CFAC (AM)
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| City | Calgary, Alberta |
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| Branding | Sportsnet 960 The Fan |
| Slogan | Calgary's Sports Radio |
| Frequency | 960 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 2, 1922 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B (regional) |
| Callsign meaning | C FAn Calgary |
| Former callsigns | CQCA |
| Former frequencies | 400 metres (1922-1925) 690 kHz (1925-1933) 930 kHz (1933-1941) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media (Rogers Media, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | CFFR, CHFM-FM, CJAQ-FM, CKAL-DT, CJCO-DT, Sportsnet |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.sportsnet.ca/960 |
CFAC is an AM radio station serving Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Rogers Media, the station broadcasts a sports talk format branded as Sportsnet 960 The Fan—co-branded with the Sportsnet television channel also owned by Rogers.
CFAC broadcasts with a power of 50,000 watts 24 hours a day; the daytime signal is non-directional, and the nighttime signal is directional using a three-tower array located on Rainbow Road just east of the Calgary city limits, while its studios are located on 7th Avenue Southwest in downtown Calgary. CFAC is currently the only radio station in Canada broadcasting on 960 AM, although the CRTC has issued an approval for a new station on 960 AM in Mississauga, Ontario (near Toronto). CFAC is a regional broadcast station because of its frequency of 960 AM.
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.
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