CFYK-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Northwest Territories, Canada}}
:"CFYK-FM" was the previous call sign for what is now CBNY-FM, a repeater of CBU-FM Vancouver.
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = Cbc radio one yellowknife.svg
| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| name = CFYK-FM
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1950|01|15}}
| city = Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
| area = District of Mackenzie
| former_frequencies = 1450 kHz (AM) (1950–1952)
1340 kHz (1952–2013)
| former_callsigns = CFYK (1950–2013)
| callsign_meaning = "Canadian Forces Yellowknife"
| erp = 5,500 watts
| haat = {{convert|50|meters}}
| branding = CBC Radio One
CBC North
| sister_stations = CFYK-DT
| class = A
| website = [http://www.cbc.ca/north/ CBC North]
| coordinates = {{coord|62|26|47|N|114|23|20|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
CFYK-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 98.9 MHz (FM) in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The station is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and broadcasts national programming of the CBC Radio One network along with regional programs as part of CBC North.
History
CFYK began broadcasting on January 15, 1950.{{cite news |last1=O'Hara |first1=Larry |title=Volunteers In Yellowknife Run Novel Radio Station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-volunteers-in-yellowkni/122604468/ |access-date=July 3, 2023 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=September 29, 1950 |page=21}} Like other radio stations in Northern Canada at the time, CFYK was licensed to the Canadian Army's Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and utilized the technical infrastructure of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Radio System, but was managed by a civilian committee and operated by volunteers as a commercial-free community radio station.
Initially, programming consisted entirely of local content created by residents of Yellowknife, including schoolchildren and anybody who wished to be heard on the radio. By 1952, the CBC began to regularly supply the station with tape recordings of CBC programming for broadcast alongside the local content.{{cite news |title=Community Radio Station Marks Second Birthday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-cfyk-celebrates-second/122604540/ |access-date=July 3, 2023 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=February 29, 1952 |page=22}}{{cite journal |last1=Schwartz |first1=Mallory |title=Securing the North: Building the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Northern Service |journal=Canadian Journal of History |date=June 2016 |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=83–115 |doi=10.3138/cjh.ach.51.1.004 |url=https://utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cjh.ach.51.1.004 |language=en |issn=0008-4107|url-access=subscription }}
In 1958, the CBC announced it would create a new radio network (now known as CBC North) to target Northern Canada.{{cite news |title=CBC plans air programs across Northern Canada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121021019/cbc-plans-northern-service/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |work=The Leader-Post |agency=The Canadian Press |date=June 6, 1958 |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |page=12}} To establish the service, the corporation would take over the operations of existing volunteer-run radio stations, turning them into CBC-owned outlets staffed by CBC employees. As part of this process, ownership of CFYK was formally transferred to the CBC on December 13, 1958.{{cite book |title=Canada Year Book 1961: Official Statistical Annual of the Resources, History, Institutions and Social and Economic Conditions of Canada |date=1961 |publisher=Government of Canada |pages=872–873 |url=https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/1961-eng.htm |access-date=July 3, 2023 |format=PDF}}
Upon sign-on, CFYK was an AM station operating on a frequency of 1450 kHz with 250 watts of power. In 1952, the frequency was changed to 1340 kHz in order to alleviate interference to air search and rescue operations near Yellowknife.{{cite news |title=CBC Approves Radio Station Shares Shrift |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-news-herald-cbc-approves-c/122604544/ |access-date=July 3, 2023 |work=The Vancouver News-Herald |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 22, 1952 |page=2}} The station continued to operate at a power of 250 watts until 1965, when the power was increased to 1,000 watts.{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Ralph |title=Improved CBC Radio Service Plannes For Mackenzie Area |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-cfyk-radio-to-increase/122604700/ |access-date=July 3, 2023 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=June 21, 1965 |page=18}} Subsequent power increases occurred in the 1980s, with the station receiving approval to operate at 2,500 watts during the day and 4,000 watts at night, although the increased power at night was discontinued in 1992 and the station went to operating at 2,500 watts around the clock.{{cite web |title=CFYK-FM {{!}} History of Canadian Broadcasting |url=https://broadcasting-history.com/listing_and_histories/radio/cfyk-fm |website=broadcasting-history.com |publisher=The Canadian Communications Foundation |access-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130103937/https://broadcasting-history.com/listing_and_histories/radio/cfyk-fm |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |url-status=live}}
On July 10, 2012, the CBC applied to move CFYK to FM on a frequency of 98.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,220 watts from an antenna height above average terrain of {{convert|46.6|m|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-370 |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-370.htm#bm15 |website=crtc.gc.ca |publisher=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |access-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209090343/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-370.htm#bm15 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |url-status=live |date=July 10, 2012}} The move was approved on November 7, 2012.{{cite web |title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-617 |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-617.htm |website=crtc.gc.ca |publisher=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |access-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209052932/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-617.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |url-status=live |date=November 7, 2012}} The switch from AM to FM took place on June 3, 2013, at which time the station became CFYK-FM, a call sign originally used by a relay transmitter of CBU-FM that has since been renamed CBNY-FM.
On November 28, 2013, the CBC received approval to increase CFYK-FM's effective radiated power to 5,500 watts and raise the antenna height above average terrain to {{convert|50|m|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-635 |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-635.htm |website=crtc.gc.ca |publisher=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |access-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209123437/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-635.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |url-status=live |date=November 28, 2013}}
Local programming
File:CBC Radio Yellowknife.JPG
CFYK produces all of CBC Radio's local programs in the Northwest Territories, including The Trailbreaker on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Northwind, Trail's End in the afternoon, and Northern Air on weekend mornings.
The station's afternoon programming also differs significantly from the rest of the network. Afternoon programming such as Q is pre-empted; instead, the station airs afternoon programming in First Nations languages.
CHAK in Inuvik, while airing the same regular local programming schedule as CFYK, produces a distinct schedule of First Nations programming in the afternoons.
Rebroadcasters
CFYK has the following rebroadcasters:
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| callsign = CFYK-FM
| call1 = CBDY-FM
| freq1 = 107.5 FM
| watts1 =
| class1 =
| city1 = Fort Simpson
| call2 = CFYK-FM-1
| freq2 = 97.9 FM
| watts2 =
| class2 =
| city2 = Fort Smith
| crtc2 =
| call3 = CBDJ-FM
| freq3 = 93.7 FM
| watts3 =
| class3 =
| city3 = Hay River
| crtc3 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-20.HTM Decision CRTC 88-20]
| call4 = CBQZ-FM
| freq4 = 99.9 FM
| watts4 =
| class4 =
| city4 = Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
| call5 = CBQB-FM
| freq5 = 105.1 FM
| watts5 =
| class5 =
| city5 = Behchokǫ̀
| crtc5 =
| call6 = CBAU-FM
| freq6 = 98.9 FM
| watts6 =
| class6 =
| city6 = Fort Providence
| crtc6 =
| call7 = CBQD-FM
| freq7 = 105.1 FM
| watts7 =
| class7 =
| city7 = Fort Resolution
| crtc7 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-804.HTM Decision CRTC 94-804]
| call8 = CBQE-FM
| freq8 = 105.1 FM
| watts8 =
| class8 =
| city8 = Fort Good Hope
| crtc8 =
| call9 = CBQG
| freq9 = 1280 AM
| watts9 =
| class9 =
| city9 = Wrigley
| crtc9 =
| call10 = CBQO-FM
| freq10 = 105.1 FM
| watts10 =
| class10 =
| city10 = Deline
| crtc10 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-167.HTM Decision CRTC 94-167][http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-369.htm Decision CRTC 2001-369]
}}
=Relocations to FM=
The CBC applied with the CRTC to convert the following AM transmitters to FM:
- On April 19, 2013, applied to convert CBQC 1230 to 98.9 MHz.[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201305920 2013-0592-0], Addition of a transmitter, CRTC, April 19, 2013 The application was approved on September 19, 2013.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-500.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-500], CFYK Yellowknife – New transmitter at Fort Providence, CRTC, September 19, 2013
- On May 29, 2013, applied to convert CBDO 690 to 107.5 MHz. This application was approved on October 16, 2013.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-553.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-552], CFYK Yellowknife – New transmitter at Fort Simpson, CRTC, October 16, 2013
- On January 16, 2017, applied to convert CBDI 860 to 97.9 MHz.{{cite web | url=https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201700138 | title=The Runtime Service cannot communicate with Entitlements Service }} The CRTC approved the application on March 17, 2017.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-76.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-76], CFYK-FM Yellowknife – New transmitter in Fort Smith, CRTC, March 17, 2017. The callsign was then changed to CFYK-FM-1.
CBQG is the last remaining low-power AM transmitter to rebroadcast CFYK-FM.
=Community-owned rebroadcasters=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| callsign = CFYK-FM
| call1 = CHFL-FM
| freq1 = 107.1 FM
| watts1 =
| class1 =
| city1 = Fort Liard
| crtc1 =
| call2 = VF2021
| freq2 = 107.1 FM
| watts2 =
| class2 =
| city2 = Kakisa
| crtc2 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-501.HTM Decision CRTC 86-501]
}}
=Very-low-power rebroadcasters=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| callsign = CFYK-FM
| call1 = VF2018
| freq1 = 107.1 FM
| watts1 =
| class1 =
| city1 = Nahanni Butte
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-506.HTM Decision CRTC 86-506]
| call2 = VF2026
| freq2 = 101.9 FM
| watts2 =
| class2 =
| city2 = Łutselk'e
| crtc2 =
| call3 = VF2033
| freq3 = 107.1 FM
| watts3 =
| class3 =
| city3 = Whatì
| crtc3 =
| call4 = VF2056
| freq4 = 107.1 FM
| watts4 =
| class4 =
| city4 = Jean Marie River
| crtc4 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-517.HTM Decision CRTC 86-517]
| call5 = VF2130
| freq5 = 107.1 FM
| watts5 =
| class5 =
| city5 = Trout Lake
| crtc5 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1991/DB91-199.HTM Decision CRTC 91-199]
| call6 = VF2132
| freq6 = 107.1 FM
| watts6 =
| class6 =
| city6 = Wekweeti
| crtc6 =
| call7 = VF2034
| freq7 = 106.1 FM
| watts7 =
| class7 =
| city7 = Gamèti
| crtc7 =
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.cbc.ca/north/ CBC North]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/northwest-territories/CFYK-FM CFYK-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CFYK-FM}}
{{Yellowknife Radio}}
{{CBC radio stations}}
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