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((short description|First Nations radio network in Saskatchewan, Canada))
((More citations needed|date=January 2023))
((Infobox radio station
| name      = Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation
| logo      = MBClogo.png
| area      = Northern [[Saskatchewan]]
| branding  = MBC Radio
| airdate   = ((start date and age|1985))
| frequency = Varies by location
| language  = ((hlist|English|[[Cree language|Cree]]|[[Chipewyan language|Dënesųłiné]]))
| format    = [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] [[community radio]]
| owner     =
| webcast   = ((url|http://cjlr.streamon.fm))
| website   = ((url|http://mbcradio.com))
))

'''Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation''', or '''MBC Radio''', is a [[radio network]] in Canada, serving [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] and [[Métis in Canada|Métis]] communities in the province of [[Saskatchewan]]. The network's flagship station is CJLR-FM in [[La Ronge]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-198.HTM Decision CRTC 89-198]</ref> MBC Radio broadcasts to more than 70 communities in Saskatchewan, including the major [[urban area|urban]] centres, and broadcasts a [[Streaming media|streaming audio]] feed over the [[Internet]]. MBC's current CEO is Deborah Charles, the first female CEO of an Indigenous radio broadcast network in Canada.<ref>[https://corporate.aptn.ca/about/our-people/deborah-ann-charles/ Deborah Ann Charles]</ref>

== History ==
((unreferenced section|date=January 2023))
===Background===
Starting in the 1960s, a provincial government radio service called ''Northern News'', broadcasting from [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]], was hosted by its first producer Helga Reydon. The program, a 15-minute weekly series, addressed issues and matters of interest for fishermen and trappers in the north. However, those broadcasts were plagued by poor reception and unequal signal distribution as they were broadcast on an [[AM broadcasting|AM radio]] station in the southern part of the province and had to "skip" into the north. The program also did not air content that was culturally specific to [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous peoples]].

The provincial government realized its shortcomings in serving the northern citizens of Saskatchewan, and in 1973, the Department of Northern Saskatchewan (DNS) began producing a new ''Northern News'' program out of La Ronge. This program was hosted by [[Radio producer|producer]]/[[announcer]] [[Barrie Ward]], with Indigenous-language content added by [[Cree]] and [[Michif]] [[Linguistics|linguists]] Tom Roberts and Robert Merasty. The new radio program added more northern content and significantly included major Indigenous-language content. The program, however, ended with the provincial government's disbanding of the DNS in 1982.

In the late 1970s, [[CBC Radio]] also began broadcasting a northern program, ''Keewatin Radio''. The program contained some relevant northern content and was aided by better reception due to the installation of the low-power FM relay transmitters in the north. The stories, though pertinent to the northern populace, were largely in English, and originated in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]].

===Formation===
In 1983, the [[Government of Canada]] introduced the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP), funded and supported by the [[Department of Canadian Heritage]]. The NNBAP's aim was to enhance, protect and preserve Indigenous languages while at the same time allowing Indigenous peoples to control their own communications services.

In March 1984, a full-time coordinating committee was formed and Merasty was hired to gather information. A survey was conducted of the residents of northern Saskatchewan, the results of which gave the organizers a better idea of what Indigenous people wanted to hear on radio. Following the survey, the Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation's first board of directors was elected in 1984, with Merasty as the first [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]. The corporation implemented a basic radio skills training program in 1984 that was delivered through the local [[community college]]. The first MBC broadcast took place in February 1985 with Tom Roberts as host.

MBC's initial broadcasts were predominantly in English, with some [[Cree language|Cree]]. A more advanced training program was launched at CJLR (La Ronge) in 1986. A strong focus was placed on expanding the use of [[Languages of Canada#Indigenous languages|Indigenous languages]] and the technical skills of its broadcast staff.

===Improvements and expansion===

During its formative years MBC was dependent on the Canadian Secretary of State (now [[Department of Canadian Heritage]]) for funding and the use of CBC transmitters in carrying its programming. Through strategic planning by MBC's second CEO, Nap Gardiner, MBC became much more independent of federal funding. Today, MBC is primarily supported by [[advertising]] revenue, along with gaming revenue from [[Bingo (U.S.)|bingo]] broadcasts.

MBC's third CEO, Marty Ballentyne, brought about the corporation's move into TV production in 1998, serving on the board of directors for [[Aboriginal Peoples Television Network]], Canada's (and the world's) first independent Indigenous TV network. MBC has been a major contributor to APTN, producing 39 episodes of ''Heartbeat Of The Earth'', a series for and about Saskatchewan's northern Indigenous peoples and their communities.

The Saskatchewan Association of Aboriginal Broadcasters, also known as SAAB, was founded in 1996 primarily through the efforts of MBC and the community station managers across the north. SAAB has grown into a large [[cooperative]] entity encompassing services for all Indigenous broadcast outlets in Saskatchewan.

==Content and delivery system==
Today, MBC Radio provides a minimum of ten hours of Cree programming and ten hours of [[Chipewyan language|Dënesųłiné]] programming per week, and strives to integrate the languages into everything from special programs, remote event coverage, and contests, to commercial content and more.

The station carries hockey games involving the [[La Ronge Ice Wolves]].

MBC has a [[digital data|digital]] [[satellite]] delivery system, thus eliminating reliance on ground distribution systems. MBC also facilitates and supports the growth and establishment of small community-owned low-power radio stations, and provides support and training services to them as needed.

==Frequencies==

{|class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
|-
!Call sign !! Frequency !! City of License
|-
|VF2332 || data-sort-value=097350|97.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] || [[Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation]]
|-
|CIPI-FM || data-sort-value=096500|96.5 FM || [[Beauval, Saskatchewan|Beauval]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-715.HTM Decision CRTC 89-715]</ref>
|-
|CIWF-FM || data-sort-value=095700|95.7 FM || [[Big River First Nation]]
|-
|CJBL-FM || data-sort-value=091700|91.7 FM || [[Black Lake Denesuline First Nation]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-626.HTM Decision CRTC 96-626]</ref> ''(Formerly VF2298)''
|-
|CHII-FM || <span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Brabant Lake]]
|-
|CIBN-FM || data-sort-value=089300|89.3 FM || [[Buffalo Narrows]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-491.HTM Decision CRTC 94-491]</ref>
|-
|CFCK-FM || data-sort-value=103900|103.9 FM || [[Canoe Lake Cree First Nation]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-192.HTM Decision CRTC 89-192]</ref>
|-
|VF2212|| data-sort-value=101150|101.1 FM || [[Carrot River, Saskatchewan|Carrot River]]
|-
|CJCF-FM || <span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Cumberland House, Saskatchewan|Cumberland House]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-153.HTM Decision CRTC 88-153]</ref>
|-
|CJLR-FM-2 || data-sort-value=091925|91.9 FM || [[Denare Beach]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/db2001-744.htm Decision CRTC 2001-744]</ref>
|-
|CKBR-FM || data-sort-value=092700|92.7 FM || [[Dillon, Saskatchewan|Dillon]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-47.HTM Decision CRTC 90-47]</ref>
|-
|VF2299 || data-sort-value=089950|89.9 FM || [[Fond du Lac Dene Nation]]
|-
|CHGL-FM || data-sort-value=094900|94.9 FM || [[Green Lake, Saskatchewan|Green Lake]]
|-
|CILX-FM || data-sort-value=092500|92.5 FM || [[Île-à-la-Crosse]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-2.HTM Decision CRTC 92-2]</ref>
|-
|VF2300|| data-sort-value=096550|96.5 FM || [[James Smith Cree Nation]]
|-
|CJBW || data-sort-value=001330|1330 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] || [[Jans Bay]]<ref>[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/db90-28.htm Decision CRTC 90-28]</ref>
|-
|CJBW-FM ||<span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Jans Bay]]
|-
|CHPN-FM ||<span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[La Loche]]
|-
|CJLR-FM-7 || data-sort-value=089926|89.9 FM || [[Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan|Meadow Lake]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-41.htm Decision CRTC 2001-41]</ref>
|-
|[[CHEC-FM]] || data-sort-value=093700|93.7 FM || [[Mistawasis Nêhiyawak]]/[[Leask, Saskatchewan|Leask]]
|-
|CJLR-FM-8 || data-sort-value=100925|100.9 FM || [[Mistawasis Nêhiyawak]]
|-
|CJLR-FM-1 || data-sort-value=089925|89.9 FM || [[Montreal Lake Cree Nation]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/DB93-735.HTM Decision CRTC 93-735]</ref>
|-
|CJLR-FM-6 || data-sort-value=095525|95.5 FM || [[North Battleford]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-593.htm Decision CRTC 2001-593]</ref>
|-
|CPAT-FM || <span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Patuanak]]
|-
|CJAZ-FM || <span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan|Pelican Narrows]]
|-
|CFNK-FM || <span style="display:none">00</span>89.9 FM || [[Pinehouse|Pinehouse Lake]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-30.HTM Decision CRTC 90-30]</ref>
|-
|CJLR-FM-3 || data-sort-value=088125|88.1 FM || [[Prince Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-160.HTM Decision CRTC 94-160]</ref>
|-
|CJLR-FM-4 || data-sort-value=090325|90.3 FM ||[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-156.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-156]</ref>
|-
|CIRN-FM || data-sort-value=104100|104.1 FM || [[Saskatoon]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2004/db2004-180.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-180]</ref>
|-
|VF2301 || data-sort-value=089951|89.9 FM ||[[Shoal Lake Cree Nation]]
|-
|VF2142|| data-sort-value=097950|97.9 FM || [[Uranium City]]
|-
|VF2456 || data-sort-value=089350|89.3 FM || [[Weyakwin]]
|-
|CJLK-FM || data-sort-value=091900|91.9 FM || Wollaston Lake ([[Hatchet Lake Dene Nation]])
|-
|CJLR-FM-5 || data-sort-value=092925|92.9 FM || [[Yorkton]]<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-606.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-606]</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of radio stations in Saskatchewan]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.mbcradio.com/ MBC Radio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060527155717/http://www.mbcradio.com/about_us/communities_list.htm MBC Communities list]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/saskatchewan/CJLR-FM Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
* ((RecnetCanada|CJLR-FM))

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