- CFFF-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = CFFF-FM
airdate = 1984
frequency = 92.7MHz (FM)
area =Peterborough, Ontario
format = community
owner =Trent Radio
erp = 700 watts (0.7 kW)
branding = Trent Radio
slogan =
class =
website = [http://www.trentradio.ca Trent Radio]
callsign_meaning =CFFF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 92.7 FM in
Peterborough, Ontario . The station, which uses the on-air name Trent Radio, was previously licensed as thecampus radio station of the city'sTrent University , but now operates under an independentcommunity radio license.The station was founded in 1968 by
Stephen Stohn (who is now a television producer of such series as ""), Christopher Ward (now a songwriter; work includesAlannah Myles ' hit "Black Velvet"), and Peter Northrop. At the time the station operated only four hours per week; it now operates 24 hours per day.In 1984, CFFF was given approval by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate at 96.3 FM, until the station moved to 92.7 FM in 1997. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1984/DB84-718.htm English-language student-community FM Decision CRTC 84-718] ] [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1997/DB97-25.htm Change in frequency and increase in power Decision CRTC 97-25] ]On
June 27 ,2005 , CFFF was authorized to increase effective radiated power from 250 to 700 watts and to relocate the transmitter and increase antenna height. The licensee stated that this will provide a better signal to serve Peterborough and the surrounding communities. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2005/db2005-259.htm CFFF-FM Peterborough – Technical change Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2005-259] ]Although the station is nominally connected to and funded by Trent University, it is governed by an independent board of directors rather than by the university itself. As a result, on
October 17 ,2007 , the CRTC issued CFFF a new license, officially reclassifying it as acommunity radio station. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-381.htm CFFF-FM Peterborough – New community radio station Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-381] ]References
External links
* [http://www.trentradio.ca Trent Radio]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=442&historyID=807 CFFF history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
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