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| City of license | Calgary, Alberta |
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| Broadcast area | Calgary, Alberta |
| Branding | The Fan 960 |
| Slogan | Calgary's Sports Radio |
| Frequency | 960 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 2, 1922 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C FAn Calgary (the callsign predates its branding by 80 years) |
| Former callsigns | CQCA |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Sister stations | CFFR, CHFM-FM, CJAQ-FM, CJCO-TV, CKAL-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | The Fan 960 |
CFAC is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at AM 960 in Calgary, Alberta. The station, owned by Rogers Communications, broadcasts sports programming with the brand name The Fan 960.
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History
CFAC was launched on May 2, 1922 by the Calgary Herald with the call sign CQCA (no radio and TV stations in Canada use "CQ" on the first half of their callsigns anymore). It changed its callsign to CHCQ a week later, and to the current CFAC in August of that year. Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a company which would eventually become Selkirk Communications, became a minority partner in the station in 1934. The station was a private affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936.
Like most early radio stations, CFAC changed frequencies a number of times (see Canadian allocations changes under NARBA), and settled at 960 in 1941.
The station dropped its CBC affiliation in 1964, when CBR was launched. Selkirk became the station's sole owner in 1972, and was acquired by Maclean-Hunter in 1989. Maclean Hunter, in turn, was bought out by Rogers Communications in 1994.
In 1983, CFAC launched CFHC in Canmore to re-broadcast programs from CFAC, up until 1992.
In 2001, CFAC dropped the country music format which had been the station's staple for decades and adopted its current sports format as an affiliate of CHUM Limited's The Team sports network. It retained sports programming, but was rebranded as The Fan, when the Team network was discontinued in 2002.
Rogers also owns Calgary stations CFFR, CHFM and CJAQ, which, along with CFAC, all broadcast from within the same building.
"Mike Richards in the Morning" is a morning show that runs from 6am-10am local time weekdays. It is one of the most popular morning shows on Calgary radio and often features fake phone calls, skits and songs (all performed by Richards) from or about local and international sports celebrities.
As of August 2008, The Fan was ranked 15th among Calgary radio stations with only a %1.9 share of the audience[1], arguably due to the niche market of the all-sports AM format.
On March 17 2009, it was announced on "The Big Show" that The Fan 960 would be dropping the ESPN Radio Syndicate and picking up Fox Sports Radio Syndicate. The change happened the week of March 23, 2009. The station has since returned to ESPN.
Live sports
The Fan 960 is the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts:
- Calgary Flames (NHL hockey), voiced by Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Peter Maher.
- Calgary Hitmen (WHL hockey)
The Fan 960 also features live coverage of the following:
- Toronto Blue Jays (MLB baseball)
- NFL Football (select games)
External links
- The Fan 960
- CFAC history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFAC
Notes
- ^ BBM Canada Radio Statistics
[1] (September 2008). Retrieved on November 11, 2008.
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