CHFA-FM

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CHFA-FM
Broadcast area Alberta
Frequency 90.1 MHz (FM)
Branding Ici Radio-Canada Première
Programming
Format News/Talk
Ownership
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
 1949
Former frequencies
680 kHz (AM) (1949–2012)
Technical information
Class C1
ERP 100 kW
HAAT 193 meters (633 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 53°31′23″N113°26′31″W / 53.523°N 113.442°W / 53.523; -113.442
Links
Website Ici Radio-Canada Première

CHFA-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network in Edmonton, Alberta.

Contents

The station was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service to Edmonton, and was directly acquired by the network in 1974.

The station serves the entire province of Alberta from its studios in Edmonton, although it also maintains a smaller bureau in Calgary. For most of its history, the station broadcast on the AM band on 680 kHz. On January 20, 2012, it was announced that Radio-Canada planned to close down CHFA's AM transmitter on 680, with its nested FM repeater in Edmonton, CHFA-10-FM on 101.1 MHz, swapping places with the much-stronger Espace musique station CBCX-FM-1 at 90.1 MHz. This application was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on June 22, 2012. [1]

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CHFA
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNetCRTC Decision
Bonnyville CHFB-FM98.7 FM12,300 watts B Query 85-1277
2021-95
Calgary CBRF-FM103.9 FM22,000 wattsC Query
Falher CHFA-7-FM103.7 FM2,800 wattsA Query
Fort McMurray CHFA-6-FM101.5 FM20,000 wattsB Query
Grande Prairie CHFA-5-FM103.3 FM25,300 wattsC1 Query 2017-444
Hinton CHFA-4-FM100.7 FM85 wattsA1 Query
Lethbridge CHFA-1-FM104.3 FM1,660 wattsB Query
Medicine Hat CHFA-8-FM100.5 FM800 wattsA Query
Peace River CHFA-3-FM92.5 FM732 wattsA Query
Red Deer CHFA-2-FM103.5 FM3,500 wattsB Query
St. Paul CHFA-9-FM105.5 FM3,440 wattsA Query 2012-676
Banff CHFA-12-FM105.7 FM1,708 wattsA Query 2016-352
Jasper CHFA-13-FM101.1 FM251 wattsA Query
Lake Louise CHFA-11-FM102.7 FM116 wattsA1 Query

On May 24, 2016, the CBC applied to add a new FM rebroadcaster at Jasper, Alberta. The new transmitter will operate at 101.1 MHz. The callsign for the new transmitter will be CHFA-FM-13. [2]

On August 31, 2016, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate transmitters in Jasper on 101.1 MHz, Lake Louise on 102.7 MHz and Banff on 105.7 MHz that will rebroadcast the programming of its national French-language network service ICI Radio-Canada Première. [3]

On December 12, 2017, the CBC received CRTC approval to change the authorized contours of the rebroadcasting transmitter CHFA-5-FM Grande Prairie, Alberta, by relocating the transmitter site, changing the frequency from 90.5 MHz (channel 213) to 103.3 MHz (channel 277) and the class from B to C1, and increasing the average effective radiated power from 5,000 to 25,300 watts and the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 206.5 to 247.5 metres. [4]

On November 20, 2020, the CBC applied to add a new FM rebroadcaster at Bonnyville, Alberta. The new transmitter will operate on 98.7 MHz to rebroadcast the programming of its national French-language network service ICI Radio-Canada Première. The callsign for the new transmitter will be CHFA-FM-14 and will replace CHFB-FM which is a privately owned community rebroadcasting facility l'Association Canadienne Française de l'Alberta. [5] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on February 25, 2021. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-343, New FM radio station in Edmonton CBCX-FM-1 Edmonton and CHFA-10-FM Edmonton – Technical amendments, CRTC , June 22, 2012
  2. ↑ 2016-0495-0 2016-0495-0
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-352, CHFA-10-FM Edmonton – New transmitters in Jasper, Lake Louise and Banff, CRTC, August 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-444, CHFA-10-FM Edmonton and its transmitter CHFA-5-FM Grande Prairie –Technical changes, CRTC, December 12, 2017
  5. ↑ 2020-0804-4
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-95, CHFA-10-FM Edmonton – New transmitter in Bonnyville, CRTC, February 25, 2021


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