CFPW-FM

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CFPW-FM
City of license	Powell River, British Columbia
Branding	95.7 Sun FM
Frequency	95.7 MHz
First air date	1967
Format	hot adult contemporary
ERP	5798 watts
Callsign meaning	Coming From PoWell River
Owner	Vista Broadcast Group
Website	95.7 Sun FM

CFPW-FM is a radio station that broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 95.7 FM in Powell River, British Columbia.

History

Originally owned by Sunshine Coast Broadcasting, the station began broadcasting at 1280 AM in 1967 with the call sign CHQB.

The station was later acquired by Vista Broadcast Group in 2005. Vista received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on May 18, 2007 to convert the station to FM, but was denied use of the proposed 94.1 FM frequency.^[1] On November 1, 2007, the station was given approval to use the current frequency 95.7 FM.^[2]

The station relaunched on FM on August 27, 2008.

References

External links

v t e Vista Broadcast Group

Corporate directors	Margot Micallef (President & CEO)

Radio stations (by call-sign)	CFBG CFBK CFBV CFCP CFFM CFGM CFIF CFLZ CFNA CFNI CFPW CFRI CFSF CFXN CFZN CHBY CHGK CHMS CHMT CHNV CHPB CIQC CIRX CIVH CJCD CJCI CJCS CJED CJFB CJJM CJSU CJUI CKAP CKBX CKCQ CKHT CKJN CKKV CKLM CKLP CKPP CKNR CKQR CKWL

See also	Haliburton Broadcasting Group

v t e Radio stations on Western and Northern Vancouver Island and the Northern Sunshine Coast, British Columbia

Campbell River	CHVI 88.7 CFIY 93.1 CIQC 99.7 CBYT 104.5

Cortes Island	CKTZ 89.5

Courtenay	CKLR 97.3 CFCP 98.9

Hornby Island	CHFR 96.5

Port Alberni	CHPA 90.9 CJAV 93.3 CBUF-FM-8 94.9 CBTQ-FM 98.1

Port Hardy	CFNI 1240 CBPD 103.7

Powell River	CJMP 90.1 CBUW 92.5 CFPW 95.7

Tofino	CHMZ 90.1 CBXZ 91.5 CJWC-FM-1 99.9 VF2380 104.7 Defunct: CHOO-FM

Ucluelet	CBXQ 540 CBPU 1260 CIMM 99.5 VF2381 104.9 CJWC 107.3

Adjacent Markets	Southwestern BC Mainland Victoria/South Vancouver Island

British Columbia radio markets Okanagan Prince George / Northern Interior Thompson-Cariboo Northern & Western Vancouver Island Southwest BC Mainland Greater Vancouver Victoria & Mid Island See also List of radio stations in British Columbia

Coordinates: 49°41′54″N 124°26′05″W / 49.69833°N 124.43472°W / 49.69833; -124.43472

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