CFPL is a

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owned by

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and based in

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power is 10,000

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s daytime, 5,000 watts nighttime. Broadcast frequency is 980 AM. CFPL uses a four-tower

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with differing patterns during the day and night. The station primarily airs

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, and

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programming, as well as

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hockey and

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games. The studios are located in downtown London, while its transmitter is located south of London at Wellington Road and Scotland Drive.

History

Originally CJGC, the station first went on the air at approximately 698

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, at a time when wavelength was usually used rather than

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. It later changed to 910 kHz, then, to avoid interference from a Mexican station at 909, moved to 595 kHz, which it maintained until it merged with CKOK

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to become

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in April 1933. During the 1920s and early 1930s, CJGC airtime was used from time to time by CNRL, a phantom station of the Canadian National Railways.CNRL-AM
at Canadian Communications Foundation's former South-Western Ontario Radio Stations In September 1933, the merger was dissolved and a new

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at 730 kHz went on the air with the call sign CFPL. The station was an affiliate of the

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from 1933 to 1936 when it became an affiliate of the new

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. It was an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network from 1944 to 1962 before that network was integrated into

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and then remained a CBC Radio affiliate for several years. The station changed frequency in 1941 to 1570 kHz, and in February 1949 it changed to 980 kHz. Like many other stations, it had to reduce transmitter power during the night. The CBC affiliation continued until 1978, when CBC established

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on 93.5

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, a rebroadcast transmitter of CBL in Toronto. The station played MOR and

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into the late 1990s (and featured

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music in some dayparts during the 1960s), but has since transitioned to 100%

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. On November 27, 2017, CFPL rebranded as ''Global News Radio 980 AM''.

References

External links

Global News Radio 980 CFPL
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