CFBV is a Canadian
radio station
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that broadcasts a
variety hits format and branded as The Moose at 870
AM in
Smithers, British Columbia
Smithers is a town in northwestern British Columbia, approximately halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. With a population of 5,351 in 2016, Smithers provides service coverage for most of the Bulkley Valley.
History Region
First Nation ...
. The station is owned by
Vista Radio
Vista Radio Ltd. (also formerly known as Vista Broadcast Group) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. The company only owned stations in British Columbia until 2007, when it expanded outside the province by acquiring an existing station in Ye ...
.
History
CFBV originally began broadcasting in 1963 at 1230 AM under the ownership of CFBV Ltd. from the Corner of Queen Street and Highway 16. Several years later the station moved to the former School Board offices on Queen Street at First Avenue in Smithers. Throughout its history, CFBV has broadcast with 1000 watts of power. The station opened a rebroadcaster, CFLD, at 1400 AM with 250 watts of power in the Tweedsmuir Hotel in
Burns Lake in November 1965. CFBV added another rebroadcaster, CKBV in
Hazelton, and CHLD in
Granisle
Granisle () is a village on Babine Lake in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, to the north of Topley between Burns Lake and Houston.
History
The early inhabitants of the area were Carrier Indians, called " Babine" by the ...
(a rebroadcaster of CFLD), in 1974.
In 1976, CFLD's studios moved from the Tweedsmuir Hotel to a new studio at 320-A Alaska Drive. Around the same time, CFBV Ltd. was granted permission to increase the daytime power of CFLD to 1000 watts (while nighttime power remained at 250 watts). CFBV Ltd. changed its corporate name to Cariboo Central Interior Radio Inc. in 1985, and CFBV and CFLD began operating under a common brand, BV/LD Radio, around that time, with some programming for both stations originating from
CJCI in
Prince George.
CFBV changed frequencies from 1230 to its present
870
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Year 870 ( DCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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on October 17, 1985, and CFLD followed suit on January 27, 1986 when it switched frequencies from 1400 to
760
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. CFBV established another rebroadcaster, CHBV, in
Houston
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, in 1991. CFLD increased its power to 1000 watts full-time on January 9, 1996. On December 17, 1999, CFBV switched CHBV to the FM band at
106.5 MHz with 923 watts of power.
Decision CRTC 99-545
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Cariboo Central Interior Radio, the owner of CFBV, CFLD, CJCI and their rebroadcasters and other stations, was purchased on September 1, 2005 by 1126144 Alberta Ltd., a company affiliated with Vista. In early summer of 2006, CFBV and CFLD dropped its BV/LD branding for a new common brand, The Peak. On June 6th, 2014, the station branding changed to The Moose.
Rebroadcasters
In 2017, Vista Radio has voluntarily surrendered the licenses for all of their low-power 50 watt AM transmitters in British Columbia. Vista stated that the transmitting equipment for these facilities are in state of disrepair and would not be economically viable to replace them. The former rebroadcasters affected were:
*CHLD 1480 Granisle
Granisle () is a village on Babine Lake in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, to the north of Topley between Burns Lake and Houston.
History
The early inhabitants of the area were Carrier Indians, called " Babine" by the ...
*CKBV 1490 New Hazelton
New Hazelton is a district municipality on Highway 16 in northwest British Columbia, Canada. It is situated northeast of Terrace and northwest of Smithers and in 2016 had a population of 580 people, a decrease of 12.9% comparing to 2011. New ...
References
External links
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Smithers, British Columbia
Radio stations established in 1963
1963 establishments in British Columbia