CFBN was a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1280 kHz in

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. The station, owned by the

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, aired a

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news format branded as ''Canada's Business Network'', as well as some travel and weather information reports for

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. The station commenced operation in 1985, originally on AM 530 before switching to 1280 when Fort Erie's CJFT was assigned 530. Previously operating under the call sign CFYZ, the automated station originally broadcast flight arrival and departure schedules, traffic directions, parking information, and weather reports to those in the immediate vicinity of

. Live broadcasting began in December 2000. In 2002, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority was given approval by the

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to increase power. On May 31, 2005 the radio service reverted from live broadcasting to recorded airport information. On April 9, 2007, the station adopted the business format, but continued to broadcast airport traffic reports and advisories along with the business programming. Among programming heard on CFBN beginning April 2007 was syndicated American programming such as

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and the

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, which had never before been heard in Canada. The station ceased broadcasting in November 2007. CFBN's license was revoked by the

, as requested by the GTAA, on January 17, 2008. In 2014, the frequency was reassigned to

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, a proposed campus community radio station at

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, (now Toronto Metropolitan University) which began broadcasting in 2016. The CFBN call sign has since been reassigned to a low-power traffic information station in St. Catharines,

."Carlton Street bridge to close this winter"
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'', January 4, 2017.

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CFYZ Information from GTAA
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