Aboriginal Multi-Media Society
Canadian media organization
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The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA) is an Aboriginal publisher in Canada. AMMSA was established in 1983 under the Alberta Societies Act and launched its first publication in March 1983 – simply titled AMMSA. The name of this publication was later changed to Windspeaker in March 1986.
Publications
AMMSA abandoned producing paper products, making the decision to set up a news website.
History
AMMSA published a number of monthly publications listed below
- Windspeaker – Featuring national content; publishing from March 1983 - 2016
AMMSA published the following provincial publications on a monthly basis:
- Alberta Sweetgrass – News and events from Indigenous communities in Alberta
Published monthly from December 1993 - 2016
- Ontario Birchbark - News and events from Indigenous communities in Ontario
Published monthly from January 2000 -2016
- Raven's Eye - News and events from Indigenous communities in British Columbia and the Yukon
Published monthly from March 1997 - 2016
- Saskatchewan Sage - News and events from Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan
Published monthly from October 1996 - 2016
AMMSA digitized all of the published articles in its paper products dating back to 1983 and makes them available online as part of an archive of 20,000+ news and information articles. These archives have grown to more than 30,000 articles.
Radio
AMMSA operates networks of First Nations community radio stations in Alberta under the Windspeaker Radio banner: its flagship network CFWE broadcasts a mix of country music and community programming presented in Indigenous languages such as Cree and Dene.[1] The network's studios were originally in Lac La Biche, but are now based in Edmonton. A new transmitter in Edmonton was licensed by the CRTC in 2008, and became the CFWE network's primary station when it launched in July 2009.[2]
On June 14, 2017, the CRTC approved bids by the organization for the former Aboriginal Voices Radio Network frequencies in Calgary and Edmonton;[3][4] CJWE-FM launched in 2018 with a similar format to the CFWE network,[1] while CIWE-FM launched in Edmonton in 2021 with a free-form format.[5][6]
