CHFC (AM)

CHFC was founded in 1948 as a 100-watt non-commercial military AM broadcast station in Churchill, Manitoba.^[1] CHFC was taken over by the CBC on 13 September 1959 and was on 1230 kHz with a power of 250 watts (non-directional) by 1966.

CHFC

Churchill, Manitoba
Broadcast area	Northern Manitoba
Frequency	1230 kHz (AM)
Branding	CBC Radio One
Programming
Format	News/Talk
History
First air date	1948
Call sign meaning	"Fort Churchill"
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	250 watts

The National anchor Peter Mansbridge began his broadcast career at CHFC from 1968 to 1971, before moving to network owned-and-operated CBW 990 Winnipeg.

The station was tiny and, in the early-morning and late-night dayparts, the lone announcer was most often the only employee on duty.^[2]

By 1994, the station was generating less than an hour a week of original, local content; the majority of its programming was instead sourced from CBW or from the main network. As CHFC became a full-time rebroadcaster of CBWK-FM Thompson in 2001,^[3] it no longer originates content.