| City of license | Terrace, British Columbia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Central and Northern British Columbia, Canada |
| Branding | CFNR Network, Classic Rock |
| Slogan | Canada's First Nations Radio |
| Frequency | varies by community, see Locations |
| First air date | unknown |
| Format | Classic rock music, sports |
| ERP | varies by community |
| Class | mostly local community repeaters |
| Callsign meaning | Canada's First Nations Radio |
| Owner | Northern Native Broadcasting |
| Website | CFNR-FM |
CFNR-FM is a Canadian radio station based in Terrace, British Columbia, owned and operated by Northern Native Broadcasting. The programming represents the First Nations communities in Northern British Columbia. Programming of CFNR-FM is distributed to numerous repeater stations in the region.
The station describes its music programming as classic rock format. Programming includes sports broadcasts such as the All-Native Tournament and Vancouver Canucks hockey.
CFNR received approval on July 20, 1992, Northern Native Broadcasting was granted a licence for an English-language and Native-language station at Terrace.[1] The same year, CFNR received approval to operate a number of transmitters in northern British Columbia.[2] In 1993, CFNR received approval to add more transmitters.[3] In 1994, CFNR received approval to add a transmitter at Terrace.[4] The most recent additions and a deletion of a transmitter were in 2007 and 2008.[5][6] More new transmitters may be added in the future.
Communities in which CFNR-FM is broadcast, with their FM frequencies (in MHz) and call sign (where known):
On August 7, 2009, Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace, B.C.) applied to the CRTC to add a transmitter at Seely Mountain, British Columbia on the frequency of 96.1 MHz with more transmitters in the Northern areas of British Columbia. This application was approved on December 10, 2009.[8]
On December 14, 2009, CFNR-FM received approval to add a transmitter at Hazelton, British Columbia (Seely Mountain) which will operate on the frequency at 98.1 MHz.[9]
On December 15, 2009, Kispiox First Nations Community Radio received approval to add a transmitter at Hazelton, British Columbia to operate on the frequency at 96.1 MHz and will also receive programming from CFNR-FM.[10]
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