CBAF-FM-5 is a
French-language
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public
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radio station
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located in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
. It is part of the
Ici Radio-Canada Première
Ici Radio-Canada Première (formerly Première Chaîne) is a Canadian French language, French-language radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known as Société Radio-Canada in French), the Public ...
Network.
Owned and operated by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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, it broadcasts at 92.3
MHz
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with an
effective radiated power
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of 91,000 watts, using
horizontal polarization. It is a
Class C station using a
non-directional antenna
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. The broadcast tower is located on Washmill Lake Drive in
Clayton Park. The studios and offices are located on Chebucto Road in Halifax. The station also serves as the Première outlet for the
Island of Newfoundland
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, by way of two repeaters.
Programming
The station has an ad-free
news
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/
talk
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* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
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...
format
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and is part of the
Ici Radio-Canada Première
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network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most
FM stations, it broadcasts in
mono
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Music Performers
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.
The station produces a morning
drive time show (''Le Réveil'', Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.) and a Saturday morning fill-in show (''Ça se passe ICI'' from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.). An afternoon drive time program, ''L'heure de pointe Acadie'' comes from
CBAF-FM
CBAF-FM (88.5 MHz) is a French-language public Canadian radio station located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station has a commercial-free news/talk format and is the flagship station of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network for Atlantic Canada ...
Moncton
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, which also airs on
CBAF-FM-15 in
Charlottetown
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,
Prince Edward Island
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.
History
The station
signed on
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* Signature
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in 1979 as a
rebroadcaster
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of
CBAF
CBAF-FM (88.5 MHz) is a French-language public Canadian radio station located in Moncton, New Brunswick. The station has a commercial-free news/talk format and is the flagship station of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network for Atlantic Canada ...
1300 in
Moncton
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. In 1987, it became a separate station, despite retaining a rebroadcaster-like
call sign
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.
CBAF-FM-5 was originally identified as CBAF-19-FM. The call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989.
At that time, the old 1300 signal of CBAF was shut down.
Decision CRTC 90-206
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Transmitters
References
External links
Ici Radio-Canada Première
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Radio stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Nova Scotia