CBR (AM)

CBR

City of license	Calgary, Alberta
Broadcast area	Southern Alberta
Branding	CBC Radio One
Frequency	1010 KHz (AM)
First air date	October 1, 1964
Format	public broadcasting
Power	50,000 watts
Class	A
Transmitter coordinates	50°56′17″N 113°57′42″W / 50.938056°N 113.961667°W / 50.938056; -113.961667
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBR-FM, CBRF-FM, CBCX-FM, CBRT-DT, CBRFT
Website	CBC Calgary

CBR is a Canadian clear-channel radio station, broadcasting at 1010 AM in Calgary, Alberta. It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network. CBR's studios are located on Westmount Boulevard Northwest just west of downtown Calgary, while its transmitters are located in Southeast Calgary.

CBR's daytime signal covers most of the southern two-thirds of Alberta. It can be heard at city-grade strength from Red Deer to Lethbridge, and provides secondary coverage as far as Edmonton to the north and several counties on the Montana-Alberta border to the south. At night, it covers most of the western half of North America.

As of spring 2013, CBR was the second most listened-to radio station, the most listened-to AM radio station, in the Calgary market.^[1]

History

The station was launched in 1964. Before then, Calgary had been one of the last major markets in Canada without an owned-and-operated CBC radio station. Originally, Calgary's CBC outlet had been private affiliate CFAC. From 1948 to 1964, CBX in Edmonton doubled as Calgary's CBC station as well, serving the southern two-thirds of the province from its transmitter at Lacombe (halfway between the two cities). The new station took over CBX's old frequency at 1010 AM and its clear-channel designation, while CBX was reoriented to be Edmonton's CBC station. The call sign CBR was previously used by CBC Radio Vancouver from 1937 to 1951.

On March 16, 2006, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by the station to implement a new, "nested" FM transmitter in Calgary itself to simulcast the AM programming, due to the AM signal's poor reception in some parts of the city.^[2] This new FM signal, CBR-1-FM (99.1 MHz) was launched on November 28, 2006.^[3] In recent years, the CBC has branded 99.1 as the main transmitter, even though 1010 AM is technically the main station.

Various other AM and FM rebroadcasters have been installed throughout southern Alberta.

On December 19, 2008, the licensee proposes to use a Subsidiary Communications Multiplex Operations (SCMO) channel to broadcast multi-cultural programs.^[4]

On July 7, 2011, the CRTC approved an application by the CBC to relocate CBR's transmitter. All other technical parameters will remain unchanged.^[5][6]

Local programming

CBR's local programs are Calgary Eyeopener in the morning, and The Homestretch in the afternoons.

Transmitters

On April 30, 2015, the CBC submitted an application to add a new FM transmitter at Lake Louise, Alberta. If approved, the new transmitter would operate at 103.9 MHz to rebroadcast the CBC Radio One programing of CBR Calgary.^[7] A transmitter currently listed at 103.9 MHz in Lake Louise with a call sign VF2105. The transmitter was owned by the Lake Louise Community Association.^[8] The CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate a CBC Radio One transmitter at Lake Louise on July 14, 2015.^[9]

References

External links

• CBC Calgary
• CBR-AM history - Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBR