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{{short description|Community radio station in Vancouver}}
{{short description|Community radio station in Vancouver}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = CFRO-FM <!-- This field is for the call sign and only the call sign. -->
| name = CFRO-FM
| logo = Co-op Radio 1005.png
| logo = Co-op Radio 1005.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_size = 200px
| city = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| city = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| area = [[Metro Vancouver]]
| area = [[Greater Vancouver]]
| branding = Co-op Radio
| branding = Co-op Radio
| slogan =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1975|4|14}}
| airdate = April 14, 1975
| frequency = 100.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| frequency = 100.5 MHz ([[FM radio|FM]])
| format = [[Public broadcasting]]
| format = [[public broadcasting]]
| power =
| power =
| erp = 11,000 [[watt]]s
| erp = 2,800 [[watt]]s<BR>11,000 watts peak
| haat = 570.7 metres
| haat = {{convert|578|metres}}
| coordinates = {{coord|49.344883|N|122.972894|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CISL Tower}}
| coordinates = {{coord|49.3536|N|122.9572|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CFRO-FM studios and offices}}
| class = C
| class = C
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| former_callsigns =
| former_frequencies = 102.7 MHz (1975-2012)
| former_frequencies = 102.7 MHz (1975–2012)
| owner = Vancouver Co-operative Radio
| owner = Vancouver Co-operative Radio
| webcast = [http://www.coopradio.org/listen/cfro-mid.mp3.pls Listen live]
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.coopradio.org www.coopradio.org]
| website = [http://www.coopradio.org/ coopradio.org]
}}
}}
'''CFRO-FM''', licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a non-commercial [[community radio]] station in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. It is a legally registered [[co-operative]] and is branded as '''Co-op Radio'''. The station broadcasts on 100.5 [[megahertz]] [[FM radio|FM]] and have studios and offices on Columbia St. off Hastings St. in Vancouver's Downtown East Side, while its transmitter is located atop [[Mount Seymour]]. CFRO is a member of the [[National Campus and Community Radio Association]].
'''CFRO-FM''' (100.5 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a [[non-commercial educational station|non-commercial]] [[community radio]] [[radio station|station]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. It is a legally registered [[co-operative]] and is branded as ''Co-op Radio''. It is owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, with studios and offices on Columbia Street off Hastings Street in Vancouver's [[Downtown Eastside]]. The station airs programmes in four categories: [[Public affairs programming|public affairs and news]], music, [[multi-lingual]] and arts. The group producing each programme is mostly self-governing, within the co-operative frame. CFRO is a member of the [[National Campus and Community Radio Association]].

CFRO-FM is a [[list of broadcast station classes|Class C]] [[FM radio|FM]] station. It has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 2,800 [[watt]]s (11,000 watts peak). The [[transmitter]] [[radio masts and towers|tower]] is atop [[Mount Seymour]] in the [[North Vancouver (district municipality)|District of North Vancouver]].<REF>[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CFRO-FM FCCdata.org/CFRO]</REF>


== History ==
== History ==
CFRO-FM received its radio license from the CRTC on May 7, 1974.<ref>[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=61&historyID=614 CFRO-FM history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611002951/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=61&historyID=614 |date=2011-06-11 }} - [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]</ref>
CFRO-FM received its radio licence from the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) on May 7, 1974.<ref>[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=61&historyID=614 CFRO-FM history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611002951/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=61&historyID=614 |date=2011-06-11 }} - [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]</ref> It took nearly a year to construct the station. CFRO-FM [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on {{Start date and age|April 14, 1975}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://members.shaw.ca/vancouverbroadcasters/history.htm | title=Shaw Communications}}</ref> It was launched by volunteers mostly from local activist groups in Vancouver.


The station first went on the air April 14, 1975,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://members.shaw.ca/vancouverbroadcasters/history.htm | title=Shaw Communications}}</ref> launched by people mostly from various local activist groups in Vancouver. The station airs programmes in four categories: [[Public affairs programming|public affairs and news]], [[music]], [[multi-lingual]], and arts. The group producing each programme is mostly self-governing—within the co-operative frame.
[[File:Co-op Radio logo.svg|thumb|left|A former Co-op Radio logo, from when it was on 102.7 MHz.]]
[[File:Co-op Radio logo.svg|thumb|left|A former Co-op Radio logo, from when it was on 102.7 MHz.]]
On December 9, 2010, CFRO applied to exchange frequencies with [[CKPK-FM]], which operated at 100.5&nbsp;MHz.<ref>{{cite web | title=ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-928 | website=CRTC | date=2011-01-13 | url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-928.htm#2 | access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> This application was approved by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] on September 9, 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-580 | website=CRTC | date=2011-09-09 | url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-580.htm | access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> The frequency swap occurred on September 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Frequency FAQs - Vancouver Co-op Radio | website=coopradio.org | date=2012-08-13 | url=http://www.coopradio.org/content/new-frequency-faqs# | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813235913/http://www.coopradio.org/content/new-frequency-faqs# | archive-date=2012-08-13 | url-status=dead | access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref>
On December 9, 2010, CFRO applied to exchange frequencies with [[CKPK-FM]], which operated at 100.5&nbsp;MHz.<ref>{{cite web | title=ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-928 | website=CRTC | date=2011-01-13 | url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-928.htm#2 | access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> This application was approved by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] on September 9, 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-580 | website=CRTC | date=2011-09-09 | url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-580.htm | access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> The frequency swap occurred on September 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Frequency FAQs - Vancouver Co-op Radio | website=coopradio.org | date=2012-08-13 | url=http://www.coopradio.org/content/new-frequency-faqs# | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813235913/http://www.coopradio.org/content/new-frequency-faqs# | archive-date=2012-08-13 | url-status=dead | access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref>


== Programming ==
== Programming ==
Public affairs programmes and subjects in English include Redeye (radio) (news and analysis on Saturday mornings), Wake Up With Co-op (three weekday mornings), The Brown Bagger (lectures and interviews four weekdays at noon), several programmes by and about aboriginal people, learning [[Coast Salish languages|Coast Salish]], Union Made (labour news), politics, women, international affairs (special programmes on Latin America, the Philippines, and Palestine), health, LGBTQ+ issues, parenting, youth, the environment, animal rights, neighbourhood news, senior citizens, disabled people, yoga, and [[Democracy Now]] (from the USA).
Public affairs programmes and subjects in English include ''Redeye'' (news and analysis), ''Wake Up With Co-op'', ''The Brown Bagger'' (lectures and interviews), ''Learning [[Coast Salish languages|Coast Salish]]'', ''Union Made'' (labour news). There are shows dealing with politics, women's rights, international affairs including Latin America, the Philippines, and Palestine, health, [[LGBTQ]] issues, parenting, youth, the environment, animal rights, neighbourhood news, senior citizens, disabled people and yoga. The [[radio syndication|syndicated]] American news show ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' is heard weekday mornings.


Programmes air in ten foreign languages: [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[Azerbaijani language|Azeri]], [[Ethiopian people|Ethiopian]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Serbo-Croatian]], [[South Slav]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].
Programmes air in ten foreign languages: [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[Azerbaijani language|Azeri]], [[Amharic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Serbo-Croatian]], [[South Slav]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].


Music programmes specialize in one or more of these: aboriginal, accordion, African, alternative, bluegrass, blues, Caribbean, classical, Celtic, electronic, folk, fusion, gospel, hardcore, hip hop, house, India, jazz, Jewish, Latin, metal, old timey, punk, reggae, rock 'n' roll, roots, rumba, ska, soul, swing, tango, and world music. The weekly classical music program, "West Coast Classics," is the longest-running classical radio program on the air produced in Canada.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}
Music programmes specialize in numerous genres: aboriginal, accordion, African, alternative, bluegrass, blues, Caribbean, classical, Celtic, electronic, folk, fusion, gospel, hardcore, hip hop, house, India, jazz, Jewish, Latin, metal, old timey, punk, reggae, rock 'n' roll, roots, rumba, ska, soul, swing, tango, and world music. The weekly classical music program, "West Coast Classics," is the longest-running classical radio program on the air produced in Canada.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}


Arts programming includes arts news, poetry, comedy, sound art, show tunes and other music, and story-telling.
Arts programming includes arts news, poetry, comedy, sound art, show tunes and other music, and story-telling.


Nearly 100 different programme series air each week. Most of the late-night and week-end programmes are music and repeats, with public affairs and specialty talk programmes running mostly Monday through Friday in the day and evening. (See schedule in the external link below.)
Nearly 100 different programme series air each week. Most of the late-night and week-end programmes are music and repeats, with public affairs and specialty talk programmes running mostly Monday through Friday in the day and evening.


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== Licence ==
== Listening and technical aspects ==
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The station is licensed by the Canadian government's broadcast regulating agency, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC). There are occasional licence challenges by members of the public who object to some viewpoints and issues being broadcast.
Co-op Radio can be received in four ways:
* 100.5 FM on the radio.
* Cable television-radio throughout most of British Columbia. The cable company in each part of the province provides a frequency, some of which are 102.7 and 104.9.
* The Internet at Co-op Radio's website.
* [[Shaw Direct]] Satellite 845.

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The station is licensed by the Canadian government's broadcast regulating agency, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC), with occasional license challenges by members of the public who object to some view-points and statements being broadcast.


== Organisational structure ==
== Organisational structure ==
Founded in 1975, Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 100.5 FM is a non-profit community radio station and podcast recording studio.
The co-operative is governed by its thousands of members, who may attend and vote at its annual general meeting and special general meetings. The members exercise their will also through an unpaid elected board of directors and its committees, four part-time paid staff members (union members of the union [[Unifor]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://vdlc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06-June-R.pdf|title = June 17, 2014 Meeting Minutes|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = Vancouver and District Labour Council|last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141020022638/http://vdlc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06-June-R.pdf|archive-date = October 20, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> and hundreds of volunteers, the latter creating all the programmes.

To volunteer or serve the organization, those aged 16 or older must be dues-paid members, as are thousands of people who join mainly to support the operation financially and to vote at general meetings. The station broadcasts two major fund-raising drives a year, in the spring and autumn. Government grants are a very small part of the budget.


They operate under the Community Radio Education Society (CRES) charity, which runs the Media Arts Committee (MAC). This foundation supports the audio community in Vancouver through grants and by lending artists and members the opportunity to borrow professional audio equipment. The Board of Directors and staff members are composed of nine individual volunteers. Their responsibilities include monitoring all station activities, hiring management and deliberating substantial decisions within the community. The spatiality of the radio station{{what|date=April 2023}} has social implications as the building resides in the heart of the downtown eastside of Vancouver.
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== Awards ==
Co-op Radio has received many awards and is sometimes called the leading co-op radio station in Canada.
[[National Campus and Community Radio Association]] Broadcasting Excellence awards received by Co-op Radio include:
* 2012 Outstanding Achievement, Music Programming: "West Coast Classics," by Kerry Regier
* 2007 Best Documentary (tie): Marc the Knife: The Overshadowed Career of [[Marc Blitzstein]] (Steve Bowell)
* 2006 Best Documentary: 30 Years of Prison Justice Day by Emily Aspinwall and Tiffany Chong
* 2003 Programming Excellence; Redeye (radio) public affairs program
* 1997 Programming Excellence "Voices from the 11th International AIDS Conference"
* 1995 Programming Excellence "Earth Day on the Air"


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver/CFRO-FM CFRO-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
* [http://www.coopradio.org/ Co-op Radio]
* {{History of Canadian Broadcasting}}
* {{RecnetCanada|CFRO-FM}}
* {{RecnetCanada|CFRO-FM}}


Latest revision as of 18:50, 4 September 2024

CFRO-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Vancouver
Frequency100.5 MHz (FM)
BrandingCo-op Radio
Programming
FormatPublic broadcasting
Ownership
OwnerVancouver Co-operative Radio
History
First air date
April 14, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-04-14)
Former frequencies
102.7 MHz (1975–2012)
Technical information
ClassC
ERP2,800 watts
11,000 watts peak
HAAT578 metres (1,896 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
49°21′13″N 122°57′26″W / 49.3536°N 122.9572°W / 49.3536; -122.9572 (CFRO-FM studios and offices)
Links
Websitecoopradio.org

CFRO-FM (100.5 MHz) is a non-commercial community radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a legally registered co-operative and is branded as Co-op Radio. It is owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, with studios and offices on Columbia Street off Hastings Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The station airs programmes in four categories: public affairs and news, music, multi-lingual and arts. The group producing each programme is mostly self-governing, within the co-operative frame. CFRO is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association.

CFRO-FM is a Class C FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,800 watts (11,000 watts peak). The transmitter tower is atop Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver.[1]

History

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CFRO-FM received its radio licence from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on May 7, 1974.[2] It took nearly a year to construct the station. CFRO-FM signed on the air on April 14, 1975; 49 years ago (April 14, 1975).[3] It was launched by volunteers mostly from local activist groups in Vancouver.

A former Co-op Radio logo, from when it was on 102.7 MHz.

On December 9, 2010, CFRO applied to exchange frequencies with CKPK-FM, which operated at 100.5 MHz.[4] This application was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on September 9, 2011.[5] The frequency swap occurred on September 10, 2012.[6]

Programming

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Public affairs programmes and subjects in English include Redeye (news and analysis), Wake Up With Co-op, The Brown Bagger (lectures and interviews), Learning Coast Salish, Union Made (labour news). There are shows dealing with politics, women's rights, international affairs including Latin America, the Philippines, and Palestine, health, LGBTQ issues, parenting, youth, the environment, animal rights, neighbourhood news, senior citizens, disabled people and yoga. The syndicated American news show Democracy Now! is heard weekday mornings.

Programmes air in ten foreign languages: Armenian, Azeri, Amharic, Persian, Korean, Nepali, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, South Slav, and Spanish.

Music programmes specialize in numerous genres: aboriginal, accordion, African, alternative, bluegrass, blues, Caribbean, classical, Celtic, electronic, folk, fusion, gospel, hardcore, hip hop, house, India, jazz, Jewish, Latin, metal, old timey, punk, reggae, rock 'n' roll, roots, rumba, ska, soul, swing, tango, and world music. The weekly classical music program, "West Coast Classics," is the longest-running classical radio program on the air produced in Canada.[citation needed]

Arts programming includes arts news, poetry, comedy, sound art, show tunes and other music, and story-telling.

Nearly 100 different programme series air each week. Most of the late-night and week-end programmes are music and repeats, with public affairs and specialty talk programmes running mostly Monday through Friday in the day and evening.

Licence

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The station is licensed by the Canadian government's broadcast regulating agency, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). There are occasional licence challenges by members of the public who object to some viewpoints and issues being broadcast.

Organisational structure

[edit]

Founded in 1975, Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 100.5 FM is a non-profit community radio station and podcast recording studio.

They operate under the Community Radio Education Society (CRES) charity, which runs the Media Arts Committee (MAC). This foundation supports the audio community in Vancouver through grants and by lending artists and members the opportunity to borrow professional audio equipment. The Board of Directors and staff members are composed of nine individual volunteers. Their responsibilities include monitoring all station activities, hiring management and deliberating substantial decisions within the community. The spatiality of the radio station[clarification needed] has social implications as the building resides in the heart of the downtown eastside of Vancouver.

References

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  1. ^ FCCdata.org/CFRO
  2. ^ CFRO-FM history Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine - Canadian Communications Foundation
  3. ^ "Shaw Communications".
  4. ^ "ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-928". CRTC. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. ^ "ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-580". CRTC. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  6. ^ "New Frequency FAQs - Vancouver Co-op Radio". coopradio.org. 2012-08-13. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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