CFWH (AM)
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| City of license | Whitehorse, Yukon |
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| Broadcast area | Yukon |
| Branding | CBC Radio One CBC North |
| Frequency | 570 KHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1951 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| ERP | 5,000 watts (day), 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C F WhiteHorse |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | CBC North |
CFWH is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 570 AM in Whitehorse, Yukon. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North.
See also CFWH-TV.
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[edit] History
CFWH was launched in 1951 as a local community station on AM 1340. On November 10, 1958 it was taken over by the CBC as the first station of the newly formed CBC Northern Radio Service. CFWH received CBC news and topical programs by picking up CBX 1010 (later 740) Edmonton and relaying the broadcast. Tapes recorded in Montreal, Quebec were also flown in on regular airline flights. Eventually the station was linked into the primary CBC network feed.
In 1960, the frequency was changed to 1240 and then to 570 in 1964.
[edit] Local programming
CFWH produces all of CBC Radio's local programs in the Yukon, including A New Day on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Lunch Break, The Afternoon Show in the afternoons, and The Weekender on weekend mornings.
The station also produces Recontres, a weekly French language program for the Franco-Yukonnais community which airs in the network's Saturday afternoon block for local cultural programming. Although Whitehorse itself is served by a rebroadcaster of the Première Chaîne station from Vancouver, that network does not originate any French programming in the Yukon.
[edit] Rebroadcasters
CFWH has the following rebroadcasters:
- CBDB - Watson Lake - 990
- CBDC - Mayo - 1230
- CBDF-FM - Haines Junction - 103.5
- CBDK - Teslin - 940
- CBDL-FM - Destruction Bay - 105.1
- CBDM - Beaver Creek - 690
- CBDN - Dawson City - 540
- CBDX - Swift River - 970
- CBQF - Carmacks - 990
- CBQJ - Ross River - 990
- CBQK-FM - Faro - 105.1
- CBUA-FM - Atlin, British Columbia - 90.1
Community-owned rebroadcasters :
- VF2041 - Pelly Crossing - 100.1
- VF2048 - Stewart Crossing -100.9
- VF2211 - Horse Camp Hill - 93.3
- VF2259 - Ferry Hill - 106.1
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