CFNB DIAL 550 Traditional Cache
SherpaJeff: cache has run its course....nice even number to archive on
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I often drive down to St Andrews and St Stephen and have passed this old radio station by and I wondered if it was still active. I tried the call sign on am and got static. I did feel that this was a bit of history and thought it would an interesting place for a cache. Please replace exactly as found and bring your own pencil.
Congrats to Timrs2001 for the FTF!
An except from the user webpage describing this old station:
"CFNB signed on way back in 1923 (as "10AD") and eventually grew into one of the province's biggest radio stations. By 1959, CFNB had grown to 50,000 watts from two 303-foot towers out to the southwest of town, alongside Highway 3 in Smithfield.
Though most of CFNB's signal was beamed east, it was a common catch in New England as well, right up until June 11, 1996, when it signed off for good and was replaced by CIBX-FM. The only remnants of CFNB that we could find in Fredericton were a few old mikes and other remote gear displayed in a glass case in the studio lobby of CIBX/CKHJ/CIHI at 206 Rookwood Avenue, east of downtown.
Imagine our delight, then, as we headed out of town on Highway 3 and saw the old CFNB transmitter building rising out of the fog, giant callsign and all. I wonder if those towers are still standing today?"
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