The City of New Westminster is committed to providing its citizens with timely, on demand and effective information. In November 2007, the City of New Westminster was the first municipality in Canada to use a FM radio station for emergency broadcasting.

This radio station’s primary role is to relay vital information and instructions during an emergency or disaster. A secondary role, and equally important, is to relay Public Safety related messaging.

Currently you can hear us on 88.7 FM using pre-recorded messaging. The Emergency Management Office is compliant with Industry Canada and CRTC regulations in that we broadcast at 5 watts.

The Emergency Management Office is currently looking at a significant leap in reaching a larger audience base; this will be done by providing an online feed through our website in the future. We are also working on providing a more robust programming schedule to further promote education and community based awareness.