CBKF-FM

Coordinates: 50°28′58″N 104°30′23″W / 50.48278°N 104.50639°W / 50.48278; -104.50639
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CBKF-FM
HAAT146.2 meters (480 ft)
Links
WebsiteIci 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

, 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.[1] 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

effective height of antenna above average terrain from 153 to 146.2 metres.[2]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters
of CBKF-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet
Bellegarde CBKF-FM-4 91.9 FM 4,700 watts B Query
Gravelbourg
CBKF-1 690 AM 5,000 watts B Query
North Battleford CBKF-FM-5 96.9 FM 9,600 watts B Query
Prince Albert CBKF-FM-6 90.1 FM 4,985 watts B1 Query
Saskatoon CBKF-2 860 AM 10,000 watts B Query
Zenon Park CBKF-FM-3 93.5 FM 1,340 watts B Query

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.[3] The new call sign become CBKF-FM-6.

References

  1. ^ CRTC Decision 2005-346.
  2. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-270, CBKF-FM Regina – Technical amendment
  3. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-246, CBKF-FM Regina – New transmitter in Prince Albert, CRTC, August 7, 2020

50°28′58″N 104°30′23″W / 50.48278°N 104.50639°W / 50.48278; -104.50639