CBON-FM

CBON-FM
City of license	Sudbury, Ontario
Broadcast area	Northern Ontario
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Frequency	98.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	July 21, 1978
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	50 kW
HAAT	120.9 meters (397 ft)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ontario Nord; call sign is pronounced as c'est bon ("it's good").
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBBS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBCS-FM
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBON-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Société Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network at 98.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station also serves much of Northern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.

History

Prior to the station's launch in 1978, Radio-Canada programming was carried on private affiliate CFBR.^[1] The CRTC decision authorizing the launch of CBON-FM in fact encouraged, but did not direct, Radio-Canada to retain an AM frequency for its talk radio network, and to reserve CBON-FM for its music network.^[2] However, the station launched in 1978 as an affiliate of the talk network after the CBC was unable to negotiate an agreement with F. Baxter Ricard to directly acquire CFBR.

Radio-Canada's music network was not available in the city until the launch of CBBX-FM in 2001, although from 1984 to 1991 the CBC held an unused license to launch that station.^[3]

Programming

The station's regional morning program is Le matin du Nord, weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and its regional afternoon program is Ça parle au Nord, weekdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. (except on public holidays, when L'heure de pointe Toronto from CJBC in Toronto is heard instead). On Saturday mornings, the station produces the provincewide morning program Grands Lacs Café. Hosted and produced in Sudbury, with additional contributions from staff in Toronto, the program airs on CBON and CJBC, as well as CBEF in Windsor.^[4]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBON-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Blind River	CBON-6	1010 AM ^[5]	40 watts	LP	Query
Chapleau	CBON-FM-28	91.9	345 watts	A	Query	86-733
Dubreuilville	CBON-FM-11	97.9	50 watts	LP	Query	89-763
Elliot Lake	CBON-FM-5	101.7	2640 watts	B	Query	88-641
Espanola	CBON-FM-7	94.9	520 watts	A	Query	88-643
Geraldton	CBON-FM-22	93.7	6400 watts	B	Query
Gogama	CBON-FM-21	104.9	6900 watts	B	Query
Hearst	CBON-FM-26	90.3	8,340 ^[6] watts	B1	Query	85-1279
Kapuskasing	CBON-FM-24	90.7	43900 watts	B	Query
Kirkland Lake	CBON-FM-1	93.7	2650 watts	A	Query	96-780
Manitouwadge	CBON-FM-23	96.9	143 watts	A	Query
Marathon	CBON-FM-29	102.3	2023 watts	B	Query	2007-390
Matachewan	CBON-10	1110 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Mattawa	CBON-12	1090 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Nipigon	CBON-FM-19	97.3	2000 watts	B	Query
North Bay	CBON-FM-17	95.1	100000 watts	C	Query
Sault Ste. Marie	CBON-FM-18	88.1	3590 watts	B	Query
Temiskaming Shores	CBON-FM-2	99.7	780 watts	A	Query	96-781
Thunder Bay	CBON-FM-20	89.3	27400 watts	B	Query
Timmins	CBON-FM-25	97.1	44800 watts	B	Query
Wawa	CBON-FM-27	90.7	890 watts	A	Query	85-1278

References

↑ CFBR History at Canadian Communications Foundation
↑ CBON History at Canadian Communications Foundation
↑ CRTC Decision 84-905
↑ Grands Lacs Café
↑ Current operating status of CBON-6 Blind River is uncertain; it is currently listed as 101.7 FM on the radio-canada.ca frequency list. Nord Ontarien Fréquences La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada - La Première Chaîne/Radio-Canada frequencies in Northern Ontario
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-404, CBON-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBON-FM-26 Hearst - Technical change, CRTC, August 14, 2013

External links

Radio stations in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury District and Manitoulin District, Ontario

Greater Sudbury	CBBS 90.1 CBBX 90.9 CICS 91.7 CJRQ 92.7 CIGM 93.5 CJTK 95.5 CKLU 96.7 CBON 98.1 CHYC 98.9 CBCS 99.9 CKJC 101.7 CHNO 103.9 CJMX 105.3 Defunct CKBB 102.9 CKSO 101.1

Chapleau	CBCU 89.9 CBON-28 91.9 CFJW 93.7 CHAP 95.9 CJWA-1 100.7 Defunct CHIM-8 92.7

Espanola	CBON-7 94.9 CJJM 99.3 Defunct CKNS 930

French River	CKUC 102.7

Manitoulin Island	CHYF 88.9 CHEI 89.9 CBCE 97.5 CFRM 100.7 CJTK-2 102.1 CHAW 103.1

Weatheradio Canada	XLJ898 162.400 (Sudbury) XMJ375 162.475 (Espanola-Little Current)

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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: 46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.50389°N 80.96750°W / 46.50389; -80.96750

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