CFIF-FM

Last updated
CFIF-FM
Broadcast area Cochrane area
Frequency 101.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingMoose FM
Programming
Language English
Format Adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner Vista Broadcast Group
CHPB-FM
History
First air date
September 28, 1998;26 years ago (1998-09-28)
Former frequencies
104.9 MHz (1998–2000)
Call sign meaning
CFIroquois Falls
Technical information
Class LP
ERP 33 watts
Vertical Polarization Only
HAAT 32 meters (105 ft)
Links
Website mycochranenow.com

CFIF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.1 FM in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. The station airs an adult contemporary format branded as Moose FM.

The station received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a new low-power English language FM radio programming at Iroquois Falls on September 28, 1998, [1] which was launched in 1998 by Tri-Tel Communications as CJWL-FM at 104.9 FM, and moved to its current frequency at 101.1 FM in 2000. [2] The frequency change from 104.9 MHz to 101.1 MHz would eliminate the interference from CBON-FM-21 at 104.9 MHz in Gogama.

In 2003, CJWL and its sister station CHPB-FM in Cochrane were purchased by their owner, Haliburton Broadcasting Group. [3]

Haliburton changed the station's callsign to CFIF-FM in 2005, enabling Evanov Radio Group to take over the old callsign for its own new CJWL-FM in Ottawa. The "IF" in the CFIF-FM callsign stands for Iroquois Falls.

On April 23, 2012 Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. [4] The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. [5]

Current operation status of CFIF is unknown. It is believed that CFIF is a rebroadcaster of CHPB-FM.

References

  1. Decision CRTC 98-458, New FM radio programming undertaking, CRTC, September 28, 1998
  2. Decision CRTC 2000-154
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-580
  4. "Westerkirk Capital Acquires Vista and Haliburton Broadcast Groups" Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine . Broadcaster, April 26, 2012.
  5. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577 Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, CRTC, October 19, 2012

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