CFGN

CFGN

Broadcast area	Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding	CFGN 1230
Slogan	Local News Now
Frequency	1230 kHz (AM)
First air date	August 7, 1971, as a repeater; 1973 as a local station
Format	News/Talk/Country music
Power	250 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Coming From the Gateway to Newfoundland
Owner	Newcap Broadcasting

CFGN is an AM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 1230 kHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Newcap Broadcasting.

Currently, in the daytime, CFGN serves as a repeater to CFSX and at night serves as a repeater to CFCB in Corner Brook.

CFGN also has a repeater in the Codroy Valley, CFCV on 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 and its transmitters;
  • CFDL-FM Deer Lake
  • CFNW Port-aux-Choix
  • CFNN-FM St. Anthony
  • CFSX Stephenville
• CFCV-FM St. Andrew's and CFLN Goose Bay and its transmitters;
  • CFLW Wabush and CFLC-FM Churchill Falls

External links

• NewCap Radio - CFGN information
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFGN
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFCV-FM

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