CFRA
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| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | National Capital Region |
| Branding | 580 CFRA |
| Slogan | Ottawa's Home for Breaking News |
| Frequency | 580 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 3, 1947 |
| Format | talk radio |
| Power | 50 kW (day) / 30 kW (night) (increase night power from 10 kW to 30 kW approved on September 26, 2012) |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | C Frank RyAn |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media Radio) |
| Sister stations | CFGO, CJMJ-FM, CKKL-FM, CJOH-DT, CHRO-TV |
| Website | www.cfra.com |
Coordinates: 45°25′39.1″N 75°41′28.2″W / 45.427528°N 75.691167°W
CFRA is a conservative talk radio station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. The station broadcasts at 580 kHz on the AM band. CFRA's studios are located in the Bell Media Building on George Street in the ByWard Market, while its 4-tower transmitter array is located near Manotick.
Frank Ryan founded the station, which began broadcasting with a 1000 watt transmitter at 560 kHz on May 3, 1947. The first studios were located at the Ottawa Auditorium on O'Connor Street, where the station spent its first ten years. In 1962, the station moved to its present frequency (580 kHz) and increased its daytime power to 50 kW, and nighttime power to 10 kW.
After Ryan's death in 1965, ownership of the station passed to his wife Kathleen, who subsequently sold CFRA and sister station CFMO-FM to CHUM Limited in 1968.
Between 1980 and 1984 on Saturday afternoons from 2 to 5pm; CFRA had once held an Oldies Show by Satellite that was hosted by American comedian Gary Owens, formerly of the Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV show; it was entitled Soundtrack Of The Sixties, where song requests were offered by postcard to the station as an entry towards the yearly-end prize.
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