CBAF-FM-5 is a

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located in Halifax,

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. It is part of the

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Network. Owned and operated by the

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, it broadcasts at 92.3

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with an

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of 91,000 watts, using

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. It is a Class C station using a

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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

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, by way of two repeaters.

Programming

The station has an ad-free

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and is part of the

network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in

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. The station produces a morning

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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 ...

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, which also airs on

CBAF-FM-15 CBAF-FM-15 is a French language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French language, French: Société Radio-Canada), it ...

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History

The station

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in 1979 as a

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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

. In 1987, it became a separate station, despite retaining a rebroadcaster-like

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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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