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RADIO LISTENERS will soon have a better chance of picking up a local radio station.

Northern Native Broadcasting is switching its local signal from AM to FM.

The station’s current AM trans- mitter here is low powered, making it difficult to pick up in the city and practically im- possible in the surrounding area, says station general manager Mel Bevan.

“IP be a 100 watts and the transmitter will be on Copper Mountain. That'll give us much better coverage and a much stronger signal,’? said Bevan of the change,

Northern Native Broadcasting (NNB) was formed in the 1980s to deliver programs and informa-

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tion to central and northern com- munities,

Tt was first located in offices on Lazelle Ave. and moved to a new location at the Kitselas band’s Kulspai subdivision on Queens- way several years ago,

The station beams up its pro- gramming to one of the Anik group of satellites where ‘it is received by dishes and rebroad-

-cast to more than 50 com-

munities.

Although Terrace is the home base for NNB it is the only loca- tion to use an AM transmilter. The AM transmitter was used by CEC Radio until it switched to FM.

NNB took over the AM trans- mitier as an economical way of

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here butis converting to a stronger FM signal at 92.1.

Station converts to FM

while it looked for money to con- vert to FM, said Bevan.

“Going to FM here was our plan all along, We’ve been trying for a couple of years. But it wasn't cheap,’” he said.

Money for the $50,000 conver- sion is coming from the federal government which provides the base for NNB’s financing.

NNB engineering head Greg Broadway said tests of the signal indicate it can be heard as far south as Kitimat.

“Officially we'll start as of Dec. 1 but we're already on the air as a test,’’ he said.

The new FM signal is 92.1 but NNB will keep broadcasting on AM 990 for a while so listeners can get gradually adjusted to the change, Broadway continued.

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Northern Native Broadcasting is part of a national association of native radio, television and news- papers,

Their mandate is to provide in- formation, news and programs to nalive people.

NNB’s coverage area runs —

south into the Cariboo, into the northeast and north to the Yukon border.

The station packages its own programming at its Kitselas loca- tion and picks up programs originating from other native media outlets,

The Hcence to convert to FM was recently granted by the feder- al Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commis- sion and runs until 1999.

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Your Christmas

donation guide

The Salvation Army is look- ing for donations for its annual Christmas hamper program.

It’s making plans to distsib- ute between 400 and 450 hampers beginning Dee. 20.

They'll consist of food and presents, says Salvation Army Lieutenant Norm Hamelin.

He says it'll take approxi- mately $20,000 in cash dona- tlons for the hampers. Dona- tions in kind are also welcome.

Helping the effort are the Amny’s kettles which receive an official blessing noon Dec. 3 in the Skeena Mall following the Santa Claus parade.

The Army is taking applica- tions at hamper headquarters in the old liquor store beside the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Applications are also avail- able at the social services min- istry office.

There’s a deadline of Dec. 15.

The same address and times also apply for applications to the Army’s Dec. 25 singles meal.

Donations can also be dropped off at the old liquor store.

Handling the applications this year will be Eric Sim- mons, the Salvation Army's family services co-ordinator.

He said applications will be judged on need,

There will be kettles in the Skeena Mall during the Christ-

' mas period and at the new liq-

uor store in the parking lot of the provincial access centre.

Presents should not be wrapped. That’s to ensure that the right present gocs to the right person.

The Volunteer Bureau is organizing volunteers to help with hampers and presets. Those interested can contact the bureau at 638-1330.

wkekkk The Terrace Child Develop- ment Centre’s Chrisimas Tree of Lights goes up in the Skeena Mall this weekend. Proceeds from the sale of

lights go toward various ac- tivities of the centre.

Those lights cost between $2 and $50 and this year, there'll be special lights for corporate donations,

kkkkk Once again, the Terrace and District Credit Union is tak- ing cash donations in support of the Salvation Army hamper campaign. They can be made during regular opening hours.

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Now up in the lobby of the Skeena Broadcasters building on Lazelle Ave. is its Christ- mas tree,

And there’s lots of space un- demeath for toys and presents to be donated to the Salvation Army’s hamper program.

The emphasis is on toys for infants and teens and gift ilems for seniors but presenis for others are also welcome.

Don’t wrap the gifts. That’s to ensure the right present goes to the right person.

Those gilts should be in at Skeena Broadcasters by Dec, 15 to ensure they are delivered on time to the Salvation Army.

Gift suggestions are being broadcast on Channel 10.

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Providing a good Christmas gift for a needy child is the goal of two businesses — KMart in the Skcena Mall aid Terrace Co-op.

The trees have tags on them bearing the first name of a

needy child, sex, age and clo-

thing size.

The Co-op tree also bas tags with names of adults,

Choose a tag, buy a clothing item or toy or other present and return it — unwrapped — to the tree.

Workers at KMart and tie Co-op will ensure the presents are Wrapped.

The child’s name must be tegistered at the stores but the gifts can be purchased at any location.

Names have been submitted by local service organizations.

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