Trivia
- Stemming from a 1990s era station commercial featuring Ellen DeGeneres, the station acquired the nickname 'C-FERN' (pronounced SEE-FERN). The nickname originated from an improvised promotional clip where the actress lightheartedly took liberty with the call letters, joking that the station was "television for ferns".
- CFRN's signoff announcements until the late 1990s were notable in that the station played a God Save the Queen film in place of O Canada. At the time most Canadian television stations played the Canadian National Anthem and sometimes both anthems.
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