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CFTA-FM is a community radio station which operates at 107.9 FM in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. The station is branded “Tantramar FM”.

On September 11, 2008, Tantramar Community Radio Society was denied a licence to operate a new community radio station at Amherst.^[1] On June 15, 2009, Tantramar Community Radio Society received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval to operate a new FM community radio station at Amherst. The new station would operate at 107.9 MHz (channel 300B1), with an effective radiated power of 6,500 watts (non-directional antenna/effective height of antenna above average terrain of 123 metres).^[2]

On July 21, 2011, at 1:07pm, CFTA-FM 107.9 signed on the air with a test broadcast.

• tantramarfm.ca – official website.
• CFTA-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CFTA-FM in the REC Canadian station database

45°45′40″N 64°09′31″W / 45.76111°N 64.15861°W / 45.76111; -64.15861