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{{short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Halifax, Nova Scotia}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = CBAF-FM-5
| city             = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]
| area             = [[Nova Scotia]]<br>[[Port au Port Peninsula]]<br>[[St. John's Metropolitan Area]]
| logo             = ICI Radio-Canada Première.svg
| branding         = [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]]
| airdate          = June 26, [[1979 in radio|1979]] (as a [[CBAF-FM|CBAF]] repeater)<br>[[1987 in radio|1987]] (as a separate station)
| frequency        = 92.3 [[Hertz|MHz]] ([[FM broadcasting|FM]])
| format           = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]
| erp              = 91,000 [[watt]]s ([[horizontal polarization]])
| haat             = {{convert|230.5|meters}}
| class            = C
| owner            = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| callsign_meaning = '''C'''anadian '''B'''roadcasting Corporation '''A'''tlantic '''F'''rench
| website          = [http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere Ici Radio-Canada Première]
}}
'''CBAF-FM-5''' is a [[French language|French-language]] [[public radio|public]] [[radio station]] located in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. It is part of the [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]] Network.

Owned and operated by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]], it broadcasts at 92.3 [[Hertz|MHz]] with an [[effective radiated power]] of 91,000 watts, using [[horizontal polarization]]. It is a [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class C]] station using a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]]. The broadcast tower is located on Washmill Lake Drive in [[Clayton Park, Nova Scotia|Clayton Park]]. The studios and offices are located on Chebucto Road in Halifax. The station also serves as the Première outlet for the [[Newfoundland (island)|Island of Newfoundland]], by way of two repeaters.

==Programming==
The station has an ad-free [[all-news radio|news]]/[[talk radio|talk]] [[radio format|format]] and is part of the [[Ici Radio-Canada Première]] network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations, it broadcasts in [[Monaural|mono]].

The station produces a morning [[drive time]] show (''Le Réveil'', Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.) and a Saturday morning fill-in show (''Ça se passe ICI'' from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.). An afternoon drive time program, ''L'heure de pointe Acadie'' comes from [[CBAF-FM]] [[Moncton]], which also airs on [[CBAF-FM-15]] in [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]].<ref>[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/le-reveil-nouvelle-ecosse-et-t-n Retrieved 09-05-2017]</ref>

==History==
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] in 1979 as a [[rebroadcaster]] of [[CBAF-FM|CBAF]] 1300 in [[Moncton]]. In 1987, it became a separate station, despite retaining a rebroadcaster-like [[call sign]].<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-220.HTM Decision CRTC 87-220]</ref>

CBAF-FM-5 was originally identified as '''CBAF-19-FM'''. The call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-561.HTM Decision CRTC 89-561]</ref>
At that time, the old 1300 signal of CBAF was shut down.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-206.HTM Decision CRTC 90-206<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Transmitters==
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec              = true
| crtc             = true
| callsign         = CBAF-FM-5
| call1            = CBAF-FM-13
| freq1            = 103.9 FM
| watts1           = 82
| class1           = A
| city1            = [[Chéticamp, Nova Scotia|Chéticamp]]
| crtc1            =
| call2            = CBAF-FM-7
| freq2            = 104.7 FM
| watts2           = 980
| class2           = A
| city2            = [[Digby, Nova Scotia|Digby]]
| crtc2            =
| call3            = CBAF-FM-12
| freq3            = 92.3 FM
| watts3           = 82
| class3           = A
| city3            = [[Margaree Centre, Nova Scotia|Margaree]]
| crtc3            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-732.HTM 85-732]
| call4            = CBAF-FM-6
| freq4            = 107.5 FM
| watts4           = 19,000
| class4           = B
| city4            = [[Middleton, Nova Scotia|Middleton]]
| crtc4            =
| call5            = CBAF-FM-11
| freq5            = 107.5 FM
| watts5           = 93,400
| class5           = C
| city5            = [[Mulgrave, Nova Scotia|Mulgrave]]
| crtc5            =
| call6            = CBAF-FM-10
| freq6            = 88.7 FM
| watts6           = 1,200
| class6           = A
| city6            = [[New Glasgow, Nova Scotia|New Glasgow]]
| crtc6            =
| call7            = CBAF-FM-14
| freq7            = 95.9 FM
| watts7           = 61,700
| class7           = C
| city7            = [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]]
| crtc7            =
| call8            = CBAF-FM-8
| freq8            = 100.9 FM
| watts8           = 500
| class8           = A
| city8            = [[Weymouth, Nova Scotia|Weymouth]]
| crtc8            = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-205.HTM 88-205]
| call9            = CBAF-FM-9
| freq9            = 107.3 FM
| watts9           = 1,180
| class9           = A
| city9            = [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth]]
| crtc9            =
| call10           = CBAF-FM-16
| freq10           = 94.3 FM
| watts10          = 1,034
| class10          = B
| city10           = [[Port au Port, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| crtc10           =
| call11           = CBAF-FM-17
| freq11           = 105.9 FM
| watts11          = 45,900
| class11          = C
| city11           = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| crtc11           =
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere Ici Radio-Canada Première]
*[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/nova-scotia/CBAF-FM-5 CBAF-FM-5] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*{{RecnetCanada|CBAF-FM-5}}
*{{RecnetCanada|CBAF-FM}} (full list)

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