CBKF-FM

CBKF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network on 97.7 FM at Regina, Saskatchewan.

CBKF-FM

Regina, Saskatchewan
Broadcast area	Saskatchewan
Frequency	97.7 MHz (FM)
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBK, CBK-FM, CBKT-DT, CBKFT-DT, CBKST (defunct)
History
First air date	April 24, 1975
Call sign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Henry Kelsey French
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	vertical polarization: 5.6 kWs horizontal polarization: 22.3 kW
HAAT	146.2 meters (480 ft)
Links
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

History

The station was launched on April 24, 1975. In 1973, two years prior to the station's launch, the network also purchased two established francophone community radio stations, CFRG in Gravelbourg and CFNS in Saskatoon, and converted them to rebroadcasters of CBKF. The stations were recalled as CBKF-1 and CBKF-2, respectively.

The CFRG calls are now used by a French-language community station in Gravelbourg operating at 93.1 FM.

A community group in Prince Albert, the Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, held a separate license to rebroadcast CBKF's programming in that city.^[1] The 3,000 watt class B community-owned rebroadcaster CKSF-FM 90.1 has gone off the air to be replaced by Ici Radio-Canada Première's CBKF-FM Regina in 2020.

On May 30, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's request to increase CBKF-FM's wattage from 13,700 watts to 22,300 watts, with a decrease in the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 153 to 146.2 metres.^[2]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBKF-FM

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet
Bellegarde	CBKF-FM-4	91.9 FM	4,700 watts	B	Query
Gravelbourg	CBKF-1	690 AM	5,000 watts	B	Query
North Battleford	CBKF-FM-5	96.9 FM	9,600 watts	B	Query
Prince Albert	CBKF-FM-6	90.1 FM	4,985 watts	B1	Query
Saskatoon	CBKF-2	860 AM	10,000 watts	B	Query
Zenon Park	CBKF-FM-3	93.5 FM	1,340 watts	B	Query

On August 7, 2020, the CBC received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter at 90.1 MHz Prince Albert to rebroadcast the programming of CBKF-FM in Regina, Saskatchewan. The new transmitter will also replace CKSF-FM at Prince Albert which was previously owned by Société canadienne-française de Prince Albert, a community-owned rebroadcaster of CBKF-FM Regina.^[3] The new call sign become CBKF-FM-6.