CKGN-FM
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| Broadcast area | Kapuskasing |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 89.7 MHz (FM) |
| Branding | CKGN |
| Programming | |
| Format | community radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Communautaire KapNord |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3.0 kWs |
| HAAT | 55 meters (180 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | CKGN website |
| Frequency | 94.7 MHz |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | community radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Communautaire KapNord |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A1 |
| ERP | 250 watts |
| HAAT | 50.3 meters (165 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | ckgn.ca |
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.
The station is a member of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]History of the CKGN call letters
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Decision CRTC 90-1035, September 28, 1990
- ^ Decision CRTC 92-362
- ^ Decision CRTC 93-32
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-105, Addition of a transmitter of CKGN-FM at Smooth Rock Falls, CRTC, April 20, 2000
External links
[edit]- CKGN-FM
- CKGN-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CKGN-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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