CFDR (AM)

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CFDR

City of license	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Broadcast area	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Branding	Classic Country 780 KIXX
First air date	December 5, 1962
Frequency	780 KHz (AM)
Format	Country music
Owner	Newcap Broadcasting
Website	http://www.780kixx.ca/

CFDR is a Canadian AM radio station licensed to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and serving the Halifax area. Broadcasting at 780 kHz, it offers a classic country format and brands itself Classic Country 780 KIXX.

Originally owned by Patterson Broadcasters (C.A. "Arnie" Patterson), CFDR first hit the airwaves in 1962. It made its home on various spots on the dial, first on 790 AM, then moving to 680 AM in 1978, then up to 780 AM in 1991.

CFDR was an easy listening station until 1987, when it changed its format to Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR). The format change was frowned upon by fans of the Easy Listening format in the Halifax area. It generated many complaints to the CRTC, as well as the station itself, but the format change stood until it switched to the country format in December 1993. As of October 19, 2006, Newcap is applying to the CRTC to move CFDR to the FM band at 88.9 MHz. It is proposing to drop its country format in favour of alternative rock, partly because another Halifax station, CHFX-FM, also airs country music. The station will be branded "LIVE 88.9", patterned after NewCap's Ottawa station LIVE 88.5.

CFDR and sister station CFRQ-FM (Q104) are owned by Newcap Broadcasting.