CBF-FM-10 is a
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
Canadian radio station located in
Sherbrooke,
Quebec.
Owned and operated by the (government-owned)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 101.1
MHz with an
effective radiated power of 35,000
watts (
class B) using an
omnidirectional antenna.
The station has an ad-free
news
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/
talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
format
Format may refer to:
Printing and visual media
* Text formatting, the typesetting of text elements
* Paper formats, or paper size standards
* Newspaper format, the size of the paper page
Computing
* File format, particular way that informatio ...
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
Mono may refer to:
Common meanings
* Infectious mononucleosis, "the kissing disease"
* Monaural, monophonic sound reproduction, often shortened to mono
* Mono-, a numerical prefix representing anything single
Music Performers
* Mono (Japanese b ...
.
The station first went on the air in the early 1980s as a
rebroadcaster
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...
of
CBF in
Montreal. For many years, Radio-Canada programming had aired on privately owned affiliate
CHLT. However, in 1979, CHLT received permission to disaffiliate from Radio-Canada as soon as Radio-Canada could set up its own station there. Despite Sherbrooke's large size, the CBC opted not to open a full-fledged station there at first.
However, in 2000, the CBC received permission to upgrade its Sherbrooke operation to a full-fledged station, despite retaining a rebroadcaster-like
call sign.
CRTC Decision 2000-89
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The station's current local programs are ''Par ici l'info'' from and ''Écoutez l'Estrie''. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide (Quebec) produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). The Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from CBF-FM.
Transmitters
References
External links
Ici Radio-Canada Première
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