CFCN may refer to:
- CFCN-DT, a television station (channel 4) licensed to serve Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- CKMX, a radio station (1060 AM) licensed to serve Calgary, which held the call sign CFCN from 1921 to 1994
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CKMX
CKMX is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting on 1060 AM in Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Bell Media, the station broadcasts a comedy radio format as Funny 1060AM. CKMX's studios are located on Centre Street in Eau Claire, while its transmitters are located near Southeast Calgary.
History
The station dates back to 1921, when W. W. Grant set up an experimental station in High River, which aired the first radio concerts in western Canada. In 1922, Grant moved the station to Calgary and adopted the calls CFCN. He was granted a commercial license—the second in Calgary, after CFAC—on May 18. It was a phantom station affiliate of the Canadian National Railway radio network and later of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Dominion Network. In 1947, the station moved to its current AM frequency at 1060 kHz. It can be heard on shortwave on 6030 kilohertz (via its repeater CFVP, reaching western North America.
It became CKMX in the Fall of 1994 when Maclean-Hunter sold it to Standard Broadcasting while retaining ownership of sister station CFCN-TV, and switched the format to hot adult contemporary (which would shift to alternative rock in mid-1993) under the name Mix 1060 from contemporary hit radio as AM106. On December 1, 1995, the station adopted an adult standards format; this ended in 2005, when the station adopted a classic country music format. It had the distinction of being the last radio station in Canada to broadcast a continuous classic country format (other stations in Canada carry classic country, such as CJDL and CFCW, but their formats are more properly described as "traditional country," since those stations also carry contemporary hits in their playlists). According to the Fall 2011 PPM data report, released by BBM Canada, Classic Country AM 1060 was ranked #15 for the Calgary market. Standard Broadcasting would be acquired by Astral Media in 2007, and in turn by Bell Media in 2013. The Bell purchase reunited CKMX with its former television sister.
Podcasts:
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by Guardian
Coffee Can
by: GuardianEach night the dream began
We were sitting here, waiting on our coffee cans
Eyes fixed upon the skies
I was thinking of you, and if I qualified
Then when the trumpet blew
The reality hit, this wasn't pay-per-view
My can lifted up and out
'Til the siren wailed, and a megaphone shouted
Pull that bucket over
Let me see your registration
You'll be questioned at the station
By a good cop, bad cop
If they find you guilty
They'll impound your can in hades
Where the grounded lads and ladies
Had it good 'til the last drop
And I watched the others fly
On their coffee cans, as they waived goodbye
Freed from the earthly grind
They had escaped the roast, I'd been identified
Dream police, nowhere to be found
I was left choking on the muddy grounds
I calmed down and reached for my pez
But the head on the dispenser was Juan Valdez
Pull that bucket over
Let me see your registration
You'll be questioned at the station
By a good cop, bad cop
If they find you guilty
They'll impound your can in hades
Where the grounded lads and ladies
Had it good 'til the last drop
Tossing in my sleep again
The metaphor was wearing thin
Until my nightmare stretched
It even more
Lord, You placed the bitter cup
Against Your lips, and drank it up
To bring me where You are
I can't believe I've wandered off this far
Woke up and smeeled the coffee
I don't like what caffeine does to me
God's got a pull, I've felt first hand
I've gotta stop believing my coffee can
Pull that bucket over
Let me see your registration
You'll be questioned at the station
By a good cop, bad cop
If they find you guilty
They'll impound your can in hades
Where the grounded lads and ladies
Had it good 'til the last drop
Bad dream, but I understand