CFRN (AM)

CFRN
Defunct
Edmonton, Alberta; Canada;
Broadcast area	Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Frequency	1260 kHz
Ownership
Owner	Bell Media; (Bell Media Radio);
Sister stations	CFBR-FM, CFMG-FM, CFRN-DT
History
First air date	April 17, 1927
Last air date	June 14, 2023; (96 years, 58 days)
Former call signs	CHMA (1927–1934); CFTP (March–November 1934);
Former frequencies	580 kHz (1927–1934); 1260 kHz (1934-1936); 960 kHz (1936–1941);
Call sign meaning	G.R.A. Rice and H.F. Nielson, partners who bought the station in 1934
Technical information
Class	A (Regional)
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	53°27′8.3″N 113°40′52.6″W

CFRN was a Class A, 50,000-watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CFRN was unusual in that it was a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency. Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM, the station last aired a sports format, branded as TSN 1260 Edmonton. The station's studios were located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shared studio space with its sister station, CFRN-DT.

As of February 28, 2021, CFRN was the 17th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.

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