CKGN-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Kapuskasing and Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CKGN-FM
| image = File:CKGN 89,7-94,7 logo.gif
| city = Kapuskasing, Ontario
| area = Kapuskasing
| branding = CKGN
| format = community radio
| erp = 3.0 kWs
| haat = {{convert|55|meters}}
| class = A
| owner = Radio Communautaire KapNord
| website = [http://www.ckgn.ca/ CKGN website]
}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CKGN-FM-1
| city = Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario
| format = community radio
| frequency = 94.7 MHz
| erp = 250 watts
| haat = {{convert|50.3|meters}}
| class = A1
| owner = Radio Communautaire KapNord
| website = [https://ckgn.ca/ 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
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.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/db90-1035.htm Decision CRTC 90-1035], September 28, 1990 Two more licences were granted before the station officially signed on in 1993.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-362.HTM Decision CRTC 92-362]
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.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/DB93-32.HTM Decision CRTC 93-32] 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.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-105.htm Decision CRTC 2000-105],
Addition of a transmitter of CKGN-FM at Smooth Rock Falls, CRTC, April 20, 2000 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
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External links
- [http://www.ckgn.ca/ CKGN-FM]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/CKGN-FM CKGN-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CKGN-FM}}
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Category:Media cooperatives in Canada
Category:Radio stations established in 1992
Category:1992 establishments in Ontario
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