CKGN-FM

CKGN-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 89.7 FM in Kapuskasing, Ontario and 94.7 FM in Smooth Rock Falls. Owned and operated by Radio communautaire KapNord cooperative, it is a non-profit community radio station for the region's franco-ontarian community.

CKGN-FM
Broadcast areaKapuskasing
Frequency89.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingCKGN
Programming
Formatcommunity radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Communautaire KapNord
Technical information
ClassA
ERP3.0 kWs
HAAT55 meters (180 ft)
Links
WebsiteCKGN website
CKGN-FM-1
Frequency94.7 MHz
Programming
Formatcommunity radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Communautaire KapNord
Technical information
ClassA1
ERP250 watts
HAAT50.3 meters (165 ft)
Links
Websiteckgn.ca

The station is a member of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada.

History

The station originally dates back to 1990 when Radio Communautaire Kapnord Inc. received an approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on September 28, 1990 to operate a low-power short-term French language community events radio station at Kapuskasing on the frequency of 91.5 MHz with 33 watts.[1] Two more licences were granted before the station officially signed on in 1993.[2]

On January 26, 1993, Kapnord received CRTC approval to operate a new French language community radio station on the frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts.[3] The station officially signed on the air on October 20 later that same year with the CKGN-FM callsign.

Rebroadcasters

In 2000, the station was authorized to add a transmitter at Smooth Rock Falls to operate on the frequency 94.7 FM.[4] The transmitter signed on as CKGN-FM-1 in 2002.

Notes

History of the CKGN call letters

CKGN is a former callsign from a television station in North Bay, Ontario from 1955 to 1962, known today as CKNY-DT and CKGN was again used for a television station (Global Television) in Toronto, Ontario from 1974 to 1984. The call letters remained unused until the launch of CKGN-FM in the early 1990s.

References
  1. Decision CRTC 90-1035, September 28, 1990
  2. Decision CRTC 92-362
  3. Decision CRTC 93-32
  4. Decision CRTC 2000-105, Addition of a transmitter of CKGN-FM at Smooth Rock Falls, CRTC, April 20, 2000


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