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34-847: It consisted of the CBC-owned CJBC radio station in Toronto and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates from coast-to-coast. The Dominion Network was set up as a complementary network to the CBC's main English service which became known as the Trans-Canada Network . While the Trans-Canada Network focus was on public affairs, educational and cultural programs, the Dominion Network's broadcast schedule consisted of lighter programming fare than that of

68-523: A height above average terrain (HAAT) of 303.4 metres. The rebroadcaster would help improve reception in areas of Toronto, due to inefficiencies of the AM signal. On September 11, 2012, the 88.1 FM frequency was awarded to Central Ontario Broadcasting, which launched a station on 88.1 as CIND-FM , "Indie88". Beginning in 2020, CJBC's weekday morning and afternoon drive time programs were simulcast on CJBC-FM 90.3, which carries Ici Musique network programming

102-488: A fire were designed by Horwood and White, architects. The text also notes: "[The] Jarvis Street Baptist Church was the first church in Canada designed with a U-shaped galleried auditorium, described by J. R. Robertson as 'the more modern method of seating which bends the audience around the chancel ' ". The building is situated in the centre of a group of fast food restaurants, corner stores, apartment buildings, and townhouses. It

136-533: A small chapel in 1832. It was then known also as the Baptist Church of York. By 1848, the congregation had moved to Bond Street and became known simply as Bond Street Baptist Church with a membership that grew to 400 by the late 1860s. Beginning with Bond Street and continuing through at Jarvis Street an outreach was begun further west which was established in 1880 as Beverley Street Baptist Church . (See also Toronto Chinese Baptist Church .) The present church

170-402: A vertical axis to the building. A copper spire sits on top of the tower, adding approximately nine metres (30 ft) to the existing roof height. In addition to the vertical axis the building also has a horizontal symmetry axis that goes diagonally through the building. The flat-roofed extension of the church, built after the 1938 fire, was constructed with red brick masonry which contrasts with

204-514: Is an urban legend that a CBC announcer once accidentally gave a station identification as "the Dominion Network of the Canadian Broadcorping Castration ", which was popularized when U.S. TV producer Kermit Schaefer included a recreation of this incident on one of his best-selling Pardon My Blooper record albums in the 1950s. Canadian political pundit Mark Steyn often refers to the CBC as such in his columns. The network

238-405: Is heard provincewide (except Ottawa) from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. On some holidays, Y'a pas deux matins pareils or Le matin du Nord from CBON-FM airs on both stations, but on some other holidays, both stations either air their local shows as usual or carry CBEF's Matins sans frontières . Jarvis Street Baptist Church The Jarvis Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at

272-518: Is laid unevenly with a pattern that varies in different shades of browns and dark yellows. The material used for the roof is Canadian slate. The roof is constructed from a series of pitched segments that are centrally connected by a horizontally sliced dome. There are eight entrances, each consisting of solid oak double doors framed with pointed sandstone arches. Several of these doors have been blocked off with black cast iron gates. Triangular sets of small rosette windows are placed above every door to fill

306-460: Is the neighbour of the Allan Gardens Park as well as Grace Toronto Church (originally Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church). The interior of St. Andrew's, also designed by Langley and Burke, is said to resemble that of the original Jarvis Street Baptist Church. In comparison to its surroundings the building is very large on both vertical and horizontal planes. At the time of construction it

340-761: The Canadian Baptist , transferring that enterprise from private ownership to a denominational enterprise. "In 1888 the Western Convention, while in session in Jarvis St. Church, Toronto, passed the following resolution: Whereas this question of Union has been carefully considered, both by the Society in the East and by us, therefore, resolved, that we do now receive the Eastern Society into union with us. The new convention

374-577: The Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in Downtown Toronto . CJBC is a Class A station. It runs at 50,000 watts , the maximum power for Canadian AM stations. It uses a non-directional antenna . The transmitter is on Auburn Road in Milton near Ontario Highway 401 . CJBC programming is heard on five rebroadcasters around Southern Ontario. The station signed on

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408-493: The flagship station of the CBC's Dominion Network . On September 1, 1948, CJBC moved to its current frequency, 860 kHz, exchanging frequencies with the privately-owned CFRB , which moved to 1010. CJBC's signal strength was boosted to 50,000 watts, up from its previous strength of 1,000 watts. As a Dominion Network affiliate , the station carried network programming in the evening, which included light entertainment fare and some American shows. Local programming and news

442-654: The CJBC call sign that served most of Northern Ontario. Those were changed over to CBON-FM programming out of Sudbury after that station signed on in 1978. CBEF in Windsor , although officially licensed as a separate station, has also been a de facto rebroadcaster of CJBC. Staffing cutbacks in 2009 resulted in only limited programming originating in Windsor. The station maintained a skeleton staff of just two reporters for local news breaks, while otherwise simulcasting CJBC's programming

476-404: The Trans-Canada Network and carried more American programming. As well, the Dominion Network operated mostly in the evenings, freeing affiliates to air local programming during the day. The Dominion Network was launched on January 1, 1944 after a request by private affiliates asking to set up their own radio network in order to carry American programming was turned down. CBC became concerned that

510-562: The air in 1925. Its original call sign was CKNC and it broadcast on 840 kHz. It was owned by the Canadian National Carbon Company. In January 1927, the station moved to 690 kHz, returning to 840 kHz a month later. The station then moved to 580 in 1928, and to 1030 in 1931. In 1933, the station was leased and then acquired by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission , the forerunner of

544-856: The air when the federal government terminated all religious radio licenses. The station is unrelated to the current CJBC which is the French-language station owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . The congregation's past ministers include John Harvard Castle (1830–1890), who became pastor in 1873 (while at Bond St.) and later played an instrumental role in founding the Toronto Baptist College (later McMaster) serving as its first President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics. Benjamin Daniel Thomas (1843–1917) served from October 1881 to July 1903 and

578-475: The building in 1938. Shields supervised the rebuilding and insisted that the new spire be an exact replica of the old one. A list of pastors: The Jarvis Street Baptist Church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by the architectural firm of Henry Langley and Edmund Burke who served for many years at Jarvis Street Baptist Church as a Sunday-school teacher, chair of the choir committee, and deacon. It

612-697: The changeover, arguing that since the French language had no legal status outside of Quebec, the station's conversion to French was inappropriate and illegal. However, his case was dismissed by the Ontario Supreme Court in 1965 on grounds of legal standing , as Cowan could not show material harm from the format change. The station has been carried on rebroadcasters in Belleville , Kingston and Midland - Penetanguishene since 1977, London since 1978 and Peterborough since 1980. CJBC also had rebroadcasters under

646-408: The charred Queenston façade. Tall, thin arched windows cover the walls of the church, with the exception of the extension building whose windows are rectangular. The windows are divided into squares and diamonds of yellow and colourless textured glass. Many of the windows are aligned with one another. However a few of the smaller windows are offset to form a step-like pattern. The white wood framing of

680-566: The intersection of Gerrard Street and Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto . One of the oldest churches in the city, its congregation was founded in 1818, and the present church constructed in 1875. It is a member of the Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada . Early records indicate that by 1827, church meetings were held at the Masonic Hall on Colborne Street . The congregation then bought property on Lombard Street and constructed

714-503: The modern Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It became CRCY, before leaving the airwaves in 1935. The following year, it returned at 1420 kHz, as a signal booster for CRCT . The station's call sign was changed to CBY in 1938. In 1941, with the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), the station moved to 1010 kHz. A previous radio station with the call sign CJBC

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748-555: The other hours of the week, with a full-time simulcast later added on 90.3 HD 2. The station's regional morning program is Y'a pas deux matins pareils , weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and its regional afternoon program Dans la mosaïque , weekdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., is also heard on CBEF in Windsor. On Saturdays, CJBC airs the provincewide morning program À échelle humaine , which also airs on CBON-FM in Sudbury and CBEF. On public holidays, Pas comme d'habitude

782-478: The private stations might succeed in pressuring the government to permit such a private radio network. As a result, the CBC set up its own second network to appease demands by privately owned CBC affiliates for popular programming that would provide more commercial revenue. The network was managed by Spence Caldwell , who later became a founder of CTV . Shows carried by the network included Duffy's Tavern , Amos & Andy and Fibber McGee and Molly . There

816-550: The rest of the time. Eventually, CBEF expanded its local programming with a morning program and local news bulletins, though otherwise broadcasting a similar schedule as CJBC. On July 8, 2024, the CRTC published applications by the CBC to reassign the London rebroadcaster, CJBC-4-FM, to CBEF, following a request by a coalition of Francophone groups in that area to receive the Windsor station's programming. A sister station , CJBC-FM 90.3,

850-473: The space in between the entrance and the top of the arch. The building has number of columns with slim tall shape and different capitals that are loosely based on a Corinthian order . The capitals are made of gray stone while the columns are of a high quality bronze shaded granite found in St. George, New Brunswick . The main entrance is set under the only tower of the building facing the south west side which serves as

884-533: The windows contrasts with the colourful exterior stone. The building is heavily decorated with ornaments at the top of every pitched roof and throughout the spire. Gargoyles align with the entrance doors, and rippled arches are engraved in the building. The church has been protected under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act since 1999. The designation notes that it was designed by Langley & Burke. The by-law notes that alterations made in 1938–1939 after

918-594: Was dissolved in 1962 and most of the private stations became independent. CJBC gradually became a French-language station and is now the Southern Ontario owned-and-operated station of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne . CJBC (AM) CJBC (860 kHz ) is a French-language , non-commercial , public radio station in Toronto , Ontario. It is the Ici Radio-Canada Première Network's outlet for much of Southern Ontario . The studios are in

952-612: Was erected on Jarvis Street in 1875, with a large donation to the construction costs from the Canadian Senator and banker, William McMaster . The newly formed Baptist Union of Canada held its first meeting at Jarvis Street in October 1880. In 1882, William McMaster, William Elliot (a member of Jarvis Street and a Toronto pharmacist and businessman), and others established the Standard Publishing Company, which published

986-464: Was heard during the day. CJBC began carrying some French language programming in 1962, initially in the form of a nightly, half-hour newscast. With the closure of the Dominion Network on October 1, 1962, CJBC's French schedule expanded to two hours of programming each evening. The station adopted a French-only schedule when it became a fully fledged Radio-Canada station on October 1, 1964. Federal Member of Parliament Ralph Cowan attempted to fight

1020-504: Was launched in 1992 to broadcast Radio-Canada's FM music network . Since 1993, the CJBC studios have been based at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in Downtown Toronto . In 2011, following the revocation of CKLN-FM 's licence, the CBC submitted an unsuccessful application to the CRTC to add a nested rebroadcaster of CJBC on 88.1 FM in Toronto. It would have an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 98 watts and

1054-426: Was once referred to as "the best-loved Baptist minister in Canada." Henry Francis Perry (1861–?) served from 1903 to 1909, leaving for a pastorate at First Baptist Church Vancouver, British Columbia. During his pastorate he also taught at McMaster. He was followed by Thomas Todhunter Shields who held the pastorate from 1910 until his death in 1955. It was during Shields' tenure that a disastrous fire severely damaged

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1088-427: Was one of the first churches in Canada to be built with an amphitheatre -shaped interior. The ground floor seating is grouped in a semicircle, while the gallery above is horseshoe shaped. The gallery is supported by iron columns. Above the gallery, another set of columns support a faux -Gothic ceiling. The main façade of the building is made out brown stone that is obtained from the regions of Queenstown . The stone

1122-610: Was owned and operated by the Jarvis Street Baptist Church from 1925 until 1933. That station went dark in 1933, after the government of Canada withdrew all religious broadcasting licenses. The CJBC call letters were subsequently acquired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to replace CBY. They were transferred on November 15, 1943. The call signs for all other CBC and Radio-Canada stations in major cities begin with "CB". In 1944, CJBC became

1156-472: Was to be called, 'the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec . ' " Less than 40 years later the same Convention passed a resolution calling for the dismissal of Jarvis St. and a number of other like-minded congregations during the " Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy ". From 1925 until 1943, the church owned and operated a radio station in Toronto under the call letters CJBC. The station went off

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