CBSI-FM is a
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Canadian radio station located in
Sept-Îles,
Quebec.
Owned and operated by
Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1
MHz with an
effective radiated power of 96,700
watts (
class C) using an
omnidirectional antenna.
The station has an ad-free
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.
History
Formerly established on December 12, 1976, as a rebroadcaster of
Matane's
CBGA, CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's
Côte-Nord and in parts of
Labrador.
Programming
The station's current local programs are ''Bonjour la côte'', in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and ''Boréale
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'' in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces ''D'Est en est'', a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and
CJBR-FM Rimouski, and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, ''Samedi et rien d'autre'', originates from
CBF-FM
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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.
Transmitters
In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec.
CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL, a local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994).
On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz. On February 7, 2018, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM.
On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 1550 to 99.9 MHz. This was approved on September 6, 2018.
On November 23, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBSI-14 to 105.9 MHz. The CRTC approved the CBC's application on February 2, 2022.
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-24
CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Aguanish, ''CRTC'', February 2, 2022
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1982
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