CFUR-FM

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CFUR-FM
City of license	Prince George, British Columbia
Frequency	88.7 MHz (FM)
Format	campus radio
ERP	510 watts
Class	A
Owner	University of Northern British Columbia (Education Alternative Radio Society)
Website	CFUR-FM

CFUR-FM is a Canadian FM radio station, broadcasting at FM 88.7 in Prince George, British Columbia. A campus radio station based at the University of Northern British Columbia. The "FUR" (as it is known colloquially) is governed by the Education Alternative Radio Society, a non-profit corporation consisting of students and other community members who promote CFUR via membership drives, fundraisers, and on-air broadcasting.

History

The station was originally licenced by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on September 12, 2001 as a developmental campus/community station, a licence process created by the CRTC to encourage and streamline the creation of campus and community radio stations.^[1] The station was subsequently granted a full Class A license in 2007.^[2]

Blackfoot's "Highway Song" was the first song broadcast on September 12, 2001.

CFUR-FM is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association

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v t e Radio stations in British Columbia's Northern Interior

Prince George	CFUR 88.7 CFPG 90.3 CBYG 91.5 CFIS 93.1 CIRX 94.3 CBUF-4 95.5 CJCI 97.3 CKDV 99.3 CKKN 101.3

Bulkley-Nechako	CFBV 870

Kitimat-Stikine	CFTK 590 CFNR 92.1 CKTK 97.7 CJFW 103.1

Prince Rupert	CHTK 99.1 CFPR 860 CIAJ 100.7

Northern Rockies	CBPT 99.3 CKRX 102.3

Peace River	CJDC 890 CHET 94.5 CHRX 98.5 CKFU 100.1 CKNL 101.5

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: 53°53′36″N 122°48′48″W / 53.89333°N 122.81333°W / 53.89333; -122.81333

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