CFRN
City of license	Edmonton, Alberta
Broadcast area	Edmonton Capital Region
Branding	The Team 1260
Slogan	Edmonton's Sports Radio
Frequency	1260 kHz (AM)
Format	sports
Power	50,000 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	C F Rice and Nielsen
Owner	Astral Media
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	The Team 1260

CFRN is a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Astral Media and broadcasting at 1260 AM, the station airs a sports format, branded as The Team 1260.

[edit] History

In 1927, the station originally launched as CHMA at 580 AM. In the 1930s, CHMA became CFTP.

During the 1930s, the station changed its calls from CFTP to its current call sign, CFRN. Later that decade, the station moved to its current frequency, 1260 AM.

In 1936, the station moved from 1260 to 960 AM. In 1941, CFRN moved back to 1260 AM.

[edit] The Team

The Team 1260 came into being in 2002 with the change to the sports radio format. As a part of The Team national sports radio network, the Team 1260 had to quickly adapt to life without the national network when CHUM pulled the plug on the national sports network in August 2002.

The Team 1260 features more hours of local sports broadcasting than any other radio station in the Edmonton market. While not broadcasting local programming, the Team 1260 broadscasts content from Fox Sports Radio, the Fan Radio Network (including Prime Time Sports) and other syndicated programming such as the Jim Rome Show.

The station's studios are located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shares studio space with its former sister station, CTV O&O CFRN-TV.

[edit] Local Programming

[edit] Daily

• Nielson and Chase in the Morning - featuring Dustin Nielson and Kyle Chase ; Monday thru Friday from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
• Oilers Lunch - featuring Edmonton Oilers Radio Colorman Bob Stauffer; Monday thru Friday from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
• Just a Game - Hosted by Jason Gregor, weekdays from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (this show formerly had the 9 to Midnight timeslot). Jason has regular weekly co-hosts including TSN reporter Ryan Rishaug, Edmonton Journal columnist Dan Barnes, and journalist Robin Brownlee.
• Edmonton Sports Night Live - Hosted by Corey Graham and Wil Fraser, weeknights from 9:00 PM to Midnight; on Oiler and Eskimo game nights, the show consists primarily of post-game coverage.

[edit] Weekly or bi-weekly

• Ultimate Soccer - Hosted by "Soccer Steve"; Saturdays at 12 Noon
• Krush Sports Performance Show - Hosted by Jeff Krushell; weekly
• The Pipeline Show - Hockey program hosted by Global Edmonton's Dean Millard and columnist Guy Flaming; weekly

[edit] Former Shows and Games

• Cracker-Cats Show - Hosted by Al Coates
• Sports-Xtra - Hosted by Tony Fiorello and Ron Rimer
• Edmonton Cracker-Cats live play-by-play - Games were carried on the Team 1260 during the first two years of the franchise. Al Coates handled the play by play
• Total Sports - Hosted by Bob Stauffer; featuring the 'Total Sports Dream Team' of co-hosts
• What's Going On - Hosted by Jason Jones, Corey Graham and Nadine Woudstra
• Sports Talk - Hosted by John Short
• More on Sports - featuring play-by-play veteran Bryn Griffiths and Jake Daniels (the "voice of the fan").
• Way Offside - Hosted by Jake Daniels

[edit] Live sports

The Team 1260 is the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts:

• Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL hockey)
• Edmonton Rush (NLL lacrosse)
• Spruce Grove Saints AJHL hockey (select games)
• U of A Golden Bears football and hockey games (select games)

The Team 1260 also features live coverage of the following:

• NFL Football (select games)

[edit] External links

• The Team 1260
• CFRN history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CFRN