CFRN (AM)

CFRN is a Canadian Class A, 50,000 watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta; CFRN is unusual in that it is a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency.[1] Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM, the station airs an all-sports format, branded as TSN Radio 1260. The station's studios are located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shares studio space with its sister station, CTV O&O CFRN-TV. Both stations continued to share space after the radio and TV operations were sold to different owners in the 1980s, but were united in 2013 by Bell's acquisition of Astral Media.

CFRN
CityEdmonton, Alberta
Broadcast areaEdmonton Capital Region
Frequency1260 kHz
BrandingTSN 1260 Edmonton
SloganThe Evolution of Sports Radio
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsTSN Radio
Ownership
OwnerBell Media
(Bell Media Radio)
Sister stationsCFBR-FM, CFMG-FM, CFRN-DT
History
First air dateApril 17, 1927 as CHMA
Former frequencies580 kHz (1927-1934)
1260 kHz (1934-1936)
960 kHz (1936-1941)
Call sign meaningCF Rice and Nielsen
Technical information
ClassA (Regional)
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates53°27′8.3″N 113°40′52.6″W
Links
WebcastListen live
WebsiteTSN 1260 Edmonton

CKHJ in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is the only other commercial radio station in Canada which broadcasts on 1260 AM; it broadcasts 10,000 watts day and night, with a directional (three-tower) antenna. The other two Canadian stations on 1260 AM (CBPM & CBPU) are weather stations, which are owned by The Meteorological Service of Canada. Both of those weather stations broadcast with a power of 30 watts.

History

In 1927, the station originally launched as CHMA at 580 AM. In the 1930s, CHMA became CFTP.

During the 1930s, the station changed its calls from CFTP to its current call sign, CFRN. Later that decade, the station moved to its current frequency, 1260 AM.

In 1936, the station moved from 1260 to 960 AM. In 1941, CFRN moved back to 1260 AM.

On July 1, 1998, CFRN flipped from adult standards to oldies, debuting Standard Radio's new oldies network, with CISL in Vancouver, delivered via Anik satellite. The new oldies network replaced the former Satellite Radio Network service.

Notable Broadcasters

Switch to sports radio
The Team 1260 logo

In June 2002, CFRN flipped to sports radio as The Team 1260, as an affiliate of CHUM Radio's The Team network. However, the network folded shortly afterwards. CFRN would maintain its branding as The Team as a locally programmed format, while adding syndicated programs such as Prime Time Sports and The Jim Rome Show. In 2007, Standard Radio was acquired by Astral Media. In turn, Astral Media was acquired by Bell Media on July 5, 2013—the acquisition re-united CFRN with its sister television station, and with The Team's former owned-and-operated stations.[2][3]

On September 30, 2013, CFRN was re-branded as a part of Bell's TSN Radio network, as TSN Radio 1260, introducing a new lineup of local afternoon programming.[4]

Local programming

Daily
TSN 1260 Radio Regular Local Programming
Day Time Slot Program Name Host Co-Host
Weekdays 06:00 - 10:00 The Nielson Show Dustin Nielson Eric Holt (Lieutenant Eric)
Weekdays 10:00 - 12:00 The Lowdown with Lowetide Allan Mitchell (Lowtide)
Weekdays 12:00 - 14:00 The Dave Jamieson Show Dave Jamieson Matthew Iwanyk
Weekdays 14:00 - 18:00 The Jason Gregor Show Jason Gregor Jason Strudwick
Edmonton Eskimo Gameday Broadcasts Varies Montorio Homes Green and Gold Kickoff and Post-game Shows Matthew Iwanyk and Hernan Salas
Saturdays Krush Performance Show Jeff Krushell
Sundays 09:00 The Golf Show Murray McCourt and Curtis Stock
Saturdays 10:00 The Basketball Show Paul Sir
Oil Kings Report Andrew Peard
Edmonton Oilers Game Days Varies Don Wheaton on Whyte Pregame Show Matt Kassian

Other Programming
  • Fitness Guys - Hosted by Jeff Woods and Paul Plakas, Saturday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • Saturday Sports Extra - Hosted by Allan Mitchell and Paul Almeida, Saturday from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • The Jim Rome Show - Hosted by Jim Rome, Weekdays from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Former shows and games
Sports Talk host John Short in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics
  • The Mark Spector Show - Hosted by Mark Spector
  • Cracker-Cats Show - Hosted by Al Coates
  • Sports-Xtra - Hosted by Tony Fiorello and Ron Rimer
  • Edmonton Cracker-Cats live play-by-play - Games were carried on the Team 1260 during the first two years of the franchise. Al Coates handled the play by play
  • Total Sports - Hosted by Bob Stauffer; featuring the 'Total Sports Dream Team' of co-hosts
  • What's Going On - Hosted by Jason Jones, Corey Graham and Nadine Woudstra
  • Sports Talk - Hosted by John Short
  • More on Sports - featuring play-by-play veteran Bryn Griffiths and Jake Daniels (the "voice of the fan").
  • Way Offside - Hosted by Jake Daniels
  • The Pipeline Show - Hockey program hosted by Global Edmonton's Dean Millard and columnist Guy Flaming
  • The Ultimate Soccer Show - Soccer program hosted by "Soccersteve" Steve O'Boyle - http://soccersteve.com/ Canadian National team Fifa game announcer. Radio/TV Soccer host http://soccersteve.com/

Live sports

TSN Radio 1260 is the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts:

The station will also air national programming from the TSN Radio network.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 2015-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "CRTC approves Bell/Astral deal with conditions". Toronto Star. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. "CRTC approves Bell-Astral merger". CBC. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. "TSN Radio hits the air in Ottawa and Edmonton". TSN.ca. Bell Media. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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