CFRM-FM

Infobox Radio Station


name = CFRM-FM
airdate = 2002
frequency = 100.7 MHz (FM)
area = Little Current, Ontario
format = country
owner = Manitoulin Radio Communication
erp = 1.83 kW
branding = The Island
slogan =
class = A
website = [http://www.theislandfm.com CFRM-FM]
callsign_meaning = C F Radio Manitoulin

CFRM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts at 100.7 FM in Little Current, Ontario. The station, owned by Manitoulin Radio Communication Inc., began operating in 2002 on 101.1 FM [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/eng/Decisions/2001/DB2001-578.htm CRTC Decision 2001-578] ] , and moved to its current frequency on March 19, 2007. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-376.htm CRTC Decision 2006-376] ]

The station, a community radio outlet, broadcasts a country music format branded as The Island.

In 2008, the station applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to add a rebroadcaster in Sudbury, citing that this "would allow Sudbury residents who own property on Manitoulin Island to stay connected by providing them with important information relating to local weather, marine and road reports and events specific to Manitoulin." That application was denied by the CRTC on April 29, 2008. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-90.htm CRTC Decision 2008-90] ]

Going green

CFRM has announced on its website that it is to become an environmentally friendly radio station. The project to go "green" are:

* Phase I - Installing a wind turbine with grid tie at the tower site to help power the transmitter plant. This project was completed mid June 2008.
* Phase II - Installing a vertical wind turbine at CFRM's studios located at 10 Campbell St. E., Little Current, Ontario. This project will be completed by October 2008.
* Phase III - Installing multiple wind turbines at the tower site effectively being a small wind farm putting excess power on the grid. To be completed by summer of 2009.

During its history as a low-power experimental station, CFRM has served a testbed for technologies, such as Ibiquity's IBOC digital radio system, which are rarely used elsewhere in Canada.

References

External links

* [http://www.theislandfm.com CFRM-FM]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1013&historyID=871 CFRM history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
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