ORCA FM - The World's first All-Whales-All-the-Time Radio Station started on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

ORCA FM - The World's first All-Whales-All-the-Time Radio Station
originated on Vancouver Island

Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, B.C. - ORCA FM (88.5), the world's first All-Whales-All-The-Time radio station began to broadcast from a nearby Killer Whale sanctuary in 1998. Robson Bight, in Johnstone Strait on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, is an ecological reserve where up to 200 killer whales gather each summer. They are attracted by salmon, and because they like to rub themselves on the pebble beaches. Their whale calls were picked up by an offshore underwater microphone located in 30 metres of water, and the radio signal could be heard within a 15-km radius of the Johnstone Strait transmitter. It's not broadcasting currently, but you can hear orcas from uninhabited Hanson Island (near Vancouver Island), during the summer over the internet at Orca-Live.net. PicturesqueTelegraph Cove (population 2), is the launching point for many orca-watching trips. It's 30 minutes south of Port McNeill, and about 55 km from Port Hardy.

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