NCI FM is Manitoba’s Indigenous Radio Station
Native Communications Inc. (NCI) operates in Manitoba as a public broadcaster. NCI is an Indigenous service organization offering radio programming throughout Manitoba, designed for and by Indigenous people. We are a non-partisan organization. NCI is in business to provide a service to our listeners and viewers. We are accountable to a Board of Directors made up of Indigenous people.
We have a rich history that began with our incorporation in 1971 in northern Manitoba. We are a registered non-profit, public broadcaster with programming designed for and by Indigenous people. We are committed to community content, music and Indigenous languages. NCI-FM has become a very real part of the Indigenous community – the same as trapping, fishing and bannock! If you’re between Winnipeg and Churchill, You’re in NCI Country!
NCI is a non-profit organization and, as an educational/cultural entity, has registered charity status. NCI radio is regarded as “The Voice of Indigenous People”. Throughout Manitoba NCI is a very real part of the Indigenous community – the same as trapping, fishing, and bannock! The NCI-FM radio network currently reaches 98% of Manitoba: from Churchill to Winnipeg – “you are in NCI country!” We are the first and only Indigenous radio network of our kind in Manitoba.
NCI-FM broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on 59 FM radio transmitters located throughout the province, reaching over 75 communities. Two of NCI’s major transmitters (105.5-FM Winnipeg/Selkirk and 91.5-FM Brandon/Westman) have a total power of 200,000 watts. NCI-FM is currently the largest Indigenous radio network in Canada.
