CBCV-FM

CBCV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network in Victoria, British Columbia and throughout Vancouver Island. The station airs at 90.5 on the FM dial.

History

The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in 1997,^[1] and was launched in 1998. At the same time, the station was licensed to add a rebroadcaster at Metchosin, and took over 13 existing rebroadcasters of Vancouver's CBU.^[2]

Prior to the station's launch, Victoria was the only provincial capital in Canada without its own CBC Radio production centre.

Local programming

The station's local programs are On the Island, hosted by Gregor Craigie, in the mornings and All Points West, hosted by Jo-Ann Roberts, in the afternoons. Both programs broadcast exclusively on CBCV-FM and its rebroadcasters on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

Transmitters

The only major city on Vancouver Island without its own CBC Radio transmitter is Nanaimo, which receives Vancouver's CBU signal directly. The CBC applied to the CRTC to add a rebroadcaster of CBCV at Nanaimo in 2007, contemporaneous with an application to convert the Vancouver station to FM. As few FM frequencies remain available in the Vancouver-Victoria market, however, the applications were denied. CBU was permitted to add a nested low-power rebroadcaster in the urban core of Vancouver, but was required to maintain the AM signal to serve outlying areas, including Nanaimo.^[4]

References

External links

• CBC Radio One
• CBCV history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBCV-FM