CFLN-FM is a Canadian radio station in
Happy Valley-Goose Bay,
Newfoundland & Labrador broadcasting at 97.9
FM. Owned by
Stingray Group, CFLN first went on the air on September 28, 1974 at 1230
AM before converting to its current frequency in 2009. The station's format primarily consists of
country music
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with some
News
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/
Talk programming. The station was formerly branded ''Radio Labrador'' but is now branded ''Big Land – Labrador's FM''.
CFLN has repeaters located in
Labrador City/
Wabush (CFLW-FM 94.7, formerly 1340 AM, opened on December 6, 1971 originally as a repeater of
CFCB
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) and in
Churchill Falls (CFLC-FM 97.9, opened on February 5, 1974).
On January 29, 2009, Newcap Radio applied to convert CFLN in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and its rebroadcaster CFLW to the FM dial, which officially occurred on June 16, 2009. These stations are now broadcasting on the following frequencies:
*CFLN-FM 97.9 - Happy Valley-Goose Bay
*CFLW-FM 94.7 - Wabush
*CFLC-FM 97.9 - Churchill Falls
The stations received approval by the CRTC to convert to the FM band on June 16, 2009. On December 13, 2010, CFLN applied to add another FM transmitter at Northwest River to broadcast the programming of CFLN in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The application to add a new FM transmitter which will operate at 95.9 FM received CRTC approval on February 7, 2011.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-71
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*CFLN-1-FM 95.9 - North West River
References
External links
Big Land - Labrador's FM
CFLN-FM
at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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WABUSH 40
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Radio stations established in 1974
Full service radio stations in Canada
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