CBTK-FM

CBTK-FM

City of license	Kelowna, British Columbia
Broadcast area	Southern Interior
Branding	CBC Radio One
Frequency	88.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	1987
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	5.2 kW
Class	C
Transmitter coordinates	49°58′0″N 119°31′44″W / 49.96667°N 119.52889°W / 49.96667; -119.52889 (CBTK-FM 88.9 Kelowna)
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation T Kelowna
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	CBC British Columbia

CBTK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station airs at 88.9 on the FM dial in Kelowna.

History

The station was launched in 1987.^[1] Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired in Kelowna on private affiliate CKOV 630 in the AM band, while most of its other transmitters were rebroadcasters of Vancouver's CBU.

Local programming

CBTK-FM produces its own local morning show, Daybreak South, as well as a local afternoon show, Radio West, which airs across the whole interior of British Columbia.^[2]

Rebroadcasters

FM conversions

• On October 13, 2011, CBTK-FM applied to convert CBRD 860 Field from the AM band to the FM band. ^{[3] [4]} The application was approved on December 15, 2011 and the new transmitter will operate at 97.1 MHz. ^[5] CBRD callsign will be replaced by CBTK-FM-1 once the flip from 860 AM to 97.1 FM occurs.

• On August 16, 2013, CBTK-FM applied to relocate CBRJ 860 Grand Forks to 107.3 MHz.^[6] This application was approved on October 31, 2013. ^[7]

Transmitter closure

On October 25, 2013 at the request of the CBC, the CRTC deleted low-power AM transmitter CBKR in Parson.^[8] Radio One programming in this community is available from adjacent transmitters CBXE-FM Golden and CBUQ-FM Radium Hot Springs, the closest Radio One transmitters to Parson.

Split of CBYK-FM into separate network

CBTK-FM was previously repeated on CBYK-FM Kamloops and on 22 CBC radio repeaters in the Thompson and Cariboo regions. On October 28, 2011, the CBC filed an application with the CRTC to convert CBYK-FM from a rebradcaster of CBTK-FM to an anchor of a new regional CBC Radio One network. The CRTC approved the new regional network on March 30, 2012,^[9] with a start-up date slated for October 9, 2012.^[10][11]

CBUC-FM in Salmon Arm, which was originally to have been part of the new network, will remain a repeater of CBTK-FM, following interventions from various parties, including the City of Salmon Arm, that the region is more economically-tied with the Okanagan region than with Kamloops.^[9]

CBTO-FM in Revelstoke will rejoin the Kelowna regional network on January 2, 2014.^[12]

References

External links

• CBC British Columbia
• CBTK-FM history at at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBTK-FM