CBF-FM

CBF-FM

City of license	Montreal, Quebec
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal area
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Frequency	95.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	December 11, 1937
Format	public broadcasting
Language(s)	French
ERP	100 kW
HAAT	298.9 meters (981 ft)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting French
Former callsigns	CBF (1937-1998)
Former frequencies	910 kHz (AM) (1937-1941) 690 kHz (AM) (1941-1998)
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 95.1 MHz from the Mount Royal candelabra tower with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C1) using an omnidirectional antenna. Its studios and master control are located at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal.

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

History

CBF went on the air on December 11, 1937, as the CBC launched its French-language network (Radio-Canada). CBF replaced CRCM, a station operated by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission on 600 kHz in alternance with CFCF. CBF operated on 910 kHz using 50,000 watts full-time with an omnidirectional antenna as a clear channel (class A) station. The transmitter was located in Contrecoeur.

The station moved from 910 kHz to 690 kHz on March 29, 1941, as a result of the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement. In 1978 the CBC consolidated its two Montréal AM broadcast transmitters and the station moved to a new transmitter site shared with CBM 940 kHz in Brossard.

CBF started to broadcast from the Maison Radio-Canada in November 1971. Commercial advertising on the station was eliminated in 1974 except for Montreal Canadiens hockey games. (CBF was the Canadiens' radio flagship since its opening in 1937 and would remain so until 1997.)

CBF applied to move to FM and was authorized to do so by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on July 4, 1997.^[1] The AM signal covered virtually all of the western half of Quebec, and was strong enough to decently cover Ottawa and the National Capital Region as well. Indeed, until CBOF signed on in 1964, CBF doubled as the Radio-Canada outlet for Ottawa as well. Its nighttime signal covered most of the eastern half of North America, including three-fourths of Canada. However, radio frequency interference rendered it almost unlistenable in parts of Montreal during the day.

The FM transmitter was put on the air ahead of schedule on January 22, 1998, and initially had special programming targeting people affected by the 1998 Ice Storm (i.e., people without electricity). The AM signal was shut down on January 21, 1999. (For an unknown reason, English-language sister station CBM, which got permission to move to FM and started FM operations at the same time, retained its AM signal until May 14, 1999.) CBF became CBF-FM as a result of this move to FM; the existing CBF-FM station was renamed CBFX-FM. The station's old home at 690 AM was taken over by CKVL, which moved from AM 850 under the new calls of CINF. That station closed down in 2010, and the frequency remained dark until 2012, when English-language sports station CKGM moved there.

Because of severe reception problems, CBF-FM was authorized to increase its power from 17,030 watts to 100,000 watts on June 2, 2000. The power increase was implemented in mid-2001.

In recent years the popularity of the station has increased significantly. The station is now usually one of the top five stations in Bureau of Broadcast Measurement ratings (using shares), after decades of being an also-ran.

The station's current local programs are Info matin (also heard in Ottawa and in Quebec City) from 5:00 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., Gravel le matin hosted by Alain Gravel, in the mornings from 5:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Le 15-18 (named after Montreal's rush hour, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.), in the afternoons. Its Saturday morning local program is Samedi et rien d'autre ("Saturday and Nothing Else"), heard from 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Samedi et rien d'autre is also broadcast on all Première outlets in Quebec, except the Outaouais region.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBF-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
L'Annonciation (Rivière-Rouge)	CBF-FM-15	88.3 FM	4,600 watts	B	Query
Mont-Laurier	CBF-FM-9	91.9 FM	38,000 watts	B	Query	85-523
Radisson	CBF-FM-7	100.1 FM	199 watts	A	Query
Saint-Donat (Matawinie RCM)	CBF-FM-20	89.7	5,460 watts	B	Query	2008-280
Saint-Jovite (Mont-Tremblant)	CBF-FM-14	95.5 FM	835 watts	A	Query
Saint-Michel-des-Saints	CBF-FM-13	90.9 FM	466 watts	A	Query

CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but began airing some local programming in 1998. They have both been licensed as full-fledged stations since 2000, despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns. Both stations have their own morning programs and news bulletins, and CBF-FM-10 also provides a drive-time afternoon program; otherwise, their schedules are similar to CBF-FM.

On July 5, 2010, the CBC applied to decrease the effective radiated power of CBF-FM-20, Saint-Donat and also on the same date, the CBC also applied to broadcast, on the rebroadcasting transmitters CBF-16 Clova, CBF-17 Lac Edouard and CBF-18 Parent, the programming of CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivieres instead of the programming of CBF-FM. All technical parameters of the rebroadcasting transmitters would remain unchanged.^[2]

On July 29, 2010, the CRTC approved the application to transfer transmitters CBF-1 Senneterre, CBF-3 Lebel-sur-Quévillon and CBF-4 Matagami from CBF-FM to CHLM-FM Rouyn-Noranda.^[3]

On October 30, 2012, the CBC received approval to change the source of programming from CBF-FM to CBFG-FM Chisasibi on the following repeaters:^[4]^[5] CBFA-FM-1 Manawan, CBFA-FM-2 Obedjiwan, CBFW-FM Wemindji, CBFM-FM Mistissini, CBFA-FM-3 Wemotaci, CBFH-FM Waskaganish, and CBFV-FM Waswanipi.

Sirius XM

As of 2015, the entirety of CBF-FM's schedule is broadcast live throughout North America via Sirius XM Canada on channel 170.^[6] In effect, CBF-FM is one of four terrestrial stations in North America to be broadcast on Sirius XM (KIIS-FM Los Angeles, and WHTZ and WBBR New York City, are the others).

References

↑ Decision CRTC 97-293
↑ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-454 numbers 3 and 4
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-527
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-599 CBFG-FM Chisasibi – New transmitters and revocation of licences, CRTC, October 30, 2012
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-602-1 CFFB Iqaluit – New transmitters in Puvirnituq, Kuujjuarapik, Inukjuak, Salluit and Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo) – Correction, CRTC, November 5, 2012
↑ Retrieved 01-02-2014

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Radio stations in Montreal and surrounding area

Montreal AM	NEW 600 CKGM 690 CKAC 730 CJAD 800 NEW 850 NEW 940 CHRF 980 CFMB 1280 CJWI 1410 CHOU 1450 CHRN 1610 CJRS 1650 CJLO 1690 Defunct CINF 690 CINW 940 CJMS 1280 CHLP 1410 CKO/CFOX 1470 CKLM 1570

Montreal FM	CHDO 88.1 CBME 88.5 CISM 89.3 CKUT 90.3 CIRA 91.3 CKLX 91.9 CKBE 92.5 CBM 93.5 CKMF 94.3 CBF 95.1 CJFM 95.9 CKOI 96.9 CHOM 97.7 CJPX 99.5 CKVL 100.1 CBFX 100.7 CIBL 101.5 CINQ 102.3 CILO 102.9 CKDG 105.1 CKIN 106.3 CITE 107.3 Defunct CFTL 96.7 (Pirate) CJRM-FM 98.5 CKAV-10 106.7

Adjacent communities	Acton Vale CFID 103.7 Akwesasne CKON 97.3 Châteauguay/Candiac CHAI 101.9 Granby CFXM 104.9 Hudson/Saint-Lazare CHSV 106.7 Joliette CJLM 103.5 Kahnawake CKKI 89.9 CKRK 103.7 Laval CJLV 1570 CFGL 105.7 Longueuil CHMP 98.5 CHAA 103.3 Saint-Constant CJMS 1040 Saint-Hyacinthe CFEI 106.5 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu CFZZ 104.1 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield CKOD 103.1 Sorel-Tracy CJSO 101.7 Vaudreuil-Dorion CJVD 100.1 Defunct CHEF 1450 (Granby)

Specialty services	HMWN Radio Maria International Tamil Radio Radio Humsafar

Adjacent markets	North Country Region, NY Burlington VT / Plattsburgh NY Cornwall, ON

Quebec radio markets Abitibi-Témiscamingue Bas-Saint-Laurent Centre-du-Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Côte-Nord Gaspésie Gatineau Laurentides Mauricie Montreal Nord-du-Québec Quebec City Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Sherbrooke/Estrie See also List of radio stations in Quebec

SRC radio stations in Canada

Ici Radio-Canada Première	CBAF-15 Charlottetown CBFG Chisasibi CHFA Edmonton CBAF-5 Halifax CBGA Matane CBAF Moncton CBF Montreal CBOF Ottawa CBV Quebec City CBKF Regina CJBR Rimouski CHLM Rouyn-Noranda CBJ Saguenay CBSI Sept-Îles CBF-10 Sherbrooke CBON Sudbury CJBC Toronto CBF-8 Trois-Rivières CBUF Vancouver CBEF Windsor CKSB-10 Winnipeg

Ici Musique	CBCX Calgary CBAX Halifax CBAL Moncton CBFX Montreal CBOX Ottawa CBVX Quebec City CBRX Rimouski CBJX Saguenay CBBX Sudbury CJBC Toronto CBUX Vancouver CKSB Winnipeg

Former private affiliates	CFRG Gravelbourg CFLM La Tuque CFNS Saskatoon CFBR Sudbury CKLD Thetford Mines CFCL Timmins CFDA Victoriaville CKVM Ville-Marie

See also	Bande à part Sports extra CBC Radio 3 CBC radio stations Weatheradio Canada Radio Canada International CBC North

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