CBAM-FM

CBAM-FM

City	Moncton, New Brunswick
Broadcast area	Eastern New Brunswick
Branding	CBC Radio One Moncton
Frequency	106.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	April 8, 1939 (AM) April 7, 2008 (FM)
Format	News/Talk
ERP	69,500 watts
HAAT	211 meters (692 ft)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	C B C Atlantic Moncton
Former callsigns	CBA (1939-2008)
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBA-FM, CBAT-DT
Website	CBC New Brunswick

CBAM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 106.1 MHz (FM) from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBAM broadcasts with a power of 69,500 watts.

History

The station went on the air on April 8, 1939 as CBA, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station at 1050 AM. It was the CBC's clear-channel outlet for the Maritime provinces. As a result of the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement treaty, it moved to 1070 AM on March 29, 1941. The original city of licence was Sackville, the location of the transmitter site. The city of licence was later changed to Moncton in 1968 when the CBA transmitter, one 460-foot tower (140 metres), moved to Dover Road in the rural community of Fox Creek near Moncton. In the 1950s and 1960s, CBA AM studios were located on St George Street in Moncton.

In September 1970, CBA and its French-language counterparts CBAF and CBAFT were given approval to relocate their studios and offices in a new complex at 250 Archibald Street today known as Universite Avenue.

On January 8, 2007, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the station's proposed move to 106.1FM.^[1] Since Radio 2 had the local call sign of CBA-FM, the Radio One network adopted the CBAM-FM call sign. The engineers were at the 1070 AM transmitter site on Dover Road in Dieppe to say good-bye to the old AM signal that signed off for good on the morning of April 7, 2008 shortly after the 8:30 CBC news. ^[2]^[3] CBA was the last AM station in eastern New Brunswick, and the CBC wanted to stop a drop in market share.

CBAM was a former callsign of a defunct CBC low-power AM transmitter in Edmundston, New Brunswick, which converted to FM as CBAN-FM, an FM rebroadcaster of CBZF-FM.

The original CBA transmitter site at the Tantramar Marshes near Sackville continued to broadcast Radio Canada International around the world on shortwave radio as well as relay broadcasts for several foreign shortwave broadcasters. For the purposes of CRTC licensing, the Sackville complex was designated under the call letters CKCX-SW.^[4] The shortwave site discontinued broadcasts on December 1, 2012, after which its facilities were dismantled.^[5]

Local programming

CBAM-FM currently produces a local news and current-affairs program, Information Morning, which airs weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8:37 a.m. on CBAM-FM. CBAM-FM also produces a local radiothon every November for the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital Foundation with proceeds going to the Tree of Hope Campaign. This radiothon airs only on CBAM-FM.

Staff

Current staff

Jonna Brewer - Host, Information Morning
Karin Reid LeBlanc - Executive Producer, Moncton
Vanessa Blanch - Morning news editor, CBC News
Peter Coade - Information Morning meteorologist
Marc Genuist - reporter, CBC News
Kate Letterick - reporter, CBC News

Former staff

Jo-Ann Roberts - co-host of Information Morning (currently at CBCV-FM Victoria)
Brent Taylor - co-host of Information Morning (now retired)
Rhonda Whittaker - host of Information Morning
Rhonda Day - co-host of Mainstreet(1985-1986)
Dave MacDonald - host, Information Morning

Rebroadcasters

CBAM-FM (formerly CBA) has the following rebroadcasters:

Rebroadcasters of CBAM-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Neguac-Allardville	CBAA-FM	97.9	Query
Campbellton	CBAE-FM	90.5	Query
Sackville	CBAM-FM-1	105.7 FM	Query	CRTC 2010-67

On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to relocate the facilities of CBAM-FM-1 Sackville to a new transmission site south of Ogden Mill; this was due to the closure of the CBC's shortwave facilities, where the local repeater was also located.^[6]^[5]

References

↑ CRTC Decisions 2007-01-08
↑ NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-03-24
↑ NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-04-07
↑ CRTC Decision CRTC 2001-518 2001-08-24
1 2 http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-602-1.htm
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-564, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBLJ-FM Wawa; CBVE-FM Québec and its transmitter CBVG-FM Gaspé; and CBAM-FM Moncton and its transmitter CBAM-FM-1 Sackville –Technical changes, CRTC, October 25, 2013

External links

Radio stations in Moncton, New Brunswick

By FM frequency	CBAF 88.5 CFBO 90.7 CKNI 91.9 CKUM 93.5 CKCW 94.5 CBA 95.5 CJXL 96.9 CBAL 98.3 CHOY 99.9 CIRM 101.9 CJMO 103.1 CFQM 103.9 CITA 105.1 CBAM 106.1 CKOE 107.3

Defunct	CHLR 1380

New Brunswick radio markets Fredericton Moncton Saint John Northern New Brunswick See also List of radio stations in New Brunswick

Radio stations in Northern New Brunswick

Campbellton	CKNB 950 CBAL 88.9 CBAE 90.5 CBAF 91.5 CIMS 103.9 CFIC 105.1 CHRQ 106.9

Bathurst	CBGA-1 540 (defunct) CKLE 92.9 CBAA 97.9 CBAL 101.9 CJUJ 103.3 CKBC 104.9 CBAF 105.7

Caraquet	CJVA 810 (moving to 94.1 FM) CBAF 90.3 CBAL 95.3 CKRO 97.1

Edmundston	CJEM 92.7 CBAL 94.3 CBAN 99.5 CBAF 100.3 CFAI 101.1

Grand Falls	CIKX 93.5 CKMV 95.1 CFAI 105.1

Kedgwick	CFJU 90.1

New Brunswick radio markets Fredericton Moncton Saint John Northern New Brunswick See also List of radio stations in New Brunswick Gaspésie Radio Bas-Saint-Laurent Radio Northern Maine Radio

CBC Radio stations in Canada

CBC Radio One	CBR Calgary CBCT Charlottetown CBY Corner Brook CBX Edmonton CBZF Fredericton CBG Gander CFGB Goose Bay CBT Grand Falls CBHA Halifax CHAK Inuvik CFFB Iqaluit CBYK Kamloops CBTK Kelowna CBKA La Ronge CBDQ Labrador City CBCL London CBAM Moncton CBME Montreal CBO Ottawa CBLA-2 Paris (Kitchener/Waterloo) CBYG Prince George CFPR Prince Rupert CBVE Quebec City CBQR Rankin Inlet CBD Saint John CBN St. John's CBCS Sudbury CBI Sydney CBWK Thompson CBQT Thunder Bay CBLA Toronto CBU Vancouver CBCV Victoria CBK Watrous (Regina/Saskatoon) CFWH Whitehorse CBEW Windsor CBW Winnipeg CFYK Yellowknife

CBC Radio 2	CBR Calgary CBX Edmonton CBH Halifax CBM Montreal CBOQ Ottawa CBK Regina CBN St. John's CBBS Sudbury CBI Sydney CBQ Thunder Bay CBL Toronto CBU Vancouver CBE Windsor CBW Winnipeg

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

Coordinates: 46°08′41″N 64°54′11″W / 46.14472°N 64.90306°W / 46.14472; -64.90306

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