CFGN

CFGN
Broadcast area	Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding	CFGN 1230
Slogan	Local News Now
Frequency	1230 kHz (AM)
First air date	August 7, 1971, as a repeater; 1973 as a local station
Format	News/Talk/Classic Hits
Power	250 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Coming From the Gateway to Newfoundland
Owner	Newcap Broadcasting

CFGN is an AM radio station in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, broadcasting at 1230 kHz. Originally launched as a repeater on August 7, 1971, it opened its own studios in 1973. In 1996, it became a repeater of CFSX. The station is owned by Newcap Broadcasting.

Currently, in the daytime, CFGN serves as a repeater to CFSX and at night serves as a repeater to CFCB in Corner Brook.

CFGN also has a repeater in the Codroy Valley, CFCV on 97.7 MHz.

On April 2, 2001, the sale of Humber Valley Broadcasting Co. Ltd. to Newcap Inc. was approved.^[1] This included CFGN and other radio stations such as:

CFCB Corner Brook and its transmitters;
- CFDL-FM Deer Lake
- CFNW Port-aux-Choix
- CFNN-FM St. Anthony
- CFSX Stephenville
CFCV-FM St. Andrew's and CFLN Goose Bay and its transmitters;
- CFLW Wabush and CFLC-FM Churchill Falls

On October 13, 2016, Newcap applied to convert CFGN Port Aux Basques from 1230 kHz on the AM band to 96.7 MHz on the FM band. ^[2]

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Radio stations in Southern Newfoundland (except the St. John's area)

Port aux Basques	CFGN 1230 CBNE 91.9 VOAR 99.9

Marystown	CHCM 740 CBNM 90.3 CBN 91.7 CIOZ 96.3 VOAR 99.5

Clarenville	CKVO 710 CBNL 93.7 CKLN 97.1 VOCM-FM 100.7 CJMY 105.3 CKSJ 107.5

Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (Newcap Radio)

Corporate directors	Harold R. Steele Michael MacDonald David Matheson Robert G. Steele Donald Warr

AM stations	CFCB CFCW CFGN CFNW CFSX CHCM CISL CJYQ CKCM CKDQ CKGA CKIM CKJR CKVO VOCM

FM stations	CFCV CFCW CFDL CFLC CFLN CFLW CFNN CFRK CFRQ CFXE CFXH CFXJ CFXL CFXW CHBM CHFT CHHI CHLG CHNI CHNO CHRK CHSL CHSP CHTN CHVO CIBQ CIGM CIGV CIHT CIJK CILB CILR CILV CIRK CIXF CIZZ CJEG CJMO CJPR CJXK CJXL CKBA CKCH CKGY CKKY CKIX CKKO CKMP CKQK CKRA CKSA CKSQ CKUL CKVH CKWB CKWY CKXD CKXG CKXX CKZZ VOCM

Television stations	CITL CKSA

Coordinates: 47°35′08″N 59°07′19″W / 47.58556°N 59.12194°W / 47.58556; -59.12194

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