CBKF-FM

CBKF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network on 97.7 FM at Regina, Saskatchewan.

CBKF-FM
Broadcast areaSaskatchewan
Frequency97.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingIci Radio-Canada Première
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBK, CBK-FM, CBKT-DT, CBKFT-DT, CBKST (defunct)
History
First air date
April 24, 1975
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Henry Kelsey French
Technical information
ClassB
ERPvertical polarization:
5.6 kWs
horizontal polarization:
22.3 kW
HAAT146.2 meters (480 ft)
Links
WebsiteIci Radio-Canada Première

History

The station was launched on April 24, 1975. In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone community radio stations, CFRG in Gravelbourg and CFNS in Saskatoon, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF. The stations were recalled as CBKF-1 and CBKF-2, respectively.

The CFRG calls are now used by a French-language community station in Gravelbourg operating at 93.1 FM.

A community group in Prince Albert, the Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, held a separate license to rebroadcast CBKF's programming in that city.[1] The 3,000 watt class B community-owned rebroadcaster CKSF-FM 90.1 has gone off the air to be replaced by Ici Radio-Canada Première's CBKF-FM Regina in 2020.

On May 30, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's request to increase CBKF-FM's wattage from 13,700 watts to 22,300 watts, with a decrease in the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 153 to 146.2 metres.[2]

Transmitters
Rebroadcasters of CBKF-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNet
Bellegarde CBKF-FM-4 91.9 FM4,700 wattsBQuery
Gravelbourg CBKF-1 690 AM5,000 wattsBQuery
North Battleford CBKF-FM-5 96.9 FM9,600 wattsBQuery
Prince Albert CBKF-FM-6 90.1 FM4,985 wattsB1Query
Saskatoon CBKF-2 860 AM10,000 wattsBQuery
Zenon Park CBKF-FM-3 93.5 FM1,340 wattsBQuery

On August 7, 2020, the CBC received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter at 90.1 MHz Prince Albert to rebroadcast the programming of CBKF-FM in Regina, Saskatchewan. The new transmitter will also replace CKSF-FM at Prince Albert which was previously owned by Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, a community-owned rebroadcaster of CBKF-FM Regina.[3] The new call sign become CBKF-FM-6.

References
  1. CRTC Decision 2005-346.
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-270, CBKF-FM Regina – Technical amendment
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-246, CBKF-FM Regina – New transmitter in Prince Albert, CRTC, August 7, 2020

50°28′58″N 104°30′23″W


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