CBF-FM is a French-language radio station licensed to Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
20-533: CBSI may refer to: CBSI-FM , Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada; a French-language radio station CBS Interactive , a division of the American media corporation CBS . ConAmor Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (CBSI), former name of DCG Radio-TV Network Community Bank System, Inc. (CBSI), a U.S. national bank network Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland (CBSI), Irish scouting organization Clan Buchanan Society International (CBSI)
40-773: A clear channel Class I-A station. The transmitter was located in Contrecoeur . The station moved to 690 on March 29, 1941, as a result of the North American Regional 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 in Brossard (Now known as CBME-FM on 88.5 FM). CBF started to broadcast from Maison Radio-Canada in November 1971. Commercial advertising on
60-453: A local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994). On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz. On February 7, 2018,
80-456: A pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and CJBR-FM Rimouski , and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, Samedi et rien d'autre , originates from CBF-FM Montreal . In 1973, the CRTC approved
100-409: A rebroadcaster of Matane 's CBGA , CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's Côte-Nord and in parts of Labrador . The station's current local programs are Bonjour la côte , in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Boréale 138 in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces D'Est en est ,
120-564: Is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles , Quebec . Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada , it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts ( class C ) using an omnidirectional antenna . The station has an ad-free news / talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Formerly established on December 12, 1976, as
140-525: The 1998 Ice Storm (i.e., people without electricity). The AM signal was shut down on January 21, 1999. (English-language sister station CBM got permission to move to FM and started FM operations at the same time, retaining its AM signal until May 14, 1999.) CBF became CBF-FM when it moved to the FM dial. The existing station with the CBF-FM callsign at 100.7 MHz was renamed CBFX-FM . The station's old home at 690
160-425: The Ici Radio-Canada Première network which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono . In the summer of 2018, CBF-FM started to broadcast in FM multiplex. CBF went on the air on December 11, 1937, as the CBC launched its French-language network, known as Radio-Canada. CBF operated on 910 using 50,000 watts full-time with an omnidirectional antenna as
180-488: The CBC applied to decrease the effective radiated power of CBF-20, and also on the same date, the CBC also applied to broadcast, on the rebroadcasting transmitters CBF-16, CBF-17 and CBF-18, the programming of CBF-8 instead of the programming of CBF. All technical parameters of the rebroadcasters would remain unchanged. On July 29, 2010, the CRTC approved the application to transfer transmitters CBF-1, CBF-3 and CBF-4 from CBF to CHLM-FM Rouyn-Noranda . On October 30, 2012,
200-510: The CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM. On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 1550 to 99.9 MHz. This was approved on September 6, 2018. On November 23, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBSI-14 1350 to 105.9 MHz. The CRTC approved the CBC's application on February 2, 2022. 50°08′56″N 66°28′09″W / 50.14889°N 66.46917°W / 50.14889; -66.46917 CBF-FM Owned and operated by
220-402: The CBC received approval to change the source of programming from CBF to CBFG-FM Chisasibi on the following repeaters: CBFA-1 Manawan , CBFA-2 Obedjiwan , CBFW Wemindji , CBFM Mistissini , CBFA-3 Wemotaci , CBFH Waskaganish and CBFV Waswanipi . As of 2015, the entirety of CBF's schedule is broadcast live throughout North America via Sirius XM Canada on channel 170. In effect, CBF
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#1733202182089240-509: The CBC's application to change the frequency of CBGR (later CBSI-23) Port-Menier, Quebec from 1420 kHz to 1130 kHz. In 1975, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency of CBGL (later CBSI-13) Mingan, Quebec from 1290 kHz to 740 kHz and was later deleted in 1999. In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec. CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL ,
260-623: The CRTC approved the CBC's application to change CBF-3's frequency from 1400 to 650 kHz. (Now part of CHLM-FM). CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF, but began airing some local programming in 1998. They have both been licensed as full-fledged stations since 2000, despite still having rebroadcaster-like call signs. Both stations have their own local programs and news bulletins; otherwise, their schedules are similar to CBF. On July 5, 2010,
280-525: The Radio-Canada outlet for Ottawa as well. Its nighttime signal covered most of the eastern half of North America, including much of Eastern Canada . However, radio frequency interference rendered it almost unlistenable in parts of Montreal during the day, which prompted the decision to move the station to the FM dial. The FM transmitter was put on the air ahead of schedule on January 22, 1998, and initially had special programming targeting people affected by
300-503: The government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it transmits 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 a non-commercial news / talk format and is the flagship of
320-571: The international society for the Scottish Clan Buchanan Cellular Business Systems Inc. (CBSI) billing company founded by Arlene Harris See also [ edit ] CBS (disambiguation) BSI (disambiguation) WBSI (disambiguation) KBSI (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CBSI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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360-508: 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. On September 27, 2018, CBF-FM began broadcasting in HD Radio for compatible receivers, with its second digital radio subchannel offering ICI Musique Classique, a digital-only music feed. On October 17, 1986
380-731: The station was eliminated in 1974 except for Montreal Canadiens NHL 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 CRTC on July 4, 1997. The AM signal covered much of the western half of Quebec, and was strong enough to be heard in Ottawa and the National Capital Region , as well as parts of New York State and Vermont . Indeed, until CBOF signed on in 1964, CBF doubled as
400-413: Was taken over by CKVL, which moved from 850 under the new callsign CINF . That station closed down in 2010, and the frequency remained dark until 2012, when English-language sports station CKGM moved there. To improve reception, CBF 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
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