CBAF-FM

CBAF-FM

City	Moncton, New Brunswick
Broadcast area	New Brunswick
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Frequency	88.5 MHz (FM)
First air date	February 20, 1954
Format	News/Talk
ERP	21,000 watts vertical 50,000 watts horizontal
HAAT	211 meters
Class	C1
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBAF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is the flagship of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network for Atlantic Canada. CBAF is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasts on 88.5 MHz.

Former CBAF logo featuring the old design with the frequency.

CBAF was launched in 1954, the first French-language radio station for the Moncton area at AM 1300 kHz. In 1980, the station was granted a rebroadcaster on FM at 88.5 MHz, to offset AM radio reception problems in the Moncton area. The CBC operated both transmitters until 1988, when the AM transmitter was discontinued and the FM transmitter became the station's primary frequency.^[1]

History

The construction of a new CBC station in Moncton was started in 1953 at an expected cost of $450,000.

CBAF 1300 kHz went on the air on February 20, 1954. Studios and offices were then located at St. George Street in the former Assomption Building, a four storey structure built in 1955 by the Société l’Assomption (It is to be noted not to confuse the former Assomption Building with the current Place Assomption on Main Street in Moncton). Today known as the Maison Commerce House, it overlooks St. George and Archibald Streets. The premiere French-language radio station for the Atlantic region, CBAF offered programming from the CBC's French-language network headquarters in Montreal, QC. Its call letters signifies C B Atlantique Francais.

In 1957, CBAF 1300 kHz had a radiated power of 5,000 watts and used a single directional antenna pattern. The transmitter was located in the nearby village of Saint Anselme. In 1968, a regional French-language production centre was set up at the Moncton studios.

In 1970, CBAF with its Radio-Canada television station CBAFT-TV, and the CBC English-language counterpart CBA 1070 kHz relocated to their new studios and offices on Archibald Street (today known as University Avenue) beside the Hôtel-Dieu de l’Assomption Hospital, which was renamed the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Regional Hospital by the Government of New Brunswick in 1967.

April 10, 1980 saw an FM rebroadcaster at Moncton (CBAF-26-FM) on 88.5 MHz to duplicate the programming of CBAF-AM. The duplicate channel was needed in order to offset severe night-time coverage deficiencies of the AM signal and to improve the reception of the station in outlying areas. CBAF-AM was to have gone silent by November 1, 1985 but the CBC kept it going until the plug was finally pulled in 1988. In the end, CBAF-AM operated on 1300 kHz with a power of 5,000 watts (single directional pattern). CBAF-26-FM operated on 88.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts. The FM repeater became CBAF-FM, following the closure of the AM signal.

The Radio-Canada network was renamed "Première Chaîne" on September 1, 1997, later becoming "Ici Radio-Canada Première" in August 2013.

Programming

The station produces a morning drive show (Le Réveil, Monday to Thursday from 6 to 9 a.m.), and an afternoon drive program, L'heure de pointe Acadie, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m; the latter is also heard on stations in other Maritimes provinces. Other programs exclusive to the Maritimes region are Format Libre, weekdays 9 a.m to 10 a.m and again from 12 Midnight to 1 a.m., and L'heure juste, from 12 Noon to 1 p.m. All other programs on the national schedule are aired live, with separate times given for Atlantic Time; promotional trailers for national programs give the broadcast time as one hour later (for example- "neuf heures, Maritimes dix heures"). A national program that it is normally heard at 7 p.m. local time in other time zones - Bien dans son assiette , is heard at 6 p.m. instead, to enable its nightly news program, L'heure du monde to be heard live at 6 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. AT.; it is also the only time that Bien dans son assiette is heard, as it is pre-empted at 12 Noon for L'heure juste (in other areas, the evening broadcast is the repeat from the late-morning broadcast).

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CBAF-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet
Allardville	CBAF-FM-2	105.7 FM	60,400 watts	C1	Query
Bon Accord	CBAF-FM-21	91.7 FM	20,900 watts	C	Query
Campbellton	CBAF-FM-3	91.5 FM	2,400 watts	B	Query
Edmundston	CBAF-FM-4	100.3 FM	20,935 watts	B	Query
Kedgwick	CBAF-FM-23	98.1 FM¹	50 watts	LP	Query
Lamèque	CBAF-FM-18	90.3 FM	930 watts	A	Query
Saint John	CBAF-FM-1	102.3 FM	84,000 watts	C	Query
Saint-Quentin	CBAF-FM-22	91.1 FM²	50 watts	LP	Query

¹ On July 25, 2013, the CBC filed and application to the CRTC to convert CBAF-21 Saint-Quentin from 1230 AM to 91.1 FM;^[2] this was approved January 10, 2014.^[3]

² On August 15, 2013, the CBC filed and application to the CRTC to convert CBAF-20 Kedgwick from 990 AM to 98.1 FM.^[4] this was approved January 10, 2014.^[3]

Former rebroadcasters

CBAF-FM-5 in Halifax and CBAF-FM-15 in Charlottetown were once satellites of CBAF, but are now stations in their own right despite retaining rebroadcaster-like callsigns. CBAF-FM-5 and CBAF-FM-15 officially became separately licensed in 1987 and 1994 respectively.

References

↑ Decision CRTC 87-569
↑ 2013-1065-6
1 2 Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-9, CBAF-FM Moncton – New transmitters in Saint-Quentin and Kedgwick , ""CRTC"", January 10, 2014
↑ 2013-1151-3

External links

Radio stations in Fredericton, New Brunswick

By FM frequency	CBAL-4 88.1 CJPN 90.5 CFRK 92.3 CIHI 93.1 CKHJ-1-FM 95.1 CKTP 95.7 CIXN 96.5 CHSR 97.9 CBZF 99.5 CBZ 101.5 CBAF-1 102.3 CKHJ-2-FM 103.5 CJRI 104.5 CFXY 105.3 CIBX 106.9

By AM frequency	CKHJ 1260

Defunct	CIRC 93.3

Adjacent markets	Saint John Presque Isle, Maine

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

Radio stations in Saint John, New Brunswick

By FM frequency	CBAL-4 88.1 CHNI 88.9 CBD 91.3 CHSJ 94.1 CINB 96.1 CHWV 97.3 CJYC 98.9 CIOK 100.5 CBZ 101.5 CBAF-1 102.3 CJRP 103.5 CHQC 105.7 CFMH 107.3

By AM frequency	CFBC 930

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

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

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

Coordinates: 45°25′17″N 75°42′00″W / 45.42139°N 75.70000°W / 45.42139; -75.70000

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