CBF-FM-8 is a

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located in

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

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. Owned and operated by public broadcaster

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as part of the French-language Société Radio-Canada system, it broadcasts on 96.5

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using a

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with an average effective radiated power of 66,700

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts ( class C1). The station has an ad-free

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and is part of the

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

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. The station signed on in 1977 as a full-time rebroadcaster of CBF in

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. Before then, Radio-Canada programming had aired on private affiliate CHLN. However, despite Trois-Rivières' large size, the CBC opted not to open a full-fledged station in the city. It became a separately licensed station in 2000, while retaining a rebroadcaster-like callsign. The station's current local programs are ''Facteur matinal'' from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and ''360 PM'' in the afternoons from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. 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. CBF-FM-8 was originally on 100.1 MHz, and moved to 88.1 MHz in 1985. It moved to its current frequency at 96.5 MHz in late 2003.

Transmitters

On January 23, 1986, a number of low-power CBC AM transmitters in various communities in Quebec were approved to change to new AM frequencies. One of them CBF-18 Parent moved from 1240 kHz to its current frequency 710 kHz. On August 2, 2018, the CRTC approved the transfer of transmitters CBAF-FM-1 Manouane, CBFA-FM-2 Obedjiwan and CBFG-FM-3 Weymontachie, Québec from license CBFG-FM Chisasibi, Québec to station CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivières, Québec. (CRTC Administrative Decision 2018-0526-9, August 2, 2018) On November 17, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to the CRTC to move CBF-17 ''(formerly CBV-2)'' Lac-Édouard, Quebec from the AM band 710 kHz to the FM band at 99.9 MHz. The CRTC approved the CBC's application to convert CBF-17 Lac-Édouard from 710 kHz to 99.9 MHz on January 26, 2022. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-13
CBF-FM-8 Trois-Rivières – New transmitter in Lac-Édouard, ''CRTC'', January 26, 2022

References

External links

Ici Radio-Canada Première
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