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CFCB (570
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) is an AM radio station in
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,
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, Canada. It broadcasts at a power of 10,000
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s by day and 1,000 watts at night. Owned by
Stingray Group Stingray Group Inc. (formerly Stingray Digital and Stingray Digital Group) is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company based in Montreal, Quebec, with offices in the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, S ...
, CFCB first went on the air on October 3, 1960. The station was founded by Dr. Noel Murphy. On March 26, 2012, CFCB rebranded, which included a new slogan, logo and programming. The "Local News Now" slogan was adopted from VOCM in St. John's, which had rebranded just weeks before. The new CFCB logo also features the VOCM color scheme, which includes yellow and red. As of March 9, 2022, CFCB no longer originates any local programming from Corner Brook following the closure of its studios and termination of on-air personnel by Stingray. All content of this station is now
simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...
from VOCM in St. John's, with the exception of local commercials. CFCB's sister station,
CKXX-FM CKXX-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador on 103.9 MHz with a classic rock format branded on-air as ''97.5 K-Rock''. It is currently owned by Stingray Group. History CKXX-FM launched by the n ...
, also shared the same fate as it shared studio facilities and personalities.


Rebroadcasters

CFCB also operates rebroadcasters in the following locations: *CFNW-FM 96.7
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(opened January 29, 1972, originally on 790 AM). *
CFSX CFSX is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 870 Hertz, kHz. Originally launched as a repeater on November 13, 1964, it opened its own stu ...
870 AM Stephenville (opened November 13, 1964) *
CFGN-FM CFGN-FM is an FM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971 at 1230 kHz, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater o ...
96.7
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(opened August 6, 1971, originally on 1230 AM) *CFCV-FM 97.7 St. Andrew's (opened June 6, 1974) *CFDL-FM 97.9 Deer Lake (opened December 6, 1974) *CFNN-FM 97.9 St. Anthony (opened June 27, 1974) The CFNW in
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was knocked off the air due to an ice and wind storm in late 2011 which damaged the tower. When the transmitter site was constructed in 1971, the area was not a national park. As of 2012 the signal in this area was still off the air. On October 3, 2012, Newcap Broadcasting applied to convert CFNW to the FM band. On January 25, 2013, the CRTC approved Newcap's application to convert CFNW to the FM band. CFNW now operates at 96.7 MHz. In September 2013, the CFCB transmission tower in Corner Brook was taken down. Construction on a new tower has been recently completed with a modern three-legged guyed mast radiator. The previous mast radiator was in terrible shape and over 50 years old prior to being taken down. The old mast radiator, according to the website www.broadcasting-history.ca, was a second hand tower that was erected and begun broadcasting at 1,000 watts in 1961. No CRTC or Industry Canada records indicate the station filed any application to do this work. However, according to the broadcasting-history.ca web site, the CRTC approved the daytime transmitting power to 10,000 watts from 1,000 watts which could be achieved with the new and more modern mast radiator now located on the same plot of land that the previous one had been erected. Photos of the old and new towers are illustrated below. On April 2, 2001, the sale of Humber Valley Broadcasting Co. Ltd. to Newcap Inc. was approved.Decision CRTC 2001-208
/ref> This included a number of radio stations such as: * CFCB Corner Brook * CFDL-FM Deer Lake * CFNW Port-aux-Choix * CFNN-FM St. Anthony *
CFSX CFSX is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 870 Hertz, kHz. Originally launched as a repeater on November 13, 1964, it opened its own stu ...
Stephenville * CFGN Port-aux-Basques * CFCV-FM St. Andrew's * CFLN Goose Bay * CFLW Wabush * CFLC-FM Churchill Falls In September 2016, CFSX and its repeaters were shut down by Newcap Radio without any notice. The station appears to now be serving as a full-time repeater of CFCB, changing its identity to VOCM. Before then, CFSX operated as a daytime station, and served as a nighttime repeater to CFCB.


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