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{{short description|Former community radio station in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             =
| name             = CICV-FM
| above = Defunct
| airdate          = August 2009
| last_airdate     = December 2017
| frequency        = 98.7 [[MHz]] ([[FM radio|FM]])
| city             = [[Lake Cowichan, British Columbia|Lake Cowichan]], [[British Columbia]]
| area             =
| format           = [[community radio]]
| owner            = Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society
| erp              = 50 [[watt]]s
| branding         = Cowichan Valley Community Radio
| haat             = {{convert|-84|meters}}
| class            = LP
| website          = [http://www.cicv.ca/ www.cicv.ca]
| callsign_meaning = '''CI''' '''C'''owichan '''V'''alley
}}
'''CICV-FM''' was a [[community radio]] station that broadcasts on the frequency 98.7 [[FM radio|FM]] in [[Lake Cowichan, British Columbia]], [[Canada]].
Owned by Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society, the station was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] on April 15, 2009.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-191.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-191], Developmental community radio station in Lake Cowichan, ''CRTC'', April 15, 2009</ref>
The station signed on in August 2009.
On August 9, 2012, Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society received an approval from the CRTC to operate a new low-power FM radio station at Lake Cowichan. The new station would operate at 97.5&nbsp;MHz with 5 watts.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-437.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-437], Community radio station in Lake Cowichan, ''CRTC'', August 9, 2012.</ref> On December 31, 2017, CICV-FM closed its doors due to financial hardship and lack of volunteer support in the community.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cicv.ca/ Cowichan Valley Community Radio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173657/http://www.cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca/Cowichan_Valley_Radio.php Cowichan Valley Arts Council]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver-island/cicv-fm/ CICV-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CICV-FM}}
{{Vancouver Island Radio}}
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[[Category:Defunct radio stations in British Columbia|ICV]]
[[Category:Community radio stations in Canada|ICV]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:2017 disestablishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2017]]
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