CKGN-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 89.7 FM in

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and 94.7 FM in

Smooth Rock Falls Smooth Rock Falls is an incorporated town in the Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 1,330 at the 2016 census. Geography and transportation The town lies on the Mattagami River and on Highway 11. The next ful ...

. Owned and operated by Radio communautaire KapNord

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, it is a non-profit

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station for the region's

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community. The station is a member of the

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History

The station originally dates back to 1990 when Radio Communautaire Kapnord Inc. received an approval from the

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; french: Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes, links=) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasti ...

(CRTC) on September 28, 1990 to operate a low-power short-term French language community events radio station at Kapuskasing on the frequency of 91.5 MHz with 33 watts. Two more licences were granted before the station officially signed on in 1993. On January 26, 1993, Kapnord received CRTC approval to operate a new French language community radio station on the frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. The station officially signed on the air on October 20 later that same year with the ''CKGN-FM'' callsign.

Rebroadcasters

In 2000, the station was authorized to add a transmitter at Smooth Rock Falls to operate on the frequency 94.7 FM.Decision CRTC 2000-105
Addition of a transmitter of CKGN-FM at Smooth Rock Falls, ''CRTC'', April 20, 2000 The transmitter signed on as CKGN-FM-1 in 2002.

Notes

History of the CKGN call letters

CKGN is a former callsign from a

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station in

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from 1955 to 1962, known today as CKNY-DT and CKGN was again used for a television station ( Global Television) in

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from 1974 to 1984. The call letters remained unused until the launch of CKGN-FM in the early 1990s.

References

External links

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