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{{short description|Radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo             = File:CFOX New Logo 2014.jpg
| logo_size        = 200px
| name             = CFOX-FM
| city             = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| area             = [[Greater Vancouver]]
| airdate          = October 15, [[1964 in radio|1964]]
| frequency        = 99.3 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| branding         = CFOX
| format           = [[Modern rock]]
| erp              = 51,000 [[watt]]s average<br>100,000 watts peak
| haat             = {{convert|368.4|meters}}
| class            = C
| coordinates      = {{coord|49.345|N|122.973|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CFOX-FM Tower}}
| callsign_meaning = '''CFOX''' (branding)
| former_callsigns = '''CKLG-FM''' (1964–1979)
| owner            = [[Corus Entertainment]]
| licensee         = Corus Radio Company
| sister_stations  = [[CKGO]], [[CKNW]], [[CFMI-FM]], [[CHAN-DT]], [[Global News: BC 1]]
| webcast          = [https://cfox.com/player/?id=cfoxfm Listen live]
| website          = [https://www.cfox.com/ cfox.com]
}}
'''CFOX-FM''' (identified on air and in print as ''CFOX'') is a Canadian radio station in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. It broadcasts on an assigned frequency of 99.3&nbsp;MHz on the [[FM broadcasting|FM]] band with an [[effective radiated power]] of 100,000 watts (peak). The transmitter is located on [[Mount Seymour]] in the [[North Vancouver, British Columbia (district municipality)|District of North Vancouver]], with studios located in [[Downtown Vancouver]], in the [[TD Tower (Vancouver)|TD Tower]]. The station is owned by [[Corus Entertainment]]. CFOX has a [[modern rock]] format, as it reports to [[Mediabase]] as a Canadian alternative rock station.
==History==
CFOX began broadcasting on October 15, 1964 on 99.3&nbsp;MHz with 100,000 watts, under the call sign '''CKLG-FM''' (not to be confused with the new "'''LG'''" in Vancouver '''[[CHLG-FM]]''' on 104.3&nbsp;MHz.). Transmissions originally came from the south slope of Fromme Mountain in North Vancouver.
CKLG initially began with an [[easy listening]] format, but in the fall of 1967, it started experimenting with [[rock music]] at night. In October that year, CKLG program director Frank Callaghan hired record store owner Bill Reiter (who later went on to become part of the Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show comedy troupe<ref>[http://members.shaw.ca/vancouverbroadcasters2/drbundolo.htm Vancouver Broadcasters - Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) to host the [[jazz music|jazz]]/[[blues music|blues]] program ''Groovin' Blue'' on Saturday evenings. CKLG-FM soon shifted to become Canada's first full-time FM [[rock music|rock]] station on March 16, 1968, with the expansion of ''Groovin' Blue'' to six nights a week and the addition of tracks from rock, [[folk music|folk]] and popular albums. In 1970, CKLG-FM added a two-hour daily [[Radio talk-show|talk show]] hosted by Allen Garr, which ran on the station until 1975. By 1973, CKLG-FM had compiled a library of 3000 albums, and all its programming was aired live except on Sunday mornings, with special programming on the station including the Allen Garr talk show, live concerts and a Saturday [[sock-hop]] program. In 1976, under the guidance of new program director Roy Hennessy (a former morning host on CKLG-AM), the FM station made the gradual transition to a [[progressive rock]] format.
At noon on January 6, 1979, CKLG changed to '''CFOX-FM''', a call sign first used by a [[CFOX (AM)|defunct AM radio station]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] in the 1960s and 1970s. The switch was marked by [[The Beatles]] song "[[The End (The Beatles song)|The End]]", followed by "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" by [[The Doors]], concluding with three minutes of the sound of a scratching record commonly referred to as "playing the label". The first song on the "new" CFOX was [[Steely Dan]]'s "[[FM (No Static at All)]]".
In 1984, CFOX moved its transmitter to the Rogers Broadcast multiplex on nearby Mount Seymour in order to reduce multipath reception problems.
On August 20, 1992, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) approved the sale of CFOX and CKLG from [[Moffat Communications]] Ltd. to [[Shaw Communications]]. This was part of Moffat's sale of its radio division. Transfer of CKLG/CFOX to Shaw was completed on September 1, 1992. Shaw's broadcasting division became Corus Entertainment in 1999. When [[Western International Communications]], owner of [[classic rock]]er [[CFMI-FM|CFMI]], sold its radio stations to Corus in 2000, CFOX shifted from [[album oriented rock]] to [[alternative rock]], aiming at [[Rogers Communications|Rogers]]' former alternative rocker ''104.9 Xfm'' ([[CKVX-FM]]), which signed on December 31, 1999.
In 1998, the station received approval to add a transmitter at [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]] to operate on the frequency 92.3&nbsp;MHz with the callsign '''CFOX-FM-1'''.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-214.HTM Decision CRTC 98-214]</ref>
Rogers changed CKVX from alternative rock to a [[smooth jazz]]/[[adult contemporary]] hybrid as [[CKKS-FM|CKCL]] on December 26, [[2003 in radio|2003]], making CFOX the lone alternative rocker in Vancouver. CFOX soon returned to an [[active rock]] format, mixing in classic [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music]], but continues to lean [[alternative rock]]. Most alternative songs were toned down when [[CKPK-FM]] signed on in 2008. By [[2011 in radio|2011]], the station returned to alternative.
On July 14, 2011, the CRTC approved Corus's application to increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 35,200 to 51,000 watts (maximum ERP from 75,000 to 100,000 watts).<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-422.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-422]</ref>
==FOX Seeds==
Every year since 1979, there has been a competition through voting, live events and a concert with the finalists at the [[Commodore Ballroom]] and radio air play on CFOX of unsigned local bands that have entered to compete for that year. It is narrowed down to a few winners and one Platinum winner. Prizes include cars, support, agency, management, recording guidance and other items which can be instrumental to a band's career like the ones below.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1270651626%2F |title=Error - Puget Sound Radio |access-date=2019-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172456/http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1270651626%2F |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}{{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref>
Winners include [[Nickelback]], [[Bif Naked]], [[Matthew Good Band]], [[Gob (band)|Gob]], Murray Atkinson (2007), [[Default (band)|Default]], [[Faber Drive]] (2005), [[Theory Of A Deadman]], By a Thread (2003), [[State of Shock (band)|State Of Shock]], Incura (2008), Goodbye Beatdown (2009), Stars of Boulevard (2010), Head Of The Herd (2011), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (2011), FIELDS OF GREEN (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfox.com/PreviousSeedsWinners.aspx |title=The 2008 FOX Vancouver Seeds Top 5 Winners |access-date=2010-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210054347/http://www.cfox.com/PreviousSeedsWinners.aspx |archive-date=2010-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.cfox.com/ The World Famous CFOX]
* [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver/CFOX-FM CFOX-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CFOX-FM}}
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