Editing CFRA (section)

==History==
Frank Ryan founded the station, which began broadcasting with a 1,000-watt transmitter at 560&nbsp;kHz on May 3, 1947. The first studios were located at the [[Ottawa Auditorium]] on O'Connor Street, where the station spent its first ten years. In 1962, the station moved to its current frequency of 580&nbsp;kHz and increased its daytime power to 50&nbsp;kW, and nighttime power to 10&nbsp;kW.

After Ryan's death in 1965, ownership of the station passed to his wife Kathleen, who subsequently sold CFRA and sister station [[CKKL-FM|CFMO-FM]] to [[CHUM Limited]] in 1968.

Between 1980 and 1984, on Saturday afternoons from 2 to 5pm, CFRA aired an [[oldies]] show hosted by American announcer and comedian [[Gary Owens]], formerly of the ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' TV show. it was entitled Soundtrack Of The Sixties, where song requests were offered by postcard to the station as an entry towards the yearly-end prize.

CFRA played [[pop music]] until the mid-1980s as Ottawa's leading [[Top 40]] music station, known in the late '70s and early '80s for its hugely popular and controversial evening host [[Mark Elliot (radio host)|Mark Elliot]]. So popular was Elliot at his peak that he was tapped to be a presenter at the [[Juno Awards]] in 1985. Much of Elliot's wildness on the air could be attributed to the fact that he was suffering from drug and alcohol addictions at the time. One of Elliot's most eyebrow-raising behaviors came in 1986 when he quit on the air <ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475300511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+18,+1986&author=CP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Ottawa+deejay+quits+job+on+the+air&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107191319/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475300511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+18,+1986&author=CP&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Ottawa+deejay+quits+job+on+the+air&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=archives|website=thestar.com|access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> after a switch to an oldies-based format (see below) was announced. After a short time at competitor [[CFGO]] (where his addictions and erratic behaviour cost him his job), Elliot went into rehab and managed to kick his addictions; he later became the host of a talk show for people recovering from addictions on Toronto radio.

On August 18, 1986, CFRA changed formats to "Favourites of Yesterday and Today," describing itself as a gold-based [[adult contemporary]] station (and mirroring a similar change from [[Top 40]] to gold-based [[adult contemporary|AC]] that same year at sister station [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] in Toronto). In 1991, CFRA changed the format again to an all-[[oldies]] station, before changing to the current [[all-news radio|news]]/[[talk radio|talk]] format in June 1993. Many believe that [[CJMJ-FM]]'s launch in 1991 (co-owned with CFRA since [[1999 in radio|1999]]) led to the demise of CFRA's adult contemporary format. In 2002, CFRA's slogan became "left on the dial, right on the issues", as a tribute to its [[conservative talk radio|conservative talk]] political leanings. The current studios have been located at CHUM's downtown Market Media Mall since 2000. In 2007, CFRA, along with the other CHUM stations, were sold to [[CTVglobemedia]].

In January 2012, Bell Media applied to increase nighttime power to 30&nbsp;kW noting that co-channel stations in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]] ([[CJFX-FM]]), [[Baie-Comeau]] ([[CHLC-FM]]) and [[Thunder Bay]] ([[CKPR-FM]]) have all switched to FM.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201200146 | title=The Runtime Service cannot communicate with Entitlements Service }}</ref> On September 26, 2012, Bell Media's application received CRTC approval to increase CFRA's night-time power from 10 to 30&nbsp;kW and by modifying its antenna pattern (improving reception towards [[Montreal]]), resulting in changes to its authorized contours. All other technical parameters would remain unchanged. CFRA would remain on 580&nbsp;kHz.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-518.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-518], CFRA Ottawa – Technical change, ''CRTC'', September 26, 2012</ref>