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CFGN-FM is an FM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971 at 1230 kHz, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Stingray Group. CFGN carries the entire VOCM lineup except for a block of programming from CFCB on weekday mornings and for a six-hour block on Saturday mornings. CFGN also has a repeater in St. Andrew's, CFCV-FM at 97.7 MHz.
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| dbo:abstract | CFGN-FM is an FM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971 at 1230 kHz, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Stingray Group. CFGN carries the entire VOCM lineup except for a block of programming from CFCB on weekday mornings and for a six-hour block on Saturday mornings. CFGN also has a repeater in St. Andrew's, CFCV-FM at 97.7 MHz. On April 2, 2001, the sale of Humber Valley Broadcasting Co. Ltd. to Newcap Inc. was approved. This included CFGN and other radio stations such as: * CFCB Corner Brook * CFDL-FM Deer Lake * CFNW Port-aux-Choix * CFNN-FM St. Anthony * CFSX Stephenville * CFCV-FM St. Andrew's * CFLN Goose Bay * CFLW Wabush * CFLC-FM Churchill Falls On October 13, 2016, Newcap applied to convert CFGN to 96.7 FM. The move was completed on November 1, 2017, and the old AM transmitter was shut down. (en) |
| dbo:alias | 590 VOCM (en) |
| dbo:callsignMeaning | Coming From the Gateway to Newfoundland |
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| dbo:formerCallsign | CFGN (1971-2017) |
| dbo:frequency | 96700000.000000 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:owner | dbr:Stingray_Group |
| dbo:programmeFormat | dbr:All-news_radio dbr:Talk_radio dbr:Classic_hits |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.ncc.ca/stationdetails.asp%3Fid=14 http://www.vocm.com/ |
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| dbp:airdate | 1973 (xsd:integer) 1971-08-07 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:branding | 590 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:callsignMeaning | Coming From the Gateway to Newfoundland (en) |
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| dbp:format | dbr:All-news_radio dbr:Talk_radio dbr:Classic_hits |
| dbp:formerCallsigns | CFGN (en) |
| dbp:formerFrequencies | 1230.0 (dbd:kilohertz) |
| dbp:frequency | 96.7 (dbd:megahertz) |
| dbp:name | CFGN-FM (en) |
| dbp:owner | dbr:Stingray_Group |
| dbp:website | http://www.vocm.com/ |
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| dct:subject | dbc:Radio_stations_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador dbc:News_and_talk_radio_stations_in_Canada dbc:Stingray_Group_radio_stations |
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| rdfs:comment | CFGN-FM is an FM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 96.7 MHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971 at 1230 kHz, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Stingray Group. CFGN carries the entire VOCM lineup except for a block of programming from CFCB on weekday mornings and for a six-hour block on Saturday mornings. CFGN also has a repeater in St. Andrew's, CFCV-FM at 97.7 MHz. (en) |
| rdfs:label | CFGN-FM (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:CFGN-FM https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4eQu3 |
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| geo:long | -59.121944 (xsd:float) |
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| foaf:homepage | http://www.vocm.com/ |
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| foaf:name | CFGN-FM (en) |
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| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:CFGN-FM |