CBEW-FM

CBEW-FM

City	Windsor, Ontario
Broadcast area	Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia
Branding	CBC Radio One
Frequency	97.5 MHz (FM)
Translator(s)	See Below
First air date	September 1935 (as CRCW) July 1, 1950 (relaunch as CBE) July 1, 2011 (as CBEW-FM)
Format	public broadcasting
Language(s)	English
ERP	2,300 watts average 13,800 watts peak
HAAT	427 feet (130 m)
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	42°09′12″N 82°57′11″W / 42.1533°N 82.9531°W / 42.1533; -82.9531Coordinates: 42°09′12″N 82°57′11″W / 42.1533°N 82.9531°W / 42.1533; -82.9531 (FM) 42°12′56″N 82°55′15″W / 42.2156°N 82.9208°W / 42.2156; -82.9208 (AM)
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Essex County Windsor
Former callsigns	All on AM: CRCW (1935-1937) CBW (1937-1938) CBE (1950-2011)
Former frequencies	600 kHz (AM) (1935-1938) 1550 kHz (AM) (1950-2011) (See also Rebroadcasters)
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBE-FM, CBEF, CBET-DT
Website	CBC Windsor

CBEW-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station based in and serving Windsor, Ontario Canada. CBEW broadcasts from transmission facilities at McGregor on 97.5 FM, and also reaches the nearby Detroit area and (through relay transmitters in Chatham, Leamington, and Sarnia) parts of Southwestern Ontario.

History

The station first aired in 1935 as CRBC station CRCW (AM 600), which broadcast until 1938 (changing its call sign to CBW in 1937 after the CRBC became the CBC). Between 1938 and 1950, CBC Radio programming was aired on private affiliate CKLW (AM 1030, later AM 800). A CBC-owned station was subsequently relaunched in 1950 using the CBE call sign and 1550 AM frequency. Regional FM rebroadcasters were added in 1977.

On May 9, 2008, the CRTC approved the station's application to launch a low-power nested FM rebroadcaster (CBE-1-FM) in Windsor, at 102.3 FM.^[1] Six months later, on November 13, 2008, the CBC applied to the CRTC to convert CBE from the AM band to the FM band at 97.5 FM, to revoke its previous request for CBE-1-FM, and to include a new FM rebroadcaster at Leamington on 91.9 FM (which was originally planned for 91.5 FM but was moved due to conflict with Windsor station CJAM-FM which, until October 2009, was also on 91.5).^[2] The new 97.5 FM main signal would broadcast with a directional antenna to the southeast, to avoid interference with two other stations at 97.5 FM, London's CIQM-FM and Lansing's WJIM-FM.^[3]^[4]

On June 16, 2009, CBE received approval for its conversion to 97.5 FM and for its Leamington repeater.^[5] Originally, no time frame was given for the AM-to-FM transition, though after the new FM signal would sign on, the AM signal was to go silent after three months of simulcasting, with the repeater signal at 102.3 FM to close within thirty days of the start-up of the 97.5 FM signal. That decision came following the CRTC approval for CJAM to relocate to 99.1 FM in March 2009.^[6] The 97.5 FM facilities began testing on December 1, 2010,^[7] the start of a 7-month testing stage that also included resolving issues between the new signal and second-adjacent stations in Detroit (WXYT-FM 97.1 and WJLB 97.9).^[8] The station officially launched on July 1, 2011^[9]^[10] under the call sign of CBEW-FM (which was the call sign for a defunct CBC radio transmitter in Fraserdale).

In accordance with the original transition plans,^[5] the CBC announced that CBE would close down on September 30, 2011.^[10] Sometime after 12:00am midnight on October 1, 2011, without fanfare, CBE's 10,000-watt Class-A 1550 AM signal was either powered down or shutdown.^[11] According to Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch, CBE 1550 AM's sign-off happened without fanfare; indeed, the scheduled midnight end to CBE was extended out for a bit as the station came back on and off the air several times before finally dropping audio at 12:25am October 1, leaving just a dead carrier on 1550 AM.^[12]

In May 2012, the CBC filed a request with the CRTC to move Windsor's Première Chaîne station CBEF to CBE's former frequency and transmitter, owing to potential issues with the age of the facilities and rust found on its tower in August 2011.^[13] The move was approved by the CRTC on October 16, 2012. The move would bring programming back to 1550 for the first time since CBE's sign-off.^[14]

Local programming

CBEW-FM's local programs are Windsor Morning, hosted by Tony Doucette, in the morning, and Afternoon Drive, hosted by Bob Steele, in the afternoon.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CBEW-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Chatham	CBEE-FM	88.1 FM	1,430 watts	A	Query	86-192
Sarnia	CBEG-FM	90.3 FM	1,800 watts	A	Query	86-193
Leamington	CBEW-FM-1	91.9 FM	10,450 watts	B1	Query	2009-349

Former repeater, now shut down:

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Windsor	CBE-1-FM	102.3 FM	690 watts	A	Query	2008-102

The 102.3 frequency would later be occupied by a new station, CINA-FM, after that station signed on in September 2012.

References

↑ CRTC Decision 2008-102.
↑ "CJAM-FM risks losing licence". Windsor Star, February 10, 2009.
↑ Broadcasting Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2008-14
↑ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-36
1 2 Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-349
↑ CRTC Decision 2009-160.
↑ Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard: "the new 97.5 Windsor", December 1, 2010
↑ Canadian Radio News (Facebook): "SIMULCAST TIME EXTENDED FOR CBC RADIO ONE IN WINDSOR", May 20, 2011.
↑ "Nassau Exits New England". NorthEast Radio Watch, July 4, 2011.
1 2 Follow Us To FM (CBC Windsor Community Blog)
↑ WATCH: CBC Radio 1550 AM moves to FM CBC Windsor, September 30, 2011
↑ It's been a week of big radio changes in CANADA, Scott Fybush/NERW, October 3, 2011
↑ https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201206318
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-568 CBEF Windsor – Technical change and new transmitter in Sarnia, CRTC, October 16, 2012

External links

Radio stations in Southwestern Ontario (excluding American stations)

Essex County	Windsor CKWW 580 CKLW 800 CBEF 1550 CIMX 88.7 CBE 89.9 NEW 90.5 CIDR 93.9 CJWF 95.9 CBEW 97.5 CJAM 99.1 CKUE-1 100.7 CINA 102.3 CJBC-1 103.9 CBEF-2 105.5 Leamington CBEW-FM-1 91.9 CJSP 92.7 CHYR 96.7 CBEF-1 103.1 VAZ533 162.475 Point Pelee National Park CJPP 90.7

Chatham-Kent	Chatham CFCO 630 AM & 92.9 FM CBEE 88.1 CKGW 89.3 CKSY 94.3 CKUE 95.1 CKXS 99.1 CKBK 104.3 CZT836 162.525¹

Lambton County	Kettle Point CKTI 107.7 Sarnia CHOK 1070 AM & 103.9 FM CBEG 90.3 CBEF-3 98.3 CFGX 99.9 CKCI 103.3 CHKS 106.3 XJV492 162.400 Walpole Island CFRZ 98.3

Weatheradio Canada	XJV492 162.400 (Sarnia-Oil Springs) VAZ533 162.475 (Windsor-Leamington) CZT836 162.525 (Chatham-Kent)¹

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