CFTE
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | TSN Radio 1410 |
| Frequency | 1410 kHz (AM) 103.5 MHz HD3 |
| First air date | April 10, 1922 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | B (regional) |
| Callsign meaning | CF TEam |
| Former callsigns | CJCE (1922) CFCQ (1922-1928) CKMO (1928-1955) CFUN (1955-1969) CKVN (1969-1973) CFUN (1973-2009) |
| Former frequencies | 450 metres (1922-1925), 730 kHz (1925-1933) |
| Affiliations | TSN Radio |
| Owner |
Bell Media (Bell Media British Columbia Radio Partnership) |
| Sister stations | CKST, CFBT-FM, CHQM-FM, CIVT-DT |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | TSN Radio 1410 |
CFTE is a Canadian Class B, 50,000 watt radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. On 1410 AM, it is owned by Bell Media and currently carries a sports format as TSN Radio 1410, a secondary station to CKST (TSN Radio 1040). 1410 AM is a North American regional broadcast frequency.
CFTE's studios are located on Second Avenue in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, while its transmitters are located near Delta.
CFUN first signed on the air on April 10, 1922 as CJCE at 750 AM, co-owned by Sprott-Shaw Schools of Commerce & Wireless Telegraphy and Radio Specialties Ltd., and operated on 5 watts of power. Radio Specialties opened CFCQ ten days later, on 450 meters with transmission power of 40 watts; the two stations were merged by Sprott-Shaw in 1924, with the unified operation assuming the CFCQ calls and increasing its power to 50 watts. CFCQ increased power again to 1,000 watts in 1925 and moved to 730 AM to share time with CKCD and Nanaimo station CFDC before cutting power back to 50 watts the following year.
CFCQ changed its call letters to CKMO in 1928 and moved to the Bekins Building, 815 West Hastings Street, in 1929, then switched frequencies to its present 1410 AM and moved to 812 Robson Street in 1933 before power returned to 1000 watts in 1941.
CKMO underwent major changes in 1955 when it was sold to Radio C-FUN Ltd., which changed the station's calls to CFUN on February 14 of that year (the CKMO calls are now used by a Victoria college campus station known as Village 900). In 1959, CFUN increased power to 10,000 watts and moved their studios to 1900 West 4th Avenue, then introduced a Top 40 music format in 1960 to challenge the supremacy of Vancouver rock-n-roll powerhouse CKWX (the former CFDC).
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