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25-444: CFRN may refer to: CFRN (AM) , a radio station (1260 AM) licensed to serve Edmonton, Alberta, Canada CFRN-DT , a television station (channel 3) licensed to serve Edmonton CFBR-FM , a radio station (100.3 FM) licensed to serve Edmonton, which held the call sign CFRN-FM from 1951 to 1979 Certified Flight Registered Nurse Coalition for Rainforest Nations Topics referred to by

50-555: A sports format, branded as TSN 1260 Edmonton . The station's studios were located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shared studio space with its sister station , CFRN-DT . As of February 28, 2021, CFRN was the 17th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris . In 1927, the Christian and Missionary Alliance launched

75-481: A 91-year-old Rice rejected offers from several western groups and selected Electrohome as the purchaser. Electrohome sold off the radio properties to Standard Broadcasting in 1991 to concentrate on the television station. 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

100-700: A broader effort by Walker, who is Cree , and CBC News to raise awareness about the more than 250 unsolved disappearances and homicides of indigenous women and girls across Canada. In 2017, the RCMP announced an initiative to stop violence against indigenous women and girls, citing studies were done in 2014 that found they are among the most likely populations to be victims of violent crime. The CBC operates Radio Canada International (RCI), an online service. RCI ended its shortwave radio broadcast in June 2012. In some remote Canadian tourist areas, such as national or provincial parks,

125-528: A mass corporate restructuring at Bell Media, the company shut down six of their AM radio stations nationwide, including CFRN. The station ended regular programming at 9 a.m. that day, airing a looped message about the impending shutdown, which lasted until the completion of the signoff. The shutdown came with such little warning that shortly before 9 a.m., the station went to a commercial break from which it never returned. The CRTC approved Bell Media's application to revoke CFRN's licence on April 10, 2024. CFRN

150-557: A modified Radio One schedule to accommodate programming in Indigenous languages . CBC Radio has 14 original podcasts. Two of the podcasts, Someone Knows Something and Missing & Murdered, are ranked among the top shows on the iTunes and Stitcher charts. In addition, select podcasts are often now broadcast on its terrestrial radio network as supplement material, typically during the summer programming months of July and August to fill time such as on The Current when regular programming

175-543: A result of information uncovered by the podcast, James Ford Seale, a former member of the KKK, was convicted of the killings in 2007 and received three life sentences for his crimes against Moore and Dee. Season four returned to Canada as Ridgen sought answers in the 1996 unsolved murder case of Wayne Greavette, an Ontario man killed by a bomb that was disguised as a Christmas gift and sent to his home. Season four ended in March 2018 and had

200-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CFRN (AM) CFRN was a Class A, 50,000- watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta , Canada. CFRN was unusual in that it was a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency. Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM , the station last aired

225-512: Is reduced during the summer period. "Someone Knows Something," hosted by filmmaker David Ridgen , first aired in 2016. The show, which investigates cold cases in Canada and the United States, finished its fourth season in March 2018. In season three, Ridgen worked with a Mississippi man, Thomas Moore, to solve the 1964 kidnapping and murder of Moore's brother, Charles, and his friend, Henry Dee. As

250-496: The CBC FM network. It was rebranded as CBC Stereo in 1975, and then CBC Radio Two in 1997 before becoming CBC Music in 2018. In August 2009, CBC Radio launched a mobile app , initially for iOS , featuring streams of the three services, and other web-exclusive stations. In February 2012, the CBC launched a new, similar streaming platform and app known as CBC Music. In October 2019, CBC Music

275-450: The CBC also operates a series of transmitters that broadcast weather alerts from Environment Canada 's Weatheradio Canada service. The CBC formerly operated Galaxie , a digital television radio service that provides 45 channels of music programming to digital cable subscribers in both English and French. This service is now operated by Stingray Digital , who since relaunched the service as Stingray Music . The CBC also celebrates

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300-491: The FM station began offering separate stereo programming. CFRN-FM became fully separate from CFRN in 1979 and changed its call sign to CKXM-FM. Sunwapta brought television to Edmonton in 1954 when CFRN-TV signed on. According to the 1976 B.B.M. Weekly Reach survey, CFRN was the 4th-most-listened-to radio station in Edmonton. The CFRN stations were sold in 1988 to Kitchener, Ontario -based Electrohome Limited for $ 51.2 million;

325-584: The French-language radio operations are managed as part of the CBC's overall French-language services division and therefore have limited ties to the English-language radio networks, which are structured similarly (i.e., there is no overall "CBC Radio" division responsible for both English and French radio). In the Northwest Territories , Yukon , Nunavut , and northern Quebec , CBC North airs

350-671: The end of October 1934, Taylor & Pearson announced it would lease CJCA from the Edmonton Journal . Simultaneously, the manager of CJCA, G. R. A. "Dick" Rice, acquired CFTP from Taylor & Pearson. On November 3, Rice immediately changed the call letters to CFRN, representing Rice and his business partner, H. F. Nielson of Coalspur . The two formed the Sunwapta Broadcasting Company, named for Sunwapta Falls in Jasper National Park . On September 13, 1936,

375-420: The fewest episodes of the series. Investigative journalist Connie Walker hosts "Missing & Murdered," a podcast that looks into deaths and disappearances of indigenous women in Canada. The show's first season, "Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams," covered the unsolved homicide of Alberta Williams who went missing from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, after a night out with friends. Her body

400-405: The former Satellite Radio Network service. 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

425-558: The generation of leaders, builders, and change-makers of Canada under the age of 40 through the CBC Future 40 People Choice Award. In 2012, CBC Radio lost some of its funding as a result of large cuts in Canadian government spending. This has resulted in a reduction of the number of concerts being recorded, the closing of recording studios, and the laying off of technicians, as well as the introduction of four minutes per hour of advertising on

450-601: The original station as CHMA at 580 kHz . The station operated experimentally for two months before using its full power of 250 watts beginning in June. In March 1934, CHMA became CFTP after Taylor & Pearson Ltd. took over the station, which moved to 1260 kHz; its debut broadcasts featured the Edmonton Athletic Club in the Abbott Cup and Memorial Cup . Studios were located in the Birks Building in Edmonton. At

475-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CFRN . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFRN&oldid=1240921129 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

500-675: The station moved to 960 kHz, where it remained until March 29, 1941, when it returned to 1260 (as part of NARBA ) and boosted power from 100 to 1,000 watts. It was one of the charter stations of the CBC Radio -owned Dominion Network from its launch in January 1944; the CBC would not have its own station on its main network in Edmonton until 1964, when CBR launched in Calgary, and CBX became Edmonton's exclusive CBC station. FM simulcast began in 1951 on CFRN-FM 100.3, which lasted until 1964, when

525-411: Was acquired by Astral Media . In turn, Astral Media was acquired by Bell Media on July 5, 2013; the acquisition reunited CFRN with its television sister, and with The Team's former owned-and-operated stations. 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. On June 14, 2023, as part of

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550-591: Was discovered days later along Highway 16, which has since become known as " the Highway of Tears ." Following the show, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced the case was once again active. The second season, released in March 2018, helped a family find out what happened to their teenage sister, Cleo Semaganis Nicotine, after she was sent to the United States from Saskatchewan during the " Sixties Scoop ." The stories featured on this podcast are part of

575-676: Was known as "CBC Radio Two". From 1944 to 1962 the CBC's English service operated two radio networks, the main Trans-Canada Network and the Dominion Network . In 1962 the Dominion Network was disbanded and the Trans-Canada Network became known as CBC Radio and in 1997, CBC Radio One. In some cases CBC announcers will still say "CBC Radio" in reference to programs that air only on Radio One. CBC Music originated in 1960 as

600-452: Was succeeded by CBC Listen, a new platform that encompasses CBC Radio and CBC Music content, as well as CBC-produced podcasts . The CBC (better known in French as la Société Radio-Canada , or colloquially simply Radio-Canada ) also operates three French language radio networks, two of which have a similar programming focus as the corporation's English-language radio networks. Structurally,

625-448: Was the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts: *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. CBC Radio CBC Radio operates three English language networks. The inconsistency of branding between the word "One" and the numerals "2" and "3" was a deliberate design choice on CBC's part and is not an error, though from 1997 to 2007, CBC Music

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