CBAF-FM-15

CBAF-FM-15 is a French language Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

CBAF-FM-15
CityCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Broadcast areaPrince Edward Island
Frequency88.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingIci Radio-Canada Première
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
Late 1970s (as CBAF repeater)
1994 (separate station)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic French
Technical information
ClassC
ERP94.2 kW (peak)
Links
WebsiteIci Radio-Canada Première

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 88.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 33,500 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 94,200 watts (class C).

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.

The station signed on sometime in the late 1970s as a rebroadcaster of CBAF in Moncton. On October 3, 1983, a first radio show was produced for the Island from Moncton (La marée de l'Île, hosted by Maurice Arsenault). In 1994, it officially became a separate station, though it still has rebroadcaster-like calls.[1]

The station has its own morning drive show, produced in Charlottetown since September 1, 1996. Denis Duchesne is the host of Le Réveil, Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.[2] The rest of its programming is a simulcast of CBAF-FM-5 from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[3]

On November 21, 2005, the CRTC granted CBAF-FM-15 to operate rebroadcasters in St. Edward and Urbainville to serve areas on the fringe of the primary transmitter's signal.

CBAF-FM-15 was originally identified as CBAF-29-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989,[4] as the old 1300 kHz AM signal of CBAF was shut down.[5]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBAF-FM-15
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
St. EdwardCBAF-FM-2097.5 FM1880 wattsB1Query2005-546
UrbainvilleCBAF-FM-19106.9 FM173 wattsA1Query2005-545

Notes

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