CFBR-FM

CFBR-FM

City of license	Edmonton, Alberta
Branding	100.3 The Bear
Slogan	Edmonton's Best Rock
Frequency	100.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	1951
Format	Active rock
ERP	100 kW
Class	C
Transmitter coordinates	53°27′47″N 113°20′6.5″W
Callsign meaning	BeaR
Owner	Astral Media
Sister stations	CFRN, CFMG-FM
Webcast	Listen live
Website	100.3 The Bear

CFBR-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting an active rock format at 100.3 on the FM dial in Edmonton, Alberta. The station uses the brand name 100.3 The Bear.

The station was launched in 1951 by Sunwapta Broadcasting as CFRN-FM, simulcasting the AM programming of CFRN. It launched separate programming in 1964, and adopted the callsign CKXM in 1979. The station was subsequently sold to CAP Communications in 1988, and adopted the callsign CJKE the following year.

The station was then acquired by Standard Broadcasting in 1992, and adopted the current CFBR calls.

On September 28, 2007, the CRTC approved the sale of CFBR and all Standard Radio assets to Astral Media.

The Bear is rebroadcast in Jasper on 92.3fm

In 2008, CFBR was rated as the third most listened to station in the Edmonton market. But by the Fall 2011 book, it had dropped to #6.

The station's on-air line up includes The Paul Brown Show in the morning, featuring Paul Brown, Yukon Jack, Gillian Foote and Ry My. Lochlin Cross hosts the mid-day show, Scott McCord on the afternoon drive show,Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx featuring Shecky and Ryan G on evenings as well as The Saturday Night All Request Bear Bash hosted by Shecky

Popular Contest's and Features on The Bear include: The Paul Brown Show's Really Tough Contest which has listeners compete in extremely difficult tasks such as Cowboy Poker, Scarification, make out with your sister ect for a $50,000 prize. Paul vs Yukon which pits the two morning show hosts against each other in all sorts of different contests such as MMA events or draq queen competitions. Will it Hurt where Scott McCord puts "The Unbreakable" Lucas Holt into painful situations and asks the question "did it hurt?"

The station is also known for having their own rock band called The Bear Band. Members of the band include, Ry My on lead vocals and guitar, "The Unbreakable" Lucas Holt on bass, Lochlin Cross on harmonica and Paul Brown on the drums. The Bear Band are known for playing many of The Bear events such as The Halloween Howler and The Bears New years eve Bash and have opened for bands such as Dr. Hook , Tupelo Honey, The Headstones and Live. The Bear Band has a single called The Oilers H.O.P.E. song written about the Edmonton Oilers available on itunes

Former Bear announcers include, Fearless Fred, Cub Carson, Matt Mauler, Todd "The God" James, Park Warden, Terry Evans and Shauna Prince

Notes

CFBR was formerly the callsign of an AM station in Brockville, Ontario, known today as CFJR, and was also a former callsign of another AM radio station in Sudbury, which is now known as CHYC-FM.

External links

• 100.3 The Bear
• CFBR-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFBR-FM