CFFB (AM)

'''CFFB''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]], broadcasting at 1230 [[AM radio|AM]] in [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]. The station broadcasts the programming of the [[CBC Radio One]] network, and serves as the regional network centre for [[Nunavut]] for the [[CBC North]] Radio One network. The local station began broadcasting on February 6, 1961. The "FB" in the callsign stands for [[Frobisher Bay]], which was renamed Iqaluit in 1987. The station currently operates from the CBC Building at the Astro Hill Complex in the centre of Iqaluit. With the advent of the [[Anik (satellite)|Anik A]] series of communications satellites in the 1970s, CFFB was transformed from a local station to the regional production centre for northern CBC stations serving Canada's Eastern Arctic. Satellite distribution and the installation of local radio transmitters in most Eastern Arctic communities in the mid-1970s brought Inuktitut and English radio programs produced in Iqaluit, along with network CBC Radio to most communities in what is now [[Nunavut]]. [[CBC Radio 2]] service is also provided in Iqaluit, broadcast at 88.3 [[FM radio|FM]] with an effective radiated power of 800 watts. It provides a regular Eastern Time feed of the CBC Radio 2 network, with no local program origination. The Radio Two transmitter in Iqaluit is licensed as a rebroadcaster of [[CBM-FM]] in [[Montreal]]. See also [[CFFB-TV]]. ==Local programming== The Iqaluit station produces most of CBC Radio's [[CBC Radio One local programming|regional programs]] in [[Nunavut]], including ''Qulliq'' on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program ''Nipivut'', ''Tausunni'' in the afternoons, along with ''Saturday AM'' and ''Sunday AM'' on weekend mornings. Other afternoon Inuktitut programs ''Tuttavik'' and ''Tusaajaksat'' originate in [[Kuujjuaq]], Quebec and [[Rankin Inlet]], Nunavut, respectively. Some of the network's local programs air in both English and [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]], while others air in Inuktitut only. The station also differs significantly from the main CBC Radio One schedule. ''Qulliq'' airs from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. Eastern Time, and is followed by abbreviated broadcasts of ''[[The Current (radio program)|The Current]]'' and ''[[Q (radio show)|Q]]''. In the afternoons, programming in Inuktitut, including ''Tausunni'' and ''Tuttavik'', airs in place of the national network programs. Subsequently, in the evenings, the Inuktitut cultural magazines ''Ullumi Tusaqsauqaujut'' and ''Sinnaksautit'' originate at the Iqaluit station, airing at 10 and 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time respectively; the CBC Radio One network schedule follows at 11 p.m Eastern Time. The station airs a more extensive schedule of local programming than most CBC Radio stations. It does not produce a Saturday afternoon regional arts magazine series for the territory. Instead, it airs ''The True North Concert Series'' a CBC North program featuring live music recorded across the three northern territories. It also carries a weekly music request program for youth on Sunday afternoons at 3pm Eastern Time. ==Rebroadcasters== CFFB is broadcast on the following CBC owned and operated transmitters: * CFFB-1-FM - [[Cambridge Bay]] - 101.9 ¹ * CFFB-2-FM - [[Kugluktuk, Nunavut|Kugluktuk]] - 101.9 ¹ * CBIH-FM - [[Cape Dorset, Nunavut|Cape Dorset]] - 105.1 * CBII-FM - [[Igloolik]] - 105.1 * CBIJ-FM - [[Pangnirtung, Nunavut|Pangnirtung]] - 105.1 * CBIK-FM - [[Pond Inlet, Nunavut|Pond Inlet]] - 105.1 * CBIL-FM - [[Resolute Bay, Nunavut|Resolute Bay]] - 105.1 * VF2402 - [[Kattiniq, Quebec]] - 93.5 (community-owned rebroadcaster) [[CBQR-FM]] in [[Rankin Inlet]] is considered a separate originating station within the network; it produces a portion of the shared CBC North Nunavut schedule. The following transmitters are legally considered rebroadcasters of CBQR: * CBIG-FM - [[Arviat]] - 105.1 * CBIA - [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]] - 640 AM * CBIQ-FM - [[Taloyoak, Nunavut|Taloyoak]] - 105.1 And on the following community-owned rebroadcasters * CKAB-FM - [[Arctic Bay, Nunavut|Arctic Bay]] - 107.1 * CKQN-FM - [[Baker Lake, Nunavut|Baker Lake]] - 99.3 * CFCI-FM - [[Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut|Chesterfield Inlet]] - 107.1 * CJCR-FM - [[Clyde River, Nunavut|Clyde River]] - 107.1 * CJZS-FM - [[Coral Harbour, Nunavut|Coral Harbour]] - 107.1 * CFGF-FM - [[Grise Fiord, Nunavut|Grise Fiord]] - 107.1 * - [[Kimmirut, Nunavut|Kimmirut]] - 107.1 * CFPB-FM - [[Kugaaruk, Nunavut|Kugaaruk]] - 107.1 * VF2046 - [[Repulse Bay, Nunavut|Repulse Bay]] - 107.1 * - [[Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut|Qikiqtarjuaq]] - 107.1 * CKSN-FM - [[Sanikiluaq, Nunavut|Sanikiluaq]] - 106.1 * CKWC-FM - [[Whale Cove, Nunavut|Whale Cove]] - 106.1 ¹ In Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, the CBC North Radio One program service from the [[Northwest Territories]] also has rebroadcast transmitters, in order to provide those communities with noon and afternoon programming from [[CHAK (AM)|CHAK]] in [[Inuvik, Northwest Territories|Inuvik]]. The program ''Tusaavik'' is broadcast in [[Inuvialuktun]], an [[Inuktitut]] dialect close to [[Inuinnaqtun]] which is spoken in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk. Other programs on the NWT feed include the Trailbreaker morning show and Trail's End afternoon shows from [[CFYK (AM)|CBC North in Yellowknife]]. The Northwest Territories rebroadcasts in those communities is on 105.1 FM. On October 11, 2011, the CBC applied to add a new FM transmitter at Iqualuit, Nunavut. If approved, the new transmitter will operate at 91.1 MHz. ==External links== * [http://www.cbc.ca/north/ CBC North] * [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=748&historyID=498 CFFB history] at [[Canadian Communications Foundation]] {{Iqaluit Radio}} {{CBC radio stations}} {{coord missing|Nunavut}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cffb (Am)}}