CBQT-FM

CBQT-FM

City	Thunder Bay, Ontario
Broadcast area	Northwestern Ontario
Branding	CBC Radio One
Frequency	88.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	1973
Format	public broadcasting
ERP	23,730 watts
HAAT	194.7 meters (639 ft)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Quetico Thunder Bay
Former callsigns	CBQ (1973-1990)
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website	CBC Thunder Bay

CBQT-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, broadcasting at 88.3 FM, and serves all of Northwestern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.

History

The station was launched in 1973 on the AM band as CBQ 800. The 800 frequency had been vacated earlier that year by the defunct CJLX.^[1] CBQ Radio's inaugural morning broadcast in December 1973 made it the second city in Ontario to get a regional broadcast centre. The call sign CBQ was a last minute choice by station managers since CBL (for Lakehead) or CBT (for Thunder Bay) were taken by the CBC stations in Toronto and Grand Falls, respectively. Instead the letter Q was chosen for Quetico Provincial Park near Atikokan, which is west of Thunder Bay.

Prior to CBQ's launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliate CFPA 1230.

CBQ moved to the FM band as CBQT-FM in 1990.^[2] The CBQ-FM call sign was already in use by the CBC Stereo sister station on 101.7 FM. Some of the relay transmitters for CBQT previously rebroadcast CBL in Toronto.

CBC Radio One's Thunder Bay studio

Local programming

The station's local program is Superior Morning, hosted by Lisa Laco. The station formerly also produced Voyage North, hosted by Gerald Graham in the afternoon,^[3] although that program was replaced in August 2014 by Up North, hosted by Jason Turnbull from the studios of CBCS-FM in Sudbury.^[4] The move faced some protest in the city, with Thunder Bay City Council passing a unanimous resolution requesting that the federal government rescind its 2012 funding cuts to the CBC.^[3]

CBQT's rebroadcast transmitters in the Central time zone also simulcast the 5 p.m. hour of local programming from CBW (Winnipeg) so that the network's World at Six airs at 6 p.m. local time.

The CBC Radio studio in Thunder Bay also produces the hourly weekend weather reports for all of Ontario after the hourly news break.

Repeaters

Rebroadcasters of CBQT-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Armstrong	CBQT-FM-2	91.3 FM	50 watts	LP	Query
Atikokan	CBQI-FM	90.1 FM	2,900 watts	A	Query
Beardmore	CBLE	1240 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Big Trout Lake	CFTL-FM	100.3 FM	63 watts	A1	Query
Dryden	CBQH-FM	100.9 FM	100,000 watts	C	Query
Ear Falls	CBOI	690 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Fort Frances	CBQQ-FM	90.5 FM	50,000 watts	B	Query
Fort Hope	CBCF-FM	101.5 FM	41 watts	A1	Query	89-764
Geraldton	CBLG-FM	89.1 FM	11,900 watts	B	Query	86-1136
Hornepayne	CBQT-FM-1	92.3 FM	50 watts	LP	Query
Ignace	CBES	690 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Kenora	CBQX-FM	98.7 FM	38,000 watts	B	Query
Manitouwadge	CBEB-FM	89.7 FM	46,400 watts	B	Query	87-735
Marathon	CBLM	1090 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Mishkeegogamang	CBQN-FM	104.5 FM	81 watts	A1	Query
Nakina	NEW	98.1 MHz	50 watts	LP	Query	2015-343
Nipigon	CBQY-FM	98.9 FM	2,000 watts	B	Query
Pickle Lake	CBQP-FM	105.1 FM	83 watts	A1	Query
Pikangikum	CBQU-FM	100.3 FM	34 watts	A1	Query
Red Lake	CBEA-FM	90.5 FM	82 watts	A1	Query
Sandy Lake	CBQV-FM	101.1 FM	37 watts	A1	Query
Savant Lake	CBQL-FM	104.9 FM	78 watts	A1	Query
Schreiber	CBLB	1340 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Sioux Lookout	CBLS-FM	95.3 FM	500 watts	A	Query
Sioux Narrows	CBQS-FM	95.7 FM	1,300 watts	A	Query
Terrace Bay	CBEH	1010 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
White River	CBLW	1010 AM	40 watts	LP	Query

CFTL-FM, a radio station in Big Trout Lake owned by the Ayamowin Communications Society, rebroadcasts CBQT-FM part-time, with additional programming originating from CKWT-FM Sioux Lookout. It is currently unknown if this station is still broadcasting.

AM to FM

Some of CBQT-FM's repeaters currently operate on the AM dial. Future plans are possible to convert the remaining repeaters to the FM dial.^[5]

On December 21, 2012, the CBC filed an application to the CRTC to convert the following AM transmitters to the FM dial:

Armstrong 1450 CBOL to 91.3 with 50 watts ^[6]
Hornepayne 1010 CBLH to 92.3 with 50 watts ^[7]

The CRTC approved the applications for both transmitters on May 8, 2013.^[8]^[9]

On January 21, 2013, the CBC filed an application to the CRTC to convert Sioux Lookout transmitter CBLS 1240 AM to 95.3 FM with 500 watts (average & maximum ERP). Antenna height will be 182 metres (EHAAT) and the radiation pattern will be non-directional. As well this new FM transmitter will serve the nearby town of Hudson, Ontario and Hudson's CBQW 1340 AM transmitter will be deleted as well.^[10]^[11] The conversion was approved by the CRTC on April 17, 2013.^[12]

On May 14, 2015, the CBC applied to convert CBLN Nakina from 1240 kHz (AM) to the FM band at 98.1 MHz with 50 watts, antenna height 9.1 metres (EHAAT) with a non-directional antenna pattern. ^[13] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on July 28, 2015. ^[14]

References

↑ History of the former radio station CJLX at Canadian Communications Foundation
↑ Decision CRTC 88-866
1 2 "CBC's Voyage North goes silent". The Globe and Mail, August 9, 2014.
↑ "CBC Radio announces new afternoon drive program servicing Northern Ontario region". Yahoo News, August 11, 2014.
↑ Northwestern Ontario Radio Stations at northpine.com - see under "Planned CBC stations".
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↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-229, CBQT-FM Thunder Bay – New transmitter in Armstrong, CRTC, May 8, 2013
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-228, CBQT-FM Thunder Bay – New transmitter in Hornepayne, CRTC, May 8, 2013
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↑ , (CRTC) CBC plans to flip 2 AM’s into 1 FM in Northern Ontario, rwcrn.com "Radio West Canadian Radio News", January 21, 2013
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-190, CBQT-FM Thunder Bay – New transmitter in Sioux Lookout, CRTC, April 17, 2013
↑ 201504382
↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-343, CBQT-FM Thunder Bay - New transmitter in Nakina, CRTC, July 28, 2015

External links

Radio stations in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

Thunder Bay	CBQT 88.3 CBON-20 89.3 CKSI 90.5 CKPR 91.5 CJSD 94.3 CJOA 95.1 CITB 97.1 CJTL-1 98.1 CJUK 99.9 CBQ 101.7 CILU 102.7 CKTG 105.3

Armstrong	CBQT-2 91.3 FM

Greenstone	Beardmore CBLE 1240 Geraldton CBLG 89.1 CBON-22 93.7 CHGS 94.7 CFNO-4 100.7 Longlac CFNO-5 107.1 Nakina CBLN 1240 CKTE 89.9 CFNO-7 107.1

Kaministiquia	CFQK 104.5

Manitouwadge	CBEB 89.7 CBON-23 96.9

Marathon	CBLM 1090 CFNO 93.1 CBON-29 102.3

Nipigon	CBON-19 97.3 CBQY 98.9 CFNO-1 100.7

Pigeon River	CIPR 97.3

Savant Lake	CBQL 104.9

Schreiber	CBLB 1340

Shuniah	CKED 103.5

Terrace Bay	CBEH 1010

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Radio stations in Kenora District, Ontario

Kenora	CJRL 89.5 CKSB-7 93.5 CBQX 98.7 CKQV-2 104.5

Dryden	CKDR 92.7 CBQH 100.9 CKSB-6 102.7 CKQV-1 104.5 Defunct CJIV 97.3 CFCD 98.5

Ear Falls	CBOI 690 CKDR-4 1450

Ignace	CBES 690 CKDR-1 97.5

Pickle Lake	CJTL 96.5 CBQP 105.1 Defunct CFDK 98.5

Poplar Hill	CFBY 90.1 CIDE-13 91.9

Red Lake	CBEA 90.5 CKDR-5 97.1

Sandy Lake	CIDE-15 91.9 CBQV 101.1

Sioux Lookout	Hudson CKDR-3 1450 Sioux Lookout CBLS-FM 95.3 CKWT 89.9 CIDE 91.9 CKDR-2 97.1 CKQV-3 104.1

Sioux Narrows	CKSX 91.1 CBQS 95.7

Vermilion Bay	CKQV 103.3

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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

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Coordinates: 48°33′02″N 89°13′25″W / 48.55056°N 89.22361°W / 48.55056; -89.22361

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