CFBR-FM is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio station, broadcasting an
active rockActive rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs.-Format background:...
format at 100.3 on the FM dial in
EdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies...
,
AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
. The station uses the brand name
The Bear.
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CFBR-FM is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio station, broadcasting an
active rockActive rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs.-Format background:...
format at 100.3 on the FM dial in
EdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies...
,
AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
. The station uses the brand name
The Bear.
The station was launched in 1951 by Sunwapta Broadcasting as
CFRN-FM, simulcasting the AM programming of
CFRNCFRN is a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Astral Media and broadcasting at 1260 AM, the station airs a sports format, branded as The Team 1260.-History:...
. It launched separate programming in 1964, and adopted the callsign
CKXM in 1979. The station was subsequently sold to CAP Communications in 1988, and adopted the callsign
CJKE the following year.
The station was then acquired by
Standard BroadcastingSlaight Communications is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company was first formed as Slaight Broadcasting in 1971, when owner J. Allan Slaight acquired CFGM in Richmond Hill...
in 1992, and adopted the current CFBR calls.
On September 28, 2007, the CRTC approved the sale of CFBR and all Standard Radio assets to Astral Media.
CFBR was rated as the third most listened to station in the Edmonton market in the 2008 BBM ratings book.
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