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 179,000

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s on the assigned frequency of 95.9 MHz. CFPL-FM plays an

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-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

CFHK-FM CFHK-FM is a Canadian radio station licensed to St. Thomas, Ontario, serving London and Southwestern Ontario. The station transmits at an effective radiated power of 22,000 watts (60,000 watts peak) at 103.1 MHz. Owned by Corus Entertainment, t ...

History

Canada's third-oldest FM station, originally signed on in 1948 at 93.5 MHz as a simulcast station of

CFPL (AM) CFPL is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London, Ontario, Canada. Transmitter power is 10,000 watts daytime, 5,000 watts nighttime. Broadcast frequency is 980 AM. CFPL uses a four-tower directional antenna with differing ...

. 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.

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