CFCW (AM)

CFCW

City	Camrose, Alberta
Slogan	Alberta's country legend!
Frequency	840 KHz (AM)
First air date	November 2, 1954
Format	Country music
Power	50 kW (day) 40 kW (night)^[1]
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	52°57′40″N 112°57′36″W / 52.96111°N 112.96000°W / 52.96111; -112.96000Coordinates: 53°31′21″N 113°37′40″W / 53.52250°N 113.62778°W / 53.52250; -113.62778 (CFCW)
Callsign meaning	Canada's Finest Country and Western
Owner	Newcap Radio
Sister stations	CFCW-FM, CIRK-FM, CKRA-FM
Website	www.cfcw.com

For CFCW's FM sister station, see CFCW-FM.

CFCW is a Canadian radio station in Camrose, Alberta broadcasting at 840 AM. The station is owned and operated by Newcap Radio. CFCW also has studios in the NewCap Broadcast Centre in West Edmonton Mall. CFCW airs a "traditional country music" format with a mix of classic and current country hits.

CFCW is currently ranked #6 and the 3rd most listened-to AM station in the market according to the Fall 2014 Numeris data report.^[2] Most of the stations listeners live in rural areas outside Edmonton.

History

Former logo

CFCW started on November 2, 1954 on 1230 kHz, with 250 watts power.
In 1958, the station increased transmitter power up to 1,000 watts.
In 1961, the station changed frequencies to 790 kHz, with 10,000 watts power.
In 1976, the station increased transmitter power again to 50,000 watts, serving the Edmonton area as well.
In 2005, CFCW-FM signed on.
On August 1, 2015, CFCW moved from 790 AM to 840 AM.

On July 28, 2008, Newcap applied to amend the licence by changing its frequency from 790 kHz to 840 kHz.^[3] The application was approved;^[4] however, the move was essentially voided when the station then at 830 kHz in Wainwright, Alberta was denied permission to move to FM.^[5] The Wainwright station ultimately re-applied for—and got—permission to move to FM;^[6] as a result, in spring 2015, CFCW began advertising a pending move to the 840 frequency. On August 1, 2015, CFCW officially moved from 790 AM to 840 AM with nighttime power reduced to 40,000 kW to protect the cross-continent clear-channel service of WHAS, in Louisville, KY.

Former logo of CFCW at 790 kHz

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Radio stations in Edmonton, Alberta

AM	CHED 630 CBX 740 CFCW 840 CHQT 880 CJCA 930 CFRN 1260 NEW 1650

FM	CJSR 88.5 CKAV-4 89.3 (defunct) CHFA 90.1 CBX 90.9 CHBN 91.7 CKNG 92.5 CJLD 93.1 CBX-FM-2 93.9 CKUA 94.9 CKEA 95.7 CKRA 96.3 CIRK 97.3 CFWE 98.5 CIUP 99.3 CFBR 100.3 CBCX-FM-1 101.1 CKER 101.7 CKNO 102.3 CHDI 102.9 CISN 103.9 CFMG 104.9 CJRY 105.9 CJNW 107.1 CKFT 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Desh Punjab Radio

Alberta radio markets Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer See also List of radio stations in Alberta Edmonton portal

Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (Newcap Radio)

Corporate directors	Harold R. Steele Michael MacDonald David Matheson Robert G. Steele Donald Warr

AM stations	CFCB CFCW CFGN CFNW CFSX CHCM CISL CJYQ CKCM CKDQ CKGA CKIM CKJR CKVO VOCM

FM stations	CFCV CFCW CFDL CFLC CFLN CFLW CFNN CFRK CFRQ CFXE CFXH CFXJ CFXL CFXW CHBM CHFT CHHI CHLG CHNI CHNO CHRK CHSL CHSP CHTN CHVO CIBQ CIGM CIGV CIHT CIJK CILB CILR CILV CIRK CIXF CIZZ CJEG CJMO CJPR CJXK CJXL CKBA CKCH CKGY CKKY CKIX CKKO CKMP CKQK CKRA CKSA CKSQ CKUL CKVH CKWB CKWY CKXD CKXG CKXX CKZZ VOCM

Television stations	CITL CKSA

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