CFRO-FM
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | Co-op Radio |
| Frequency | 100.5 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | April 14, 1975 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| ERP | 11,000 watts |
| HAAT | 570.7 metres |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°20′42″N 122°58′22″W / 49.344883°N 122.972894°WCoordinates: 49°20′42″N 122°58′22″W / 49.344883°N 122.972894°W |
| Former frequencies | 102.7 MHz (1975-2012) |
| Owner | Vancouver Co-operative Radio |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.coopradio.org |
CFRO-FM, licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a non-commercial community radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a legally registered co-operative and is branded as Co-op Radio. The station broadcasts on 100.5 megahertz FM and have studios and offices on Wall Street in east Vancouver, while its transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour. CFRO is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association.
CFRO-FM received its radio license from the CRTC on May 7, 1974.
The station first went on the air April 14, 1975, launched by people mostly from various local activist groups in Vancouver. The station airs programmes in four categories: public affairs and news, music, multi-lingual, and arts. The group producing each programme is mostly self-governing—within the co-operative frame.
On December 9, 2010, CFRO applied to exchange frequencies with CKPK-FM, which operated at 100.5 MHz. This application was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on September 9, 2011. The frequency swap occurred on September 10, 2012.
Public affairs programmes and subjects in English include Redeye (radio) (news and analysis on Saturday mornings), Wake Up With Co-op (three weekday mornings), The Brown Bagger (lectures and interviews four weekdays at noon), several programmes by and about aboriginal people, learning Coast Salish, Union Made (labour news), politics, women, international affairs (special programmes on Latin America, the Philippines, and Palestine), health, gay and lesbian, parenting, youth, the environment, animal rights, neighbourhood news, senior citizens, disabled people, yoga, and Democracy Now (from the USA).
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