CBKF-FM is a Canadian

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, which broadcasts the programming of

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network on 97.7 FM at Regina,

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History

The station was launched on April 24, 1975. In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone

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stations, CFRG in

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and CFNS in

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, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF. The stations were recalled as CBKF-1 and CBKF-2, respectively. The CFRG calls are now used by a privately owned French-language community station in Gravelbourg operating at 93.1 FM. A community group in

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, the Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, held a separate license to rebroadcast CBKF's programming in that city. The 3,000 watt class B community-owned rebroadcaster CKSF-FM 90.1 has gone off the air to be replaced by Ici Radio-Canada Première's CBKF-FM Regina in 2020. On May 30, 2013, the

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approved the CBC's request to increase CBKF-FM's wattage from 13,700 watts to 22,300 watts, with a decrease in the

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from 153 to 146.2 metres.

Transmitters

On August 7, 2020, the CBC received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter at 90.1 MHz Prince Albert to rebroadcast the programming of CBKF-FM in Regina, Saskatchewan. The new transmitter will also replace CKSF-FM at Prince Albert which was previously owned by Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, a community-owned rebroadcaster of CBKF-FM Regina.Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-246
CBKF-FM Regina – New transmitter in Prince Albert, ''CRTC'', August 7, 2020 The new call sign become CBKF-FM-6.

References

External links

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