They should really take it down.

Last edited by mjf (May 28, 2025 11:57 am)

**Posted by Scarboroughbluffsradiof99** May 28, 2025 12:39 pm

mjf wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
Remember, I'm actualy diagnosed totaly blind.
Oh, yes, I am aware. You are quite correct about Radio Arina being the previous station on HD4. My comment was just to state that the logo is still there, possibly months after the station left the air. They should really take it down.

All south asian broadcasting corp cairs about is being woak and entertainment.
They should take down radio arina's logo because radio arina is now on 105.9 hd3.