CFML-FM
polarization only) | |
| HAAT | 144.1 metres (473 ft) |
|---|---|
Transmitter coordinates | 49°13′34″N 123°00′05″W / 49.226234°N 123.001288°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | evolution1079.com |
CFML-FM is the campus radio station of the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
History
The station began broadcasting in January 1982 at 650
The station's transmitter, located on the Metrotown towers in Burnaby, is licensed for 12 watts ERP. The signal can now be heard on cable and on the FM dial. Its FM signal reaches mainly within the Burnaby city limits at the moment. Its current adult album alternative format consists mostly of independent, rock, and adult alternative. It is staffed by second-year students in the Radio Arts & Entertainment Program.
The station currently uses the on-air brand name Evolution 107.9.
A few references give the station's call sign as VF2448, a call sign format used in Canada to denote
The carrier's current AM signal on 940 kHz continued despite the launch of the FM signal; it was not until March 4, 2013, when the CRTC approved B.C.I.T. Radio Society's application to revoke CFML's broadcasting license for the carrier's current AM signal.[3]
References
- ^ Decision CRTC 84-921
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-618 New, Instructional campus FM radio station in Burnaby, CRTC, December 23, 2003
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-101, CFML Burnaby – Revocation of licence, CRTC, March 4, 2013
External links
- Evolution 107.9
- CFML-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- VF2448 in the REC Canadian station database *Note: Industry Canada's database has not yet been updated with the new callsign.
- CFML-FM in the REC Canadian station database
- CFML in the REC Canadian station database (AM 940)
