CKYE-FM 93.1 "Red FM" Vancouver, BC

In Canada's ordering this is number 73 of 259, which is the middle of the list. The stations either side of it are a better guide to what the country sounds like than the head of the list is, because the head is the same few famous streams in every country.

Canada carries nine Hindi stations in the directory against a English majority. CKYE-FM 93.1 "Red FM" Vancouver, BC is one of them, and the pairing of language and country is the fact that distinguishes it from the rest of the national list.

The shelf for the language holds 239 stations, led by India. A station like this one broadcasting from Canada is what stops that shelf from being a second copy of one country's hub.

Nothing else in Canada's listing leads with 13 languages. The tag is self-declared, which makes it a statement of how the broadcaster positions itself rather than a classification anyone audited, and on this dial that statement is unique.

CKYE-FM 93.1 "Red FM" Vancouver, BC streams at 32 kbps against Canada's median of 96, which is less than half the local norm. On a dial where 46% of stations reach 128 kbps, a rate this low stands out, and it usually means either a speech station that never needed more or an encoder that has not been touched in years.