CFRW is an AM radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, broadcasting at a frequency of 1290 KHz. The station plays an oldies format and is owned by CHUM Limited. AM radio is radio broadcasting using Amplitude Modulation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Oldies is a generic term commonly used in the United States and Canada to describe a radio format that concentrates on popular Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. ... CHUM-City Building, the headquarters of CHUM Limited. ...

The station first went on the air as CJQM, at 1470 kHz, on November 1, 1963. The callsign changed to CFRW in 1969 and the frequency changed in the mid-1970s. CHUM purchased CFRW in 1974. CFRW played a contemporary music format until 1987, when it switched to soft rock, with a callsign and branding change to CIFX ("1290 Fox"). The station changed formats several more times, including to talk radio in 1995, pop standards in 2000 and sports (as part of CHUM's now-defunct "The Team" network). The CFRW callsign and oldies format returned in August 2002. Soft rock, also referred to as lite rock, easy rock, and formally mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. ... The term pop standards refers to an American songwriting, arranging, and singing style that is widely considered as the high point of Western vocal popular music. ...

CFRW airs all games of the Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball team. The Winnipeg Goldeyes have been two separate and distinct baseball teams based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada playing in the independent Northern League. ...

External links

• CFRW
• CFRW history