CFRN (AM)

CFRN
Defunct
Broadcast areaEdmonton Metropolitan Region
Frequency1260 kHz
Ownership
Owner
CFBR-FM, CFMG-FM, CFRN-DT
History
First air date
April 17, 1927; 97 years ago (1927-04-17)
Last air date
June 14, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-06-14)
(96 years, 58 days)
Former call signs
  • CHMA (1927–1934)
  • CFTP (March–November 1934)
Former frequencies
  • 580 kHz (1927–1934)
  • 1260 kHz (1934–1936)
  • 960 kHz (1936–1941)
Call sign meaning
G.R.A. Rice and H.F. Nielson, partners who bought the station in 1934
Technical information
ClassA (Regional)
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
53°27′8.3″N 113°40′52.6″W / 53.452306°N 113.681278°W / 53.452306; -113.681278

CFRN was a Class A, 50,000-watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CFRN was unusual in that it was a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency.[1] Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM, the station last aired a sports format, branded as TSN 1260 Edmonton. The station's studios were located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shared studio space with its sister station, CFRN-DT.

As of February 28, 2021, CFRN was the 17th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.[2]

  1. ^ "AM Broadcast Station Classes; Clear, Regional, and Local Channels | FCC.gov". Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Winter 2021 PPM Data". Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.