CFGN

CFGN-FM
City Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding 570 VOCM
Slogan Local News Now
Frequency 96.7 MHz
First air date August 7, 1971 (As a repeater)
1973 (As a local station)
Format News/Talk/Classic hits
Callsign meaning Coming From the Gateway to Newfoundland
Former callsigns CFGN (1971-2017)
Former frequencies 1230 kHz (1971-2017)
Owner Newcap Broadcasting

CFGN-FM is an FM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971 at 1230 kHz, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Newcap Broadcasting.

CFGN carries the entire VOCM lineup except for a block of programming from CFCB on weekday mornings and for a six-hour block on Saturday mornings.

CFGN also has a repeater in the Codroy Valley, CFCV-FM at 97.7 MHz.

On April 2, 2001, the sale of Humber Valley Broadcasting Co. Ltd. to Newcap Inc. was approved.[1] This included CFGN and other radio stations such as:

  • CFCB Corner Brook
  • CFDL-FM Deer Lake
  • CFNW Port-aux-Choix
  • CFNN-FM St. Anthony
  • CFSX Stephenville
  • CFCV-FM St. Andrew's
  • CFLN Goose Bay
  • CFLW Wabush
  • CFLC-FM Churchill Falls

On October 13, 2016, Newcap applied to convert CFGN to 96.7 FM.[2] The move was completed on November 1, 2017, and the old AM transmitter was shut down.

References

  1. ↑ Decision CRTC 2001-208
  2. ↑ 2016-1079-1

Coordinates: 47°35′08″N 59°07′19″W / 47.58556°N 59.12194°W / 47.58556; -59.12194

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