CBAF-FM-5

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CBAF-FM-5

City of license	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Broadcast area	Nova Scotia & Newfoundland
Branding	La Première Chaîne
Frequency	92.3 MHz (FM)
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	91 kW
Class	C
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html

CBAF-FM-5 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 92.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 91,000 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the La Première Chaîne network, which operates across Canada. Like all La Première Chaîne stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.

Despite its call sign, CBAF-FM-5 is no longer a rebroadcaster of CBAF-FM, as it was a separate station by 1987. ^[1]

The station produces a morning drive show ("Le Réveil", Monday to Thursday from 6 to 9 a.m. and Friday from 6 to 10 a.m.) and an afternoon drive show ("Les 400 coups", Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.). ^[2] The rest of its programming is a simulcast of CBAF-FM from Moncton, New Brunswick.

CBAF-FM-5 was originally identified as CBAF-19-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989, ^[3] as the old 1300 kHz AM signal of CBAF was shut down. ^[4]

[edit] Rebroadcasters

The following stations are fulltime rebroadcasters of CBAF-FM-5:

CBAF-FM-6 in Middleton, broadcasting on 107.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 19,000 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-7 in Digby, broadcasting on 104.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 980 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-8 in Weymouth, broadcasting on 100.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 500 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 1428 watts (class A);

CBAF-FM-9 in Yarmouth, broadcasting on 107.3 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 1180 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 2890 watts (class A);

CBAF-FM-10 in New Glasgow, broadcasting on 88.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1200 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-11 in Mulgrave, broadcasting on 107.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 93,400 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-12 in Margaree, broadcasting on 92.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 82 watts (class A1) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-13 in Cheticamp, broadcasting on 103.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 82 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-14 in Sydney, broadcasting on 95.9 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 61,700 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C);

CBAF-FM-16 in Port au Port, Newfoundland and Labrador, broadcasting on 94.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,034 watts (class B) using an omnidirectional antenna;

CBAF-FM-17 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, broadcasting on 105.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 45,900 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.