CICF-FM
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz (FM) |
|---|---|
| Branding | Pure Country 105.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
| History | |
First air date | October 23, 1978 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 47,000 average watts 100,000 peak watts |
| HAAT | 71.2 metres (234 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 50°13′27.12″N 119°18′10.80″W / 50.2242000°N 119.3030000°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | iheartradio.ca/purecountry/vernon |
CICF-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 105.7 FM in Vernon, British Columbia with a country format branded on-air as Pure Country 105.7. The station is owned by Bell Media.
The station began broadcasting on October 23, 1978 on the AM band at 1050 kHz as CKAL. In 1981, CKAL added FM transmitters to rebroadcast the programming of CKAL AM Vernon in Nakusp, New Denver, and Kaslo, while another one was added to Armstrong/Enderby on 89.7 MHz in 1986. CKAL became CICF' in 1987. The rebroadcasters CICF-FM-2 New Denver and CICF-FM-3 Kaslo were granted to change their programming source from CICF Vernon to CKKC in Nelson in 1990, and CICF-FM-1 Nakusp was shut down in 1997 and taken over by CKKC Nelson. The CKAL calls are now used by a television station in Calgary, Alberta.
On November 28, 2001, CICF moved to FM band at 105.7 MHz,[1] and became hot adult contemporary station Sun FM. CICF was acquired by Astral Media in 2007 along with the former terrestrial broadcasting assets of Standard Radio. By 2010, CICF switched to CHR/Top 40. On November 19, 2020, the station flipped to country branded as Pure Country 105.7 becoming the latest Bell Media station to adopt the "Pure Country" branding. CIMX-FM in Windsor, Ontario and CJCJ-FM in Woodstock, New Brunswick have switched to the "Pure Country" format and branding on the same day.
References
External links
- Pure Country 105.7
- Template:History of Canadian Broadcasting
- CICF-FM in the REC Canadian station database