CFSX

CFSX
City Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
Broadcast area Stephenville
Branding 570 VOCM
Slogan Local News Now
Frequency 870 kHz
First air date November 13, 1964 (As a repeater)
March 25, 1970 (As a local station)
Format News/Talk/Classic Hits
Power 500 watts
Class C
Callsign meaning Coming From Stephenville Xing (Crossing)
Former frequencies 910 kHz (1964-1985)
Owner Newcap Radio
Website www.vocm.com

CFSX is an AM radio station in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 870 kHz. Originally launched as a repeater on November 13, 1964, it opened its own studios in 1970. The station is owned by Newcap Radio. It is an affiliate of VOCM.

In 1985, CFSX moved from 910 to its current frequency 870.[1]

In September 2016, CFSX was shut down by Newcap Radio without any notice. The station appears to now be serving as a full-time repeater of CFCB in Corner Brook, changing its identity to VOCM. Before then, CFSX operated as a daytime station, and served as a nighttime repeater to CFCB.

CFSX's final logo before the September 2016 rebranding as VOCM

CFSX also operated repeat transmitters in two locations:

From 1973 to the 1990s, CFGN and CFCV operated independently of CFSX and CFCB in the daytime, and served as CFCB's nighttime and weekend repeater until it became a daytime repeater of CFSX.

On April 2, 2001, the sale of Humber Valley Broadcasting Co. Ltd. to Newcap Inc. was approved.[2] This included CFSX, as well as:

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

References

  1. ↑ Decision CRTC 85-46
  2. ↑ Decision CRTC 2001-208

Coordinates: 48°31′34″N 58°29′24″W / 48.52611°N 58.49000°W / 48.52611; -58.49000

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