CBV-FM

CBV-FM

City of license	Quebec City, Quebec
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Frequency	106.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	1934 on AM 1997 on FM
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	25.7 kWs-vertical 52.5 kWs-horizontal (peak)
HAAT	477.6 meters (1,567 ft)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ville de Québec
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBVX-FM, CBVE-FM
Website	Première Chaîne

CBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair.

The station was first launched in 1934 as AM 950 CRCK, Quebec City's second-oldest radio station. It was an affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, airing programming in both English and French. It became a part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1936. It adopted the callsign CBV in 1938, becoming the second station in Radio-Canada's French radio network. In 1941, CBV moved from 950 to 980 kHz.

In 1974, CBVX-FM, broadcasting Radio-Canada's FM network, was launched. It was initially known as CBV-FM.

On July 4, 1997, the CBC received CRTC approval to convert CBV from the AM band (operating at 980 kHz) to the FM band at 106.3 MHz. After the move to FM, the old AM 980 signal was discontinued.^[1] It took over the CBV-FM callsign, and the existing CBV-FM became CBVX.

Transmitters

On September 29, 2014, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to add a new FM transmitter at Baie-Saint-Paul, which will repeat CBV-FM at 104.9 MHz. ^[2]

References

External links

• CBV-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBV-FM