CFCY (AM)
| City | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
|---|---|
| Branding | 95.1 FM CFCY |
| Slogan | The Island's Country |
| Frequency | 95.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1925 (experimental as 10AS 1924-1925) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 100 kWs Horizontal polarization only |
| HAAT | 253 meters (830 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | randomly assigned |
| Owner | Maritime Broadcasting System |
| Sister stations | CHLQ-FM, CJRW-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.cfcy.fm |
CFCY-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 95.1 FM in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with a country music format branded on-air as 95.1 CFCY. The station is owned & operated by the Maritime Broadcasting System. The station was first launched by radio pioneer Keith Rogers on August 15, 1924 as 10AS on 250 meters. In 1925, the station was granted a full license as CFCY, broadcasting at 960 AM. It is considered one of the oldest radio stations in the Atlantic provinces. In 1931, it moved to 580 AM, and then to its final AM position at 630 in 1933.
Originally known as "The Friendly Voice of the Maritimes", the location in the centre of the Gulf of St. Lawrence allowed CFCY's 5,000-watt daytime signal to reach portions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and New England as well as most of the Maritime provinces.
Rogers wanted to expand into television, but died in 1954. His company, Island Broadcasting, passed on to his family including his widow Flora, and daughter Betty Rogers Large as well as son-in-law Bob Large. They fulfilled his dream of bringing television to the Island when CFCY-TV first launched on July 1, 1956.
The CFCY stations were both CBC affiliates. However, in 1969, CFCY-TV was sold directly to the CBC as CBCT-TV. The radio station remained a CBC affiliate until 1977, when the company opened CBCT-FM in Charlottetown, at that time, Island Broadcasting was renamed Eastern Broadcasting. The station was then sold to Maritime Broadcasting in 1986.
The station has deep roots in traditional country music, bringing "Don Messer" to national recognition throughout the 1940s and 1950s. National broadcasts over the CBC network from CFCY lead to the Messer group gaining stature as the "most popular group in Canada during the mid-20th century", eventually helping the group make their successful jump from radio to television. The station's varied mix of music saw very little competition until the arrival of FM radio which led to rebranding in a country music format since 1996.
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