CFRK-FM

CFRK-FM
City of license	Fredericton, New Brunswick
Branding	New Country 92.3
Frequency	92.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	July 28, 2005
Format	country
ERP	42,000 watts average 100,000 watts peak
HAAT	137.5 meters (451 ft)
Class	C1
Owner	Newcap Radio
Sister stations	CIHI-FM
Website	www.newcountry923.com

CFRK-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 92.3 FM in Fredericton, New Brunswick owned by Newcap Radio. The station airs a country music format branded as "Fredericton's New Country 92.3".

Based on the current format, CFRK-FM competes with CKHJ.

Station History

The station launched on July 28, 2005 under a classic rock/classic hits format branded as "92.3 Fred-FM" with the first song being "Layla" by Derek & The Dominos. On March 1, 2013, at Noon, after playing "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, CFRK-FM flipped to Top 40/CHR as "Hot 92.3", whose logo and presentation was patterned after its sister station CIHT-FM in Ottawa. The first song played on "Hot 92.3" was "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am.

On February 7, 2013, the CRTC approved Newcap's application to modify the technical parameters of the English language commercial radio programming undertaking CFRK-FM Fredericton by decreasing the station’s average effective radiated power (ERP) from 93,000 to 42,000 watts (and by increasing the maximum ERP from 93,000 to 100,000 watts), by increasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 124.8 to 137.5 metres, by changing the radiation pattern of the antenna from non-directional to directional, and by relocating the antenna and transmitter from their current site at Hamtown Corner to Mount Hope. ^[1]

On June 1, 2015, at Midnight, after playing "Amnesia" by Ian Carey, CFRK-FM flipped to Country, branded as "New Country 92.3". The first song on "New Country" was "Sun Daze" by Florida Georgia Line.^[2] The lack of a local Country FM radio station prompted the format change.

Former Logo

Sister station

CIHI-FM

References

↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-51, CFRK-FM Fredericton – Technical changes, CRTC, February 7, 2013
↑ Hot 92.3 Becomes New Country

External links

Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited (Newcap Radio)

Corporate directors	Harold R. Steele Michael MacDonald David Matheson Robert G. Steele Donald Warr

AM stations	CFCB CFCW CFGN CFNW CFSX CHCM CISL CJYQ CKCM CKDQ CKGA CKIM CKJR CKVO VOCM

FM stations	CFCV CFCW CFDL CFLC CFLN CFLW CFNN CFRK CFRQ CFXE CFXH CFXJ CFXL CFXW CHBM CHFT CHHI CHLG CHNI CHNO CHRK CHSL CHSP CHTN CHVO CIBQ CIGM CIGV CIHT CIJK CILB CILR CILV CIRK CIXF CIZZ CJEG CJMO CJPR CJXK CJXL CKBA CKCH CKGY CKKY CKIX CKKO CKMP CKQK CKRA CKSA CKSQ CKUL CKVH CKWB CKWY CKXD CKXG CKXX CKZZ VOCM

Television stations	CITL CKSA

Radio stations in Fredericton, New Brunswick

By FM frequency	CBAL-4 88.1 CJPN 90.5 CFRK 92.3 CIHI 93.1 CKHJ-1-FM 95.1 CKTP 95.7 CIXN 96.5 CHSR 97.9 CBZF 99.5 CBZ 101.5 CBAF-1 102.3 CKHJ-2-FM 103.5 CJRI 104.5 CFXY 105.3 CIBX 106.9

By AM frequency	CKHJ 1260

Defunct	CIRC 93.3

Adjacent markets	Saint John Presque Isle, Maine

New Brunswick radio markets Fredericton Moncton Saint John Northern New Brunswick See also List of radio stations in New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°07′07″N 66°46′28″W / 46.11861°N 66.77444°W / 46.11861; -66.77444

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