CFPL-FM, branded as ''FM96'', is a Canadian

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owned by

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and based in

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. It transmits at a power of 300,000

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s on the assigned frequency of 95.9

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. CFPL-FM plays an alternative-leaning

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format. CFPL-FM's studios are located in downtown with other Corus London stations while its

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is located in Southwest London on the

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tower that is also utilized by sister station

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History

Canada's third-oldest FM station, originally signed on in 1948 at 93.5

as a simulcast station of CFPL (AM). The FM station started airing separate programming in 1949, the same year it started broadcasting at 95.9 MHz at 4,440

s. The "FPL"

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letters stand for its original owner, ''The'' ''London Free Press'' newspaper. In 1961, CFPL-FM boosted its signal strength to 179,000 watts. During the 1960s and early 1970s, CFPL-FM broadcast classical music as an affiliate of the CBC FM network. In 1972, the station disaffiliated from the CBC, and adopted a variety format under the name ''Stereo 96'', which included various music formats and some talk programming. In 1979, the station became known as ''FM96'' and the format changed to

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under the "Rock 'n' Easy" moniker. CFPL had the slogan "Music Above All" during part of the 1980s. CFPL shifted to rock in the 1980s. In 2006, FM96 was named Station of The Year and won the BDS Cutting Edge Award.

References

External links

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