CFRW (AM)

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CFRW is an AM radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, broadcasting at a frequency of 1290 kHz. The station plays an oldies format and is owned by CTVglobemedia.

The station first went on the air as CJQM, at 1470 kHz, on November 1, 1963. The callsign changed to CFRW in 1969. Purchased by CHUM in 1974, the station's frequency changed in the mid-1970s to the more accessible 1290 kHz, although the station branded itself as "13 CFRW". CFRW played a contemporary music format until 1987, when it switched to soft rock, with a callsign and branding change to CIFX ("1290 Fox"). The station changed formats several more times, including to talk radio in 1995, pop standards in 1999 and sports (as part of CHUM's now-defunct "The Team" network) in 2001. The CFRW callsign and oldies format returned in August 2002, competing with KY-58 in the format before that station moved to the FM dial and changed to an adult comtemporary format in 2004.

CFRW airs all games of the Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball team. For several years in the early 1980s it broadcast Winnipeg Blue Bombers football, with play-by-play voice Ron Oakes and Rob Glazier.

In 2007 CFRW along with the other CHUM stations were sold to CTVglobemedia.

Current Announcers:

Don Percy - Mornings

Raccoon Carney - Afternoons

American Gold with Dick Bartley - Weekends

Buster Beau Dean - Saturday afternoons

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Winnipeg	CJOB 680 • CKJS 810 • CBW 990 • CKSB 1050 • CFRW 1290 • CKSB-FM 89.9 • CKXL 91.1 • CITI 92.1 • CKIC 92.9 • CHIQ 94.3 • CHVN 95.1 • CKUW 95.9 • CJKR 97.5 • CBW-FM 98.3 • CJGV 99.1 • CFWM 99.9 • CHNK 100.7 • CJUM 101.5 • CKY-FM 102.3 • CKMM 103.1 • CJNU 104.7 • CFEQ 107.1 • CJWV 107.9

Selkirk	CFQX 104.1 • CICY 105.5

Manitoba Radio Markets: Brandon / Westman Region • Winnipeg See also: List of radio stations in Manitoba

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