CHFC (AM)

CHFC was founded in 1948 as a 100-watt non-commercial military AM broadcast station in Churchill, Manitoba.[1] CHFC was taken over by the CBC on 13 September 1959 and was on 1230 kHz with a power of 250 watts (non-directional) by 1966.

CHFC
CityChurchill, Manitoba
Broadcast areaNorthern Manitoba
Frequency1230 kHz (AM)
BrandingCBC Radio One
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
History
First air date
1948
Call sign meaning
"Fort Churchill"
Technical information
ClassB
ERP250 watts

The National anchor Peter Mansbridge began his broadcast career at CHFC from 1968 to 1971, before moving to network owned-and-operated CBW 990 Winnipeg.

The station was tiny and, in the early-morning and late-night dayparts, the lone announcer was most often the only employee on duty.[2]

By 1994, the station was generating less than an hour a week of original, local content; the majority of its programming was instead sourced from CBW or from the main network. As CHFC became a full-time rebroadcaster of CBWK-FM Thompson in 2001,[3] it no longer originates content.

References
  1. Historical information on CHFC Churchill at Canadian Communications Foundation
  2. "Off The Record", Peter Mansbridge, pp. 19-42. ISBN 9781982169602.
  3. Decision CRTC 2001-267 Addition of a transmitter for CBWK-FM Thompson at Churchill, CRTC, May 15, 2001
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