CHFC was founded in 1948 as a 100-watt non-commercial military AM broadcast station in
Churchill
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,
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. CHFC was taken over by the CBC on 13 September 1959 and was on 1230 kHz with a power of 250 watts (non-directional) by 1966.
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The National'' anchor
Peter Mansbridge began his broadcast career at CHFC from 1968 to 1971, before moving to network
owned-and-operated CBW 990 Winnipeg.
The station was tiny and, in the early-morning and late-night dayparts, the lone announcer was most often the only employee on duty.
By 1994, the station was generating less than an hour a week of original, local content; the majority of its programming was instead sourced from
CBW or from the main network. As CHFC became a full-time rebroadcaster of
CBWK-FM Thompson
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in 2001,
Decision CRTC 2001-267
Addition of a transmitter for CBWK-FM Thompson at Churchill, ''CRTC'', May 15, 2001 it no longer originates content.
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Radio stations established in 1948
1948 establishments in Canada