- CFOS (AM)
Infobox Radio Station
name = CFOS
airdate = 1940
frequency = 560 kHz (AM)
city =Owen Sound ,Ontario
format = talk/oldies
owner =Bayshore Broadcasting
erp = 7.5 kW
branding = "560 CFOS"
slogan = "The Oldies You Want. The Information You Need"
class =
website = [http://www.560cfos.ca/ www.560cfos.ca]
callsign_meaning =CFOS is an AM
radio station broadcasting from downtownOwen Sound ,Ontario ,Canada . They playoldies and news, and are branded as 560 CFOS. 560 CFOS is owned and operated by Bayshore Broadcasting of Owen Sound.History
The station originally began broadcasting in 1940 at 1370 kHz, and changed frequencies to 1400 kHz on
March 29 ,1941 and again to 1470 kHz in 1947. In 1958, CFOS again changed frequencies from 1470 to its current frequency at 560 kHz.On
June 21 ,1978 , CFOS opened a semi-satellite station CFPS-AM at Port Elgin and CFPS was given approval by theCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 2005 to convert to theFM band at 97.9MHz .The CRTC denied an application by the station to convert to FM in February 2008. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2008/db2008-25.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-25] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.560cfos.ca/ CFOS]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=315&historyID=108 CFOS History from the Canadian Communications Foundation]
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