CHFA (AM)

Infobox Radio Station


name = CHFA
airdate = 1949
frequency = 680 AM
erp = 10 kW
class = B
branding = Première Chaîne
city = Edmonton, Alberta
area = Alberta
format = Public broadcasting
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owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Première Chaîne]

CHFA is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Edmonton, Alberta. The station, which broadcasts on 680 AM, was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service to Edmonton.

The station was directly acquired by the network in 1974.

Rebroadcasters

CHFA serves the whole province of Alberta through a network of rebroadcast transmitters:
* Calgary - FM 103.9
* Edmonton - FM 101.1
* Falher - FM 103.7
* Fort McMurray - FM 101.5
* Grande Prairie - FM 90.5
* Hinton - FM 100.7
* Lethbridge - FM 104.3
* Medicine Hat - FM 100.5
* Peace River - FM 92.5
* Red Deer - FM 103.5

External links

* [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/alberta/index.shtml radio-canada.ca Alberta region]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1224&historyID=48 CHFA history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
*RecnetCanada|CHFA