| Defunct | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
| Frequency | 1260 kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| CFBR-FM, CFMG-FM, CFRN-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | April 17, 1927 |
Last air date | June 14, 2023 (96 years, 58 days) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | G.R.A. Rice and H.F. Nielson, partners who bought the station in 1934 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A (Regional) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 53°27′8.3″N 113°40′52.6″W / 53.452306°N 113.681278°W |
CFRN was a Class A, 50,000-watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CFRN was unusual in that it was a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency.[1] Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM, the station last aired a sports format, branded as TSN 1260 Edmonton. The station's studios were located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shared studio space with its sister station, CFRN-DT.
As of February 28, 2021, CFRN was the 17th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.[2]
- ^ "AM Broadcast Station Classes; Clear, Regional, and Local Channels | FCC.gov". Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ^ "Winter 2021 PPM Data". Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.