The Edmonton Bulletin from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 17

PACE SEVENTEEN EDMONTON BULLETIN- ALBnTAf OtDIST KtVSrA PHI ATl'RDA MARCH 20 1011 PACE SEVENTEEN Radio Station CFRN Grows To Powerful Unit Broadcast Depot Gets Boost to 1000 Watts: Moves to 1260 Channel Radio Station CFRN made its debut on the morning of November 1 1934 Residents of Edmonton and northern Alberta had been subjected to such a number of changes in the radio picture in the city around that time that for 'several weeks they quite sure whether CFRN was CFTP or whether the Sunwapta Broadcasting Company was in the newspaper business or thb Magee and McRae block Remember? phone system official and serrr-tarv of the Northern Alberta Old-tuners' Association pulled the switch which look CFRN off the air with 100 watt oil PA) kilocycles -and a few seconds later pushed home a second switch returning the station to the air with its increased power on it new frequency t'nder Ihe terms of Ihe rerenl Havana t'anlrrenre kilo-ryrlea Is now a clear rlaaa rhannel free from Interference by other atallona CFRN's antenna and ground system is especially designed for this frequency and in order to establish CFRN a the must modern station in Northern Alberta a 1941 Do Luxe Model K-l RCA High Level transmitter is on order Dnforunately war orders will delay delivery of this transmitter until some time in June WILL I'KE BOOSTER To lake care of the power increase from March 29 until such time as Ihe RCA K-t transmitter arrives in Edmonton the engineering department of RCA has supplied CFRN with a 1000-watt power amplifier to be used as a in conjunction with the present 100-watt equipment This method' of obtaining one kilowatt out put is similar to that in use in other lOOOwult stations in the province at the present time With the Installation In June of the new 1009-watt RCA dr loxe model K-l high level trsns-mltter unit In the Kunwapta Hroodraxlliif Company's Jasper Sound Division Broadcast Chief Program Director Studio Manager (ViVY Engineer kil'vyclc channel In DU kilocycles Iil car the Sunwapta Broad- ri-tins Company added to itx facilities the husincss known Hi Radio Sound now Ihe Sound Divirion of the company 'throughout mix and one-half yrm or broadcasting Ihe staff lias Increased numerically from the original nine member to twenly-lhrrr Soinrlitne ugn C'FRN acquired a license to increase power lo 1000 But CFRN soon rittablfehrd Itself Marline aa a umall voire Kd-monlnn'a new IM-wallrr made a name for Itself In abort order and ramr to hr looked upon ax the ronimuiiily xtallon with every justification for Itn rxlsl-enre With Ncilxen as biiMnrs malinger and A Rirc at Ihe the aiiic who built and operated Edmontnn's NEIlSEN manager of the sound division of Ihe Sutiwipli Broadcasting Co For many ycns with Ihe O'Brien Co of Ottawa as master mechanic of the Yellowhead mines A FRANK" MAKE- I'KACK chief engnierr of Ihe Sunwapta Hrnidi'asluijl Co wlio has bi'i'ii aMMiciaied with It ice sli ce Ihe early days of radio in A'da-rta fie is resilient en-Ctist i CEKN's traariniller on die Jaser highway IANCASTFR pro-gion dni'i'lor of the Snnwipli Miiiiiti'a-lnii! Co who lined I lie staff of CFRN in 1934 after sev-I'lil years av'i'iatioii with CKIIA station of Hie I'lmiTM'y of AUn'rli A DICK" RICE inanagT of the lir'uli'kMiiig Sun-wapla Rruailcnst in ('i piuiir-r broiilrnli-r who limit up Imon-ton's fir-t riilo niiliun DAVID llllf chief aniwnni-er and manager of CKIIN One of ihe few reininnng members of the or gin il I'KKN iff had previou ri-iiiir with cjc'a and enr eiigiueei'i Dave II II rlnef g'l-turns nl t-'r togellier With tech- I iioimrer IVp-tliy inrii'ij Rdl I' -her Ritnne Cali'n Arnnlil 1 Hupps and a'lt frank llohsni Tile rnflimer-Gordon Real jiles 1 parlment I eial le)sirtmrii! under Hie supers Viiiiv Diigaan Hil iu1 irrier and i isam of Mim Wiimifn-d Sutton Gisirge Thiimpsin aunounrers I Itetlie Knight secretary Stan Boss onllnued on Psgs Twenty highway Iranxinlllrr house and a nrw RCA model operating comole In the studios In Ihe CPR budding on Jasper avenue together with an extensive studio and office remodelling plan which la bring executed at the present time the nrw CIKN will be Ihe most modrrn broad- rasting station In northern Alberta C'FRN olginil slaif incliil-rt Messrs Nielpn mu I is- Eiuik Makepeace chief engineer Ml Doris Neale a member the Kd-mnnlon Commercial Giad- and now Mrs Ed Chapman of Tormilii Gordon Shillahccr now with CJOA Dave Hilt -III with the station in Ihe capacity of chief announcer Bert Churrhiil and Gil Keabrouk botli with tile CASE laud Arnold "lied'' II pv tdl with 1 the rKFsFNr hr xn i The staff at Ihe prc-enl I me in-eluili II A Rot manager of Hie broadcasting division II Nielsen immager of llu- sound div-I Lr ion: Sid laiirisler pi'ogrim direr-! lor who joiiiid die staff in llie spring nf 19'lft Frank Makixuv chief engineer Roy Ifsher ti-b I Lamb and Ken Angus tiansmiller HMIttM I TV DV Extend Sincere Congratulations and Best Wishes To Radio Station CFRN ip -l 0 000000 0 New Operating Connote In addition lo the new RCA K-l 1000-wall Iransniiller CFRN will install complete RCA studio equipment as imn ax war order permit the factory In make shipment Above ix pictured the latest type studin control panel which in addition to itx complement nf newest RCA "mikes" will find a new home in CFRN's PR Building studios probably sometime iq June This cinnlc equipped In indb needs for three studios and control room six remote control lines and the two RCA two-xpeed turntables at pre-ui in e-e will make CFRN KCA-cquipped throughout the most modern station in the province you Can 10456 JASPER AVENUE New One-Kilowatt Transmitter Unit Above i pirlurcd Ihe new RCA 1941 IV llixe Model K-l high level 1000-watl transmitter at present on order by CFRN War orders will hold up delivery of this equipment until sometime in Jim- 1 is expected that the unit will be in operation by June IS This is the very latest type of equipment and it will together with the new RCA studio equipment also on order make CFRN the most modern station in the and the most powerful station in northern Alberta CONGRATULATIONS TO CFRN AUTO GLASS rwo MIRRORS PICTURES RE-SILVERED FRAMED We Are On the Air Turx at 7:13 am and Sal noon CAPITAL GLASS WORKS Ltd 9813 JusjK'r Avenue 23313 GET ALL THE LATEST THEATRE NEWS Oxer CFRN Wednesday and Saturday 6:13 to 6:30 pm AVENUE ROXY VARSCONA watts Coincidental with a continent-wide re-assignment of frequencies affecting most North American stations the increase in power was put into effect at 1:00 o'clock this March 29 1941 At the same lime CFRN reverted to its original frequency At 100 am today from the stage nr Ihe on 103 street in Edmonton James McCool city tele- Listen to Songs the Soldiers Sing" 9:30 (' MON WK1) anil 1-UI Oxer Station CFRN (irm'ntod by iJIMONTOVK IJCAIITY me nit no: stork first radio station CJCA and whose accent had become familiar throughout a dozen or so years of broadcasting being particularly associated with the made great strides CITY LANDMARK In the fall of 1938 CFRN erected what has since become one of Edmonton's landmarks the 200-foot vertical antenna at it transmitter house in Jasper Place Early the following year the station changed frequency from it original 1280 Tune In CFRN Hear Corner 8:41 PM IKIDXV Win A Helena Ruheiistfiii I'lassic" Kit Or Laura Neroril Chocolates We Extend Heartiest Congratulations TO CFRN RADIO STATION CKUA 880 KILOCYCLES University of Alberta Corner Drug Stores Jasper at HU ML 124 SI at Good Luck to CFRN Healy Motors LIMITED lll'DSON DISTRIBUTORS Jasper at 105th St Ph 2224T Hear the New About TIRES At 11:15 Noon Kerry Monday Wednesday and Friday on CFRN Central Radiator and Tire Service rilONE 21887 1IIS5 99 KT On Top of Edmonton and Northern Alberta with Power Increased to We Offer an Outstanding RADIO REPAIR SERVICE Bg sMCOneOBArgD may i70l Joins In Extending BEST WISHES to Radio Station CFRN Now Operating On 1000 Watts l-aicst factory equipment doe the Job in half ihe lime All repairs guaranteed Old part tubes returnrd that you can verify rrpair made We guarantee sat isfkcl imi Good Luck To CFRN ADAMS' RADIO llradquarlrrs for General Elerlrlr Applianeri 10-118 Jasper Avenue 2171 1 1 1 PRIZE! CHICKS Healthy Sturdy Huy-Old I'hirkti Ready lo Ship Listen In lo li Hear the NEWS Over CFRN On 2:43 pm 9:30 pm 2:41 pm Tuesday Wednesday Fritiay 'CA ffCSHI Poultry Supply 10173 991 SI reel 32376 Over CFRN 12:15 Daily (Exrept Kundayl New Frequoney nf 1360 Kr Broadcasting on the New Frequency of BEST WISHES TO CFRN Congratulations to CFRN for the Latest Ideas on Home Decoration Listen lo aur Program on CFRN every Wednekday at 1:48 pm There's More Power to Your COMMUNITY Station To Serve You Better Turn Your Dial to 1260 Kilo cycles Right Now! OIPJ fTOntLjDiaJOt iUIOMORTO Phone 26542 10335 Jasper Avenue r-i.