CBKF-FM
CBKF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Radio-Canada Première">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Radio-Canada Première network on 97.7 FM at Regina, Saskatchewan.
History
The station was launched on April 24, 1975. In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone community radio stations, CFRG in Gravelbourg and CFNS in Saskatoon, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF. The stations were recalled as CBKF-1 and CBKF-2, respectively.The CFRG calls are now used by a French-language community station in Gravelbourg operating at 93.1 FM.
A community group in Prince [Albert, Saskatchewan|Prince Albert], the Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, held a separate license to rebroadcast CBKF's programming in that city. The 3,000 watt class B community-owned rebroadcaster CKSF-FM 90.1 has gone off the air to be replaced by Ici Radio-Canada Première's CBKF-FM Regina in 2020.
On May 30, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's request to increase CBKF-FM's wattage from 13,700 watts to 22,300 watts, with a decrease in the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 153 to 146.2 metres.