Ici Radio-Canada Premiere station in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
CBF-FM-8
is a
French-language
Canadian
radio station
located in
Trois-Rivieres
,
Quebec
.
Owned and operated by public broadcaster
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
as part of the French-language Societe Radio-Canada system, it broadcasts on 96.5
MHz
using a
directional antenna
with an average effective radiated power of 66,700
watts
and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (
class C1
).
The station has an ad-free
news
/
talk
format
and is part of the
Ici Radio-Canada Premiere
network, which operates across Canada. Like all Premiere stations, but unlike most
FM
stations, it broadcasts in
mono
.
The station signed on in 1977 as a full-time rebroadcaster of
CBF
in
Montreal
. Before then, Radio-Canada programming had aired on private affiliate
CHLN
. However, despite Trois-Rivieres' large size, the CBC opted not to open a full-fledged station in the city.
[1]
It became a separately licensed station in 2000, while retaining a rebroadcaster-like callsign.
[2]
The station's current local programs are
Facteur matinal
from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and
360 PM
in the afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide (Quebec) produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). The Saturday morning program,
Samedi et rien d'autre
, originates from CBF-FM.
CBF-FM-8 was originally on 100.1 MHz, and moved to 88.1 MHz in 1985.
[3]
It moved to its current frequency at 96.5 MHz in late 2003.
[4]
Transmitters
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On January 23, 1986, a number of low-power CBC AM transmitters in various communities in Quebec were approved to change to new AM frequencies. One of them CBF-18 Parent moved from 1240 kHz to 710 kHz
[5]
and moved to the FM band to its current frequency at 99.9 MHz in circa. 2017.
[6]
On August 2, 2018, the CRTC approved the transfer of transmitters CBAF-FM-1 Manouane, CBFA-FM-2 Obedjiwan and CBFG-FM-3 Weymontachie, Quebec from license CBFG-FM Chisasibi, Quebec to station CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. (CRTC Administrative Decision 2018-0526-9, August 2, 2018)
On November 17, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to the CRTC to move CBF-17
(formerly CBV-2)
Lac-Edouard, Quebec from the AM band 710 kHz to the FM band at 99.9 MHz.
[7]
The CRTC approved the CBC's application to convert CBF-17 Lac-Edouard from 710 kHz to 99.9 MHz on January 26, 2022.
[8]
On March 7, 2023, the CBC submitted an application to the CRTC to move CBF-16 Clova, Quebec from AM 990 kHz to FM 95.1 MHz.
[9]
The CRTC approved the CBC's application to move CBF-16 Clova from the AM band to the FM band at 95.1 MHz on June 1, 2023.
[10]
References
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- ^
"CHLN history"
. Archived from
the original
on 2007-09-30
. Retrieved
2011-06-11
.
- ^
CRTC Decision 2000-89
- ^
Decision CRTC 84-917
- ^
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2003-202
- ^
Decision CRTC 86-21
- ^
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-199
, CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivieres ? New transmitter in Parent,
CRTC
, June 15, 2017
- ^
2021-0752-3
- ^
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-13
,
CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivieres ? New transmitter in Lac-Edouard,
CRTC
, January 26, 2022
- ^
AM to FM transition Clova, Quebec CBF-16 2023-0121-6
,
CRTC
, March 7, 2023
- ^
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-168
, CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivieres ? New transmitter in Clova,
CRTC
, June 1, 2023
External links
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