CBGA-FM is a
French-language
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Canadian radio station located in
Matane,
Quebec.
Owned and operated by
Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 102.1
MHz with an
effective radiated power of 42,930 watts (
class C1) using an
omnidirectional antenna.
The station has a non-commercial
news
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/
talk format
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and is part of the
Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, CBGA-FM broadcasts in
mono.
Previously known as CBGA when the station was on 1250
kHz
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, the station moved to 102.1
FM in 2004. The station was founded in 1948 as CKBL and changed its call sign when it was bought by Radio-Canada in 1972.
The station's current local programs are ''Bon pied, bonne heure !'', in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and ''Au coeur du monde'' in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBGA-FM also co-produces ''D'Est en est'', a pan-regional program produced in turn with
CJBR-FM Rimouski and
CBSI-FM
CBSI-FM is a French language, French-language Canada, Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Sept-Îles, Quebec.
Owned and operated by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 Hertz, MHz wit ...
Sept-Îles and heard afternoons during the summer months. 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). Its Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from
CBF-FM
CBF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station licensed to Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it transmits on 95.1 MHz from the Mount Royal candelabra tower with an effective radia ...
Montreal.
Rebroadcasters
On August 30, 2011, the CBC has applied to close AM station CBGA-1, a 10,000 watt Class B repeater in
Grande-Anse, New Brunswick
Grande-Anse is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
The community is near the community of Pokeshaw on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula region, 25 ...
, to be replaced with FM transmitters in
Chandler
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* Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships
Arts ...
,
New Richmond,
New Carlisle,
Percé and
Port-Daniel–Gascons. These transmitters were approved by the CRTC on October 28, 2011. The AM station mainly served listeners on the Quebec side of
Chaleur Bay
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; listeners in the
Bathurst area already receive Première programming from CBAF-FM-2 105.7 in
Allardville, a repeater of
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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.
On January 4, 2013, the CBC filed an application to convert CBGA-6 1270 to 97.7 MHz. This application was approved by the CRTC on April 11, 2013.
During 2014, additional transmitters were applied for, and approved, in
Escuminac and
Matapédia.
CBGA-1 left the air in early December 2014, after the aforementioned FM rebroadcasters on the Quebec side of Chaleur Bay were activated.
NB Grande Anse 540 CBGA-1 Went dark in early December
''radiodiscussions.com'', January 1, 2015
References
External links
Ici Radio-Canada Première
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Radio stations established in 1948
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