CFYK-FM


CFYK-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 98.9 FM in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The station broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network and locally produced programs.

Local programming

CFYK produces all of CBC Radio's local programs in the Northwest Territories, including The Trailbreaker on weekday mornings, the noon-hour program Northwind, Trail's End in the afternoon, and Northern Air on weekend mornings.
The station's afternoon programming also differs significantly from the rest of the network. Afternoon programming such as Q is pre-empted; instead, the station airs afternoon programming in First Nations languages:
CHAK in Inuvik, while airing the same regular local programming schedule as CFYK, produces a distinct schedule of First Nations programming in the afternoons.

Rebroadcasters

CFYK has the following rebroadcasters:

Relocations to FM

The CBC applied with the CRTC to convert the following AM transmitters to FM:
CBQG is the last remaining low-power AM transmitter to rebroadcast CFYK-FM.

Community-owned rebroadcasters

Unlicensed rebroadcasters

Conversion to FM

On July 10, 2012, the CBC applied to move CFYK to 98.9 MHz, which was approved on November 7, 2012. In addition, the new transmitter will broadcast at 5500 watts on a non-directional antenna, with its effective height of antenna above average terrain increasing from 46.6 metres to 50 metres. In addition, the station will carry the CFYK-FM callsign, which has been used for a local repeater of Vancouver's CBC Music outlet, CBU-FM, at 95.3 MHz; that repeater was renamed CBNY-FM after CFYK moved to FM.