CFIT-FM is a Canadian radio station

Radio station

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 that broadcasts a modern adult contemporary format at 106.1 FM in Airdrie, Alberta

Airdrie, Alberta

Airdrie is a city in Alberta, Canada, located just north of Calgary within the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The City of Airdrie is part of Calgary's Census Metropolitan Area and a member community of the Calgary Regional Partnership . Due to its proximity to Calgary, Airdrie's population has been...

 and its transmitter 91.5 FM in Cochrane

Cochrane, Alberta

Cochrane is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. The town is located 18 km west of the Calgary city limits along Highway 1A. With a population of 15,424 , Cochrane is the second largest town in Alberta and one of the fastest growing communities in Canada...

. The station, which officially signed on April 12, 2007, is branded as The Range and is owned by Tiessen Media. It plays more rock than its rival, CHFM-FM

CHFM-FM

CHFM-FM is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, which broadcasts at 95.9 MHz FM with a repeater at Banff on 99.3 MHz. With the motto "Today's Best Music", CHFM features an adult contemporary format....

 (Lite 95-9), but still plays soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 and pre-1979

1979 in music

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 titles unlike its CHFM-FM rival. The Range's launch in 2007

2007 in radio

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 marked it the first time Calgary began having two adult contemporary radio stations on FM.

By 2011

2011 in radio

The following events occurred in radio broadcasting in 2011.-Events:*January 1: 2 Knoxville stations change formats as WDLF and WYLV flip to K-LOVE and Air 1 , and a few Pittsburgh station change formats, as ESPN Radio moves from WEAE to WBGG, and Radio Disney moves from WWCS to the renamed WDDZ,...

, regarding the demise of Mix 97.7 at CIGY-FM (which became adult hits

Adult hits

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 CHUP-FM), the station switched formats from rock-leaning adult contemporary to modern adult contemporary, leaving CHFM-FM

CHFM-FM

CHFM-FM is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta, which broadcasts at 95.9 MHz FM with a repeater at Banff on 99.3 MHz. With the motto "Today's Best Music", CHFM features an adult contemporary format....

 as Calgary's only adult contemporary station and regarding the continuity of rock music

Rock music

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 at its playlist. It is also the largest English-language modern adult contemporary radio station in Canada

Canada

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. Like CKOI-FM

CKOI-FM

CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 96.9 MHz from the roof of the CIBC Tower in Downtown Montreal with an effective radiated power of 307,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna...

/CIME-FM

CIME-FM

CIME-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, about north of Montreal.Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 103.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,700 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 39,300...

 Montreal

Montreal

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 & CKNO-FM Edmonton

Edmonton

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, the station mixes in classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

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History

On August 2, 2006, Tiessen Media received approval for an FM licence at Airdrie, with a transmitter at Cochrane. In February 2007, Tiessen Media received approval to operate an FM rebroadcaster at Cochrane on the frequency 95.3 MHz.

On November 25, 2008, Tiessen Media applied to change the frequency of its Cochrane transmitter CFIT-FM-1 from 95.3 MHz (channel 237A1) to 91.5 MHz (channel 218A1). This application received approval on March 9, 2009.

On March 17, 2011

2011 in radio

The following events occurred in radio broadcasting in 2011.-Events:*January 1: 2 Knoxville stations change formats as WDLF and WYLV flip to K-LOVE and Air 1 , and a few Pittsburgh station change formats, as ESPN Radio moves from WEAE to WBGG, and Radio Disney moves from WWCS to the renamed WDDZ,...

, the station applied change the authorized contours by increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 3,000 to 60,000 watts (maximum ERP from 6,000 to 100,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain to 40 metres). This application for increasing the ERP was approved by the CRTC on September 8, 2011. In addition, the station is pending ownership change to Golden West Broadcasting

Golden West Broadcasting

Golden West Broadcasting is a Canadian radio broadcasting company based in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. It currently owns and operates a number of radio stations in the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba....

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External links

• The Range
• CFIT History at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
  The Canadian Communications Foundation is a history of Canadian broadcasting for radio and television chronicles and documents. It also provides a history of radio and television stations, including networks, programs, broadcasters and many others....