CFRW

CFRW is an AM radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, currently owned by Bell Media. It broadcasts at 1290 kHz. The station has an all-sports format and is branded as TSN Radio 1290.

CFRW has its studios at 1445 Pembina Highway, along with sister stations, Virgin Radio 103.1 and 99.9 BOB FM in Winnipeg.

History

CFRW first went on the air as CJQM, an easy listening station owned by Winnipeg Broadcast Associates Ltd. (a division of Vancouver Broadcast Associates, the original owners of CHQM and CHQM-FM in Vancouver) at 1470 kHz, on November 1, 1963. Shortly afterward, CJQM-FM signed on to simulcast its AM sister's programming. Winnipeg Broadcast Associates sold both stations in 1965 to QM Winnipeg Ltd., which was later purchased by Radio Winnipeg Ltd. The callsign changed to CFRW in 1969. Jim Pattison's CJOR Ltd. (the owner of Vancouver station CJOR) bought CFRW from the bankrupt Radio Winnipeg in 1970.