CBUF-FM is a Canadian

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

, which broadcasts Radio-Canada's

Ici Radio-Canada Première Ici Radio-Canada Première (formerly Première Chaîne) is a Canadian French-language radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known as Société Radio-Canada in French), the public broadcaster of ...

network at 97.7 MHz in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...

and on a chain of rebroadcasters around

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, for ...

. CBUF-FM is a non-commercial

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station airing

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/ talk and some music programming. The station was first launched in 1967 as the first

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Radio-Canada station west of Ontario. Its studios and offices are in the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in

Downtown Vancouver Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north shor ...

, while its

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is located atop

Mount Seymour Mount Seymour is a mountain located in Mount Seymour Provincial Park in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the North Shore Mountains, rising to the north from the shores of Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm ...

. CBUF also serves as the Première outlet for the

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

, by way of a locally owned repeater in

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's Downtown Whitehorse, downtown ...

Programming

The station's current local programs are ''Phare Ouest'', in the mornings from 6:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. and ''Boulevard du Pacifique'' in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBUF-FM also produces the Saturday morning program, ''Culture et confiture'' from 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. On holidays,

CKSB-10-FM CKSB-10-FM (88.1 MHz) is a Canadian public radio station serving the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region in Manitoba. It is owned by the Société Radio-Canada (CBC) and airs the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, concentrating on news and talk in Fren ...

produces holiday morning program for western Canada, ''Les matins de l'Ouest''. ''Le retour de l'Ouest'' produced by Alberta's

CHFA-FM CHFA-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network in Edmonton, Alberta. The station was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service to E ...

, replaces regional drive programming on Première outlets in western Canada. During summer months, CBUF-FM produces ''Le monde chez nous'' a documentary series that is heard on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Transmitters

The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the Association Franco-Yukonnaise.CRTC Decision 2003-534

References

External links

Ici Radio-Canada Première
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