CHAK (AM)

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CHAK

Broadcast area	Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Branding	CBC Radio One
First air date	1960
Frequency	860 KHz (AM)
Format	public broadcasting
Callsign meaning	C H New Aklavik
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	CBC North

CHAK is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 860 AM in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network.

During the network's primary local programming breaks, CHAK airs the same programs as CFYK in Yellowknife, including The Trailbreaker on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Northwind, Trail's End in the afternoons, and Northern Air on weekend mornings.

However, the two stations both diverge from Radio One network programming in the afternoons, producing separate programming streams for their local First Nations communities. CHAK airs Nantaii in Gwich'in from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and Tusaavik in Inuvialuktun from 3:00 until 4 p.m.

[edit] Transmitters

CHAK also serves the following communities:

Aklavik - AM 1210, CBAK
Fort Good Hope - FM 105.1, CBQE
Fort McPherson - AM 690, CBQM
Norman Wells - AM 990, CBDW
Tuktoyaktuk - FM 106.1, CFCT
Tulita - AM 920, CBQI
Ulukhaktok - FM 105.1, CKHI

In addition, CHAK has two rebroadcasters in Nunavut, both in communities where CFFB, the CBC Radio One affiliate in Iqaluit, also broadcasts. This is done in order to provide CHAK's afternoon First Nations programming to these communities, as CFFB's afternoon schedule concentrates on programming in Inuktitut: