CKGN-FM is a Canadian

Canada

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 radio station, broadcasting at 89.7 FM in Kapuskasing, Ontario

Ontario

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 and 94.7 FM in Smooth Rock Falls

Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario

Smooth Rock Falls is an incorporated town in the Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Part of the James Bay Frontier, it calls itself "The North's Biggest Little Town."-Geography and transportation:...

.

Owned and operated by Radio communautaire KapNord cooperative

Cooperative

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, it is a non-profit community radio

Community radio

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 station for the region's franco-ontarian

Franco-Ontarian

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 community.

History of the CKGN call letters

CKGN is a former callsign from a television

Television

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 station in North Bay, Ontario

North Bay, Ontario

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 from 1955 to 1962, known today as CKNY-TV

CKNY-TV

CKNY is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in North Bay, Ontario. It is an owned-and-operated station of CTV.-History:...

 and CKGN was again used for a television station (Global Television

CIII-TV

CIII-DT-41 is a television station owned by Shaw Communications that serves much of the population of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a flagship station of the Global Television Network...

) in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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 from 1974 to 1984. The call letters remained unused until the launch of CKGN-FM in the early 1990s.

Other

In 2000, the station was authorized to add a transmitter at Smooth Rock Falls to operate on the frequency 94.7 FM.

External links

• CKGN-FM
• CKGN history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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