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{{short description|Former radio station in Ontario, Canada}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = CFBN
| above = Defunct
| city             = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]
| area             = [[Greater Toronto Area]]
| branding         = Canada's Business Network
| airdate          = 26 July 1985
| last_airdate = November 2007
| frequency        = 1280 [[kHz]]
| format           = [[news]], traffic conditions, [[airport]], [[weather]]
| callsign_meaning = '''CF B'''usiness '''N'''etwork
| former_callsigns = CFYZ
| former_frequencies = 530 [[kHz]]
| owner            = [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority]] 1980s-2008
| affiliations     = Canada's Business Network
}}
'''CFBN''' was a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1280&nbsp;kHz in [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]. The station, owned by the [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority]], aired a [[business]] news format branded as ''Canada's Business Network'', as well as some travel and weather information reports for [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]].
The station commenced operation in 1985, originally on [[AM radio|AM]] 530 before switching to 1280 when Fort Erie's [[CFLZ-FM|CJFT]] was assigned 530.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-1010.htm Decision CRTC 84-1010]</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1991/DB91-776.HTM Decision CRTC 91-776]</ref> Previously operating under the call sign '''CFYZ''', the automated station originally broadcast flight arrival and departure schedules, traffic directions, parking information, and weather reports to those in the immediate vicinity of [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]].
Live broadcasting began in December 2000. In 2002, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority was given approval by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] to increase power.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-394.htm B&&& dfydrrey545&636roadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-394]</ref> On May 31, 2005, the radio service reverted from live broadcasting to recorded airport information. On April 9, 2007, the station adopted the business format, but continued to broadcast airport traffic reports and advisories along with the business programming.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gtaa.com/en/news/travel_advisories/details/b9a44e61-7699-4d2e-8a11-687cb1eccb74 |title=Greater Toronto Airports Authority - Travel Updates<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007133834/http://gtaa.com/en/news/travel_advisories/details/b9a44e61-7699-4d2e-8a11-687cb1eccb74 |archive-date=2007-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among programming heard on CFBN beginning April 2007 was syndicated American programming such as [[Dennis Miller]] and the [[Glenn Beck Program]], which had never before been heard in Canada.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-202.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-202]</ref>
The station ceased broadcasting in November 2007. CFBN's license was revoked by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]], as requested by the GTAA, on January 17, 2008.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-8.htm CRTC decision 2008-8]</ref>
In 2014, the frequency was reassigned to [[CJRU]], a proposed campus community radio station at [[Ryerson University]], (now Toronto Metropolitan University) which began broadcasting in 2016.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-644.htm "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-644"]. [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]], December 11, 2014.</ref> The CFBN call sign has since been reassigned to a low-power traffic information station (93.3) for [[St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation]] in [[St. Catharines]], [[Ontario]] to provide motorist information crossing bridges across the [[Welland Canal]].<ref>[https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/news-story/8192366-carlton-street-bridge-to-close-this-winter/ "Carlton Street bridge to close this winter"]. ''[[Niagara Falls Review]]'', January 4, 2017.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011213257/http://www.gtaa.com/Index.aspx?Sid=Node19&tpl=7 CFYZ Information from GTAA]
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-city-of-toronto/cfbn-am/ CFBN] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
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