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MONCTON, N.B. - While most grooms spend the day before their wedding double-checking their tuxedo, Serge Cormier was making sure his radio cables were in good working order.

The 30-year-old man was gearing up for Saturday's ceremony in Moncton, N.B., by taking matrimony to a new - and very public - technological level.

Cormier and his fiancee, Yanbing Zou, who is originally from China, say they could be the first couple in Canada to broadcast their wedding on radio, setting up a limited-duration station known as WED-FM just for the occasion.

"A lot of people in China were not able to attend, so they will be able to listen to us online, live as it happens," he said in an interview on Friday.

The radio broadcast is available only in the Moncton area, although an audio feed will be available on the Internet as well.

Cormier said wedding broadcasts are more common in Europe, but are new to North America.

"That's why there's a lot of interest," said Cormier.

The couple met at the University of New Brunswick, but now live in the Toronto area.

Cormier said his fiancee was a "little shy" when he first mentioned the idea, but she warmed to it because her relatives can listen online.

"It allows us to express to the world how much we love each other by broadcasting our wedding to the world," he said.