CFAN-FM
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City | Miramichi, New Brunswick |
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Broadcast area | Miramichi |
Frequency | 99.3 MHz (FM) |
Branding | 99.3 The River |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Ownership | |
Owner | Maritime Broadcasting System |
History | |
First air date | April 4, 1949 |
Former frequencies | 1340 kHz (AM) (1949-1956) 790 kHz (1956-2003) |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
ERP | horizontal polarization only: 17.8 kWs |
HAAT | 103.5 meters (340 ft) |
Links | |
Website | 993theriver.com |
CFAN-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 99.3 FM in Miramichi, New Brunswick, owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station uses its on-air brand name as 99.3 The River with a country format.
History[]
CFAN originally began as CKMR-AM on April 4, 1949 at 1340 AM. It moved to 790 in 1956. In 1973, CKMR's callsign had changed to CFAN. On July 2, 2002, CFAN was given approval by CRTC to switch to the FM dial.[1] On January 10, 2003, CFAN officially launched as an FM station at 99.3 FM branded as 99.3 The River. On September 7, 2012 at 6 p.m., CFAN-FM changed its format from adult contemporary to country. The station's branding remained the same but the station's slogan was changed to "Today's Best Country".
References[]
External links[]
- 99.3 The River
- CFAN-FM history – Canadian Communications Foundation
- CFAN-FM in the REC Canadian station database
Coordinates: 47°03′32″N 65°40′05″W / 47.05889°N 65.66806°W
- Radio stations in Northumberland County, New Brunswick
- Country radio stations in Canada
- Maritime Broadcasting System radio stations
- Mass media in Miramichi, New Brunswick
- Radio stations established in 1949
- 1949 establishments in New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada radio station stubs
- New Brunswick stubs