CBKF-FM
{{short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Regina, Saskatchewan}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = File:Ici Saskatchewan logo.png
| logo_size = 240px
| name = CBKF-FM
| airdate = April 24, 1975
| city = Regina, Saskatchewan
| area = Saskatchewan
| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| erp = vertical polarization:
5.6 kWs
horizontal polarization:
22.3 kW
| haat = {{convert|146.2|meters}}
| branding = Ici Radio-Canada Première
| sister_stations = CBK, CBK-FM, CBKT-DT, CBKFT-DT, CBKST (defunct)
| class = B
| callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Henry Kelsey French
| website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
}}
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.
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.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/db2005-346.htm CRTC Decision 2005-346]. 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.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-270.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-270], CBKF-FM Regina – Technical amendment
Transmitters
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| callsign = CBKF-FM
| call1 = CBKF-FM-4
| freq1 = 91.9 FM
| watts1 = 4,700
| class1 = B
| city1 = Bellegarde
| call2 = CBKF-1
| freq2 = 690 AM
| watts2 = 5,000
| class2 = B
| city2 = Gravelbourg
| call3 = CBKF-FM-5
| freq3 = 96.9 FM
| watts3 = 9,600
| class3 = B
| city3 = North Battleford
| call4 = CBKF-FM-6
| freq4 = 90.1 FM
| watts4 = 4,985
| class4 = B1
| city4 = Prince Albert
| call5 = CBKF-2
| freq5 = 860 AM
| watts5 = 10,000
| class5 = B
| city5 = Saskatoon
| call6 = CBKF-FM-3
| freq6 = 93.5 FM
| watts6 = 1,340
| class6 = B
| city6 = Zenon Park
}}
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.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2020/2020-246.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-246],
CBKF-FM Regina – New transmitter in Prince Albert, CRTC, August 7, 2020 The new call sign become CBKF-FM-6.
References
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External links
- [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/saskatchewan/CBKF-FM CBKF-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CBKF-FM}}
{{Regina Radio}}
{{Saskatoon Radio}}
{{Battlefords Radio}}
{{Prince Albert Radio}}
{{SRC radio stations}}
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Category:Radio stations established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in Saskatchewan
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