CFWH-FM

CFWH-FM

City	Whitehorse, Yukon
Broadcast area	Yukon
Branding	CBC Radio One CBC North
Frequency	94.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	1951 (AM) 2012 (FM)
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	3,300 watts
HAAT	420.5 m
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Canada's Finest WhiteHorse
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	CBC North

CFWH-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Whitehorse, Yukon. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network known as CBC North. Until its 2012 closure, CFWH's sister television station was CFWH-TV.

History

CFWH was launched in 1951 as a local community station on AM 1340 kHz. 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 kHz and then to 570 kHz in 1964.

On May 21, 2009, the CBC applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to convert CFWH from the AM dial (570 kHz) to the FM dial on the frequency 94.5 MHz. The station received approval on October 27, 2009.^[1] The FM frequency was launched on June 1, and the AM frequency was shut down on August 31, 2012.^[2]

On September 12, 2012, the CBC received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter in Whitehorse to rebroadcast CFWH-FM on the frequency of 95.3 MHz. The callsign will be CFWH-FM-1.^[3]

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 Midday Cafe, Airplay in the afternoons, and The Weekender on weekend mornings.

The station also produces Rencontres, 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 community-owned rebroadcaster of the Première station from Vancouver, that network does not originate any French programming in the Yukon.

Rebroadcasters

CFWH-FM has the following rebroadcasters:

CBDN Dawson City was a radio station which operated from the 1940s to the 1960s as CFYT.^[4]

On December 21, 2012, the CBC filed an application to convert Mayo rebroadcaster CBDC 1230 kHz to 104.9 MHz.^[5] The application was approved on May 8, 2013.^[6]

The CBC used to operate low-power rebroadcasters CBDD Elsa and CBDX Swift River; these rebroadcasters were deleted at the CBC's request by the CRTC on October 25, 2013.^[7]

Community-owned rebroadcasters

The following rebroadcasters are not owned by the CBC, but by independent community groups.

On June 22, 2017, the CRTC approved the application by Noah Gehmair, in his capacity as Manager, Technology Infrastructure, Government of Yukon. The RDU will rebroadcast the signal of CFWH-FM Whitehorse, Yukon, to the community of Mount Jubilee, Yukon in order to provide CBC Radio One programming to that community. The undertaking will distribute the programming service of CBC Radio One at 103.1 MHz (channel 276A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 340 watts (maximum ERP of 482 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 271.45 metres). ^[8]

References

External links

• CBC North
• CFWH history - Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFWH-FM
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFWH
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBDN

Coordinates: 60°39′34″N 134°53′04″W / 60.65944°N 134.88444°W / 60.65944; -134.88444