CFRN (AM)

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CFRN
CFRN-AM2010.jpg
City of license Edmonton, Alberta
Broadcast area Edmonton Capital Region
Branding The Team 1260
Slogan Edmonton's Sports Radio
Frequency 1260 kHz (AM)
First air date April 17, 1927 as CHMA
Format Sports
Power 50,000 watts
Class A
Transmitter coordinates 53°27′8.3″N 113°40′52.6″W / 53.452306°N 113.681278°W / 53.452306; -113.681278Coordinates: 53°32′30.5″N 113°38′29″W / 53.541806°N 113.64139°W / 53.541806; -113.64139 (The Team 1260)
Callsign meaning Rice and Nielsen
Owner Astral Media
Sister stations CFBR-FM, CFMG-FM
Webcast Listen live
Website The Team 1260

CFRN is a Canadian clear-channel radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Astral Media and broadcasting at 1260 kHz on the AM radio dial, the station airs an all-sports format, branded as The Team 1260. It is the only sports station owned by Astral Media, and was also the only sports station owned by its former owner, Standard Broadcasting.

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[edit] History

In 1927, the station originally launched as CHMA at 580 AM. In the 1930s, CHMA became CFTP.

During the 1930s, the station changed its calls from CFTP to its current call sign, CFRN. Later that decade, the station moved to its current frequency, 1260 AM.

In 1936, the station moved from 1260 to 960 AM. In 1941, CFRN moved back to 1260 AM.

On July 1, 1998, CFRN flipped from adult standards to oldies, debuting Standard Radio's new oldies network, with CISL in Vancouver, delivered via Anik satellite. The new oldies network replaced the former Satellite Radio Network service.

[edit] The Team 1260

The Team 1260 came into being in 2002 with the change to the sports radio format. Prior to that, CFRN had been simulcasting the oldies format of sister station CISL in Vancouver. As a part of The Team national sports radio network, Team 1260 had to quickly adapt to life without the national network when CHUM pulled the plug on the national sports network in August 2002.

The Team 1260 features more hours of local sports broadcasting than any other radio station in the Edmonton market. While not broadcasting local programming, the Team 1260 broadscasts content from ESPN Radio, the Fan Radio Network (including Prime Time Sports) and other syndicated programming such as the Jim Rome Show.

The station's studios are located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shares studio space with its former sister station, CTV O&O CFRN-TV.

[edit] Local programming

[edit] Daily

  • Nielson and Fraser in the Morning - featuring Dustin Nielson and Wil Fraser ; Monday to Friday from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
  • Inside Hockey - featuring Dustin Nielson; Monday to Friday from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
  • The Mark Spector Show - featuring Mark Spector from Rogers Sportsnet from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • The Jason Gregor Show - Hosted by Jason Gregor, weekdays from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (this show formerly had the 9 to Midnight time slot). Jason has regular weekly co-hosts including TSN reporter Ryan Rishaug, and journalist Robin Brownlee.
  • Edmonton Sports Night Live - Hosted by Corey Graham, weeknights from 9:00 PM to Midnight; on Oiler and Eskimo game nights, the show consists primarily of post-game coverage.

[edit] Weekly or bi-weekly

  • Nation Radio - Hosted by Allan Mitchell, AKA Lowetide Saturdays at 12 Noon
  • Krush Sports Performance Show - Hosted by Jeff Krushell, Craig Moonen; weekly
  • The Pipeline Show - Hockey program hosted by Global Edmonton's Dean Millard and columnist Guy Flaming; weekly

[edit] Former Shows and Games

Sports Talk host John Short in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics
  • Cracker-Cats Show - Hosted by Al Coates
  • Sports-Xtra - Hosted by Tony Fiorello and Ron Rimer
  • Edmonton Cracker-Cats live play-by-play - Games were carried on the Team 1260 during the first two years of the franchise. Al Coates handled the play by play
  • Total Sports - Hosted by Bob Stauffer; featuring the 'Total Sports Dream Team' of co-hosts
  • What's Going On - Hosted by Jason Jones, Corey Graham and Nadine Woudstra
  • Sports Talk - Hosted by John Short
  • More on Sports - featuring play-by-play veteran Bryn Griffiths and Jake Daniels (the "voice of the fan").
  • Way Offside - Hosted by Jake Daniels

[edit] Live sports

The Team 1260 is the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts:

The Team 1260 also features live coverage of the following:

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A+ Reward Program • Astral Digital • Astral Mix • Astral Out-of-Home • Astral RadioPlus • Astral TVPlus • Palmares.ca
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