CFAC (AM)

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CFAC is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at AM 960 in Calgary, Alberta. The station, owned by Rogers Communications, broadcasts sports programming with the brand name The Fan 960.

The station was launched on May 2, 1922 by the Calgary Herald with the call sign CQCA. It changed its callsign to CHCQ a week later, and to the current CFAC in August of that year. Taylor, Pearson & Carson, a company which would eventually become Selkirk Communications, became a minority partner in the station in 1934. The station was a private affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936.

Like most early radio stations, CFAC changed frequencies a number of times (see Canadian allocations changes under NARBA), and settled at 960 in 1941.

The station dropped its CBC affiliation in 1964, when CBR was launched. Selkirk became the station's sole owner in 1972, and was acquired by Maclean-Hunter in 1989. Maclean Hunter, in turn, was bought out by Rogers Communications in 1994.

In 1983, CFAC launched CFHC in Canmore to re-broadcast programs from CFAC, up until 1992.

In 2001, CFAC dropped the country music format which had been the station's staple for decades and adopted its current sports format as an affiliate of CHUM Limited's The Team sports network. It retained sports programming, but was rebranded as The Fan, when the Team network was discontinued in 2002.

Rogers also owns CFFR, CHFM and CKIS in the city.

Mike Richards in the Morning is a morning show that runs from 6am-9am local time weekdays. It is one of the most popular morning shows on Calgary radio and often features fake phone calls and songs(performed by Richards) from or about local and international sports celebrities.

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Radio stations in Calgary, Alberta
Station/Frequency CFFR 660 • CHQR 770 • CFAC 960 • CBR 1010 • CKMX 1060 • CKAV-3 88.1 • CJSI 88.9 • CBCX 89.7 • CFUL 90.3 • CJSW 90.9 • CJAY 92.1 • CFEX 92.9 • CKUA-1 93.7 • CHKF 94.7 • CHFM 95.9 • CKIS 96.9 • CIBK 98.5 • CBR-1 99.1 • CFXL 100.9 • CKCE 101.5 • CBR 102.1 • CIQX 103.1 • CBRF 103.9 • CKRY 105.1 • CFGQ 107.3

Alberta Radio Markets: Calgary • Edmonton

See also: List of radio stations in Alberta
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Cable television: The Biography Channel · CPAC · G4techTV Canada · OLN1 · Rogers Sportsnet · Rogers Television3 · Télévision Rogers3 · TVtropolis  · The Shopping Channel · Viewers Choice
Conventional television: OMNI Television: CFMT  · CHXC  · CHXE  · CIIT4  · CJMT  · Citytv: CITY  · CHMI  · CKAL  · CKEM  · CKVU  · Independent: CHNU4
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Radio stations: CFAC  · CFFR  · CFRV  · CFSR  · CFTR  · CHEZ · CHFI · CHFM · CHMN · CHNI · CHTT · CHUR · CHYM · CICX2 · CIGM · CIOC · CISQ · CISS · CISW · CITI · CIWW · CJAQ · CJCL · CJET · CJMX · CJNI · CJQM · CJQQ · CJRQ · CJRX · CKAT · CKBY · CKCL · CKER · CKFX · CKGB · CKGL · CKIS · CKLG · CKNI · CKQC · CKSR · CKWX · CKY
Notes 1Co-owned with CTVglobemedia and Comcast. Rogers currently does not manage the channel. There is a sale pending that will give 100% control of OLN to Rogers.
2Sale to Larche Communications pending; if approved, Rogers will acquire CIKZ in the same transaction.
3These channels are only available on Rogers Cable and are not available on satellite or through other cable service providers.
4 As a condition of the CRTC approval of Citytv, Rogers must sell these stations in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in one market. These stations are now being sold to S-VOX pending CRTC approval.
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