CHAK (AM)

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CHAK
Cbc radio one inuvik.svg
Broadcast areaWestern Arctic
Frequency 860 kHz (AM)
Branding CBC Radio One
CBC North
Programming
Format News/Talk
Ownership
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CHAK-TV (defunct)
History
First air date
 1947
Call sign meaning
CH AKlavik
Technical information
Class B
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 68°21′30″N133°43′30″W / 68.35833°N 133.72500°W / 68.35833; -133.72500
Links
Website CBC North

CHAK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 860 AM in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North.

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History

CHAK was launched in 1947 as a local community station in neighbouring Aklavik on 1230 AM. A new station was built by the CBC in the new town of Inuvik to replace the old station in Aklavik. The new CHAK went on the air on November 26, 1960, on 860. The station was now part of the CBC Northern Radio Service. CHAK received CBC news and topical programs by picking up CBX Edmonton and relaying the broadcast. Tapes recorded in Montreal were also flown in on regular airline flights. Eventually the station was linked into the primary CBC network feed.

The history of CHAK originated prior to 1960 and called itself "CHAK, the friendly voice of the Arctic". According to the Canadian Communications Foundation, the station began broadcasting on 1230 kHz in 1947, mainly for community broadcasts such as church services and special messages to people in the bush and the Arctic. The station was originally operated by the Canadian Army and volunteers, particularly the daughter of the Hudson Bay manager, and was one of Canada's most northerly radio stations. A year later, CHAK was airing CBC's school programs at the request of the Department of Mines and Resources. In 1953, CHAK received federal approval to change frequencies to 1490. It is unknown if the station had moved back to 1230, prior to CHAK's launch in 1960.

Local programming

During the network's primary local programming breaks, CHAK airs the same programs as CFYK-FM in Yellowknife, including The Trailbreaker on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Northwind, Trail's End in the afternoon, and Northern Air on weekend mornings.

However, the two stations diverge from Radio One network programming in the afternoon, producing separate programming streams for their local First Nations (Gwich'in) and Inuit (Inuvialuit) communities. CHAK airs Nantaii in Gwich'in from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and Tusaavik in Inuvialuktun from 3:00 until 4 p.m.

CHAK has two rebroadcasters in Nunavut, both in communities where CFFB, the CBC North station in Iqaluit, also broadcasts. This is done in order to provide CHAK's afternoon Indigenous programming to these communities, as CFFB's afternoon schedule concentrates on programming in Inuktitut.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CHAK-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNetCRTC Decision
Aklavik 2CBAK-FM97.7 FM50 watts LP Query 85-829
2019-149
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut CBIN-FM105.1 FM82 wattsA1 Query
Fort Good Hope CBQE-FM105.1 FM177 wattsA1 Query 94-563
Deline CBQO-FM105.1 FM166 wattsA1 Query 94-167
Fort McPherson 3CBAH-FM99.9 FM50 wattsLP Query 94-120
Kugluktuk, Nunavut CBIO-FM105.1 FM82 wattsA1 Query
Norman Wells CBDW-FM99.9 FM40 wattsLP Query 2017-215
Paulatuk 1VF2037106.1 FM8 wattsLP Query
Tsiigehtchic 1VF2145106.1 FM8 wattsLP Query
Tuktoyaktuk 5CBAC-FM99.9 FM261 watts Query 2005-415
2014-468
Tulita 4CBXY-FM100.9 FM50 wattsLP Query 2013-227
Ulukhaktok 1CKHI-FM105.1 FM9 wattsLP Query

Notes

In Paulatuk, Tsiigehtchic and Ulukhaktok, CHAK's signal is rebroadcast on transmitters owned by local community groups rather than by the CBC. Three further community transmitters operating on 107.1 in Colville Lake, 107.1 in Sachs Harbour and 100.1 in Old Crow, Yukon are unlicensed by the CRTC under its exemption for low-power community radio undertakings.

Tuktoyaktuk Broadcasting Society opened CFCT on 600 kHz with 1,000 watts at 6:45 p.m. MST, on January 20, 1971. In 2005, CFCT became a rebroadcaster of CHAK, changed frequencies to 1150 kHz [1] and changed its call sign to CBAC. [2] On September 11, 2014, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to convert CBAC to 99.9 MHz. [3]

Rebroadcaster CBAK originally received CRTC approval in 1985 to operate a low-power transmitter at Aklavik on 540 kHz (AM). [4] In 1998, CBAK received approval to change frequencies to 1210 kHz with the power remaining at 40 watts. [5]

AM to FM

In 1994, the CRTC approved an application from the CBC to change CBQM's frequency from 680 to 690 kHz. On April 19, 2013, the CBC applied with the CRTC to convert CBQM to 99.9 MHz. [6] The application was approved on September 19, 2013. [7] The callsign was changed to CBAH-FM.

On May 8, 2013, the CBC received CRTC approval to convert CBQI 920 to 100.9 MHz. [8] The callsign was then changed to CBXY-FM.

On March 15, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBDW 990 to 99.9 MHz. [9] This application was approved on June 23, 2017. [10]

On March 12, 2019, the CBC applied to convert CBAK 1210 to 97.7 MHz. [11] This application was approved on May 14, 2019. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ 2005-415
  2. ↑ CFCT/CBAC history (Tuktoyaktuk) Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine at Canadian Communications Foundation
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Decision 2014-468, CHAK Inuvik - New transmitter at Tuktoyatuk, CRTC September 11, 2014
  4. ↑ 85-829
  5. ↑ Decision CRTC 98-519
  6. ↑ 2013-0591-2, Addition of a transmitter, CRTC, April 19, 2013
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-499, CHAK Inuvik – New transmitter at Fort McPherson, CRTC, September 19, 2013
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-227, CHAK Inuvik – New transmitter in Tulita, CRTC, May 8, 2013
  9. ↑ 201701905
  10. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-215, CHAK Inuvik – New transmitter in Norman Wells, CRTC, June 23, 2017
  11. ↑ 2019-0176-0
  12. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-149, CHAK Inuvik – New transmitter in Aklavik, CRTC, May 14, 2019
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