CBZF-FM
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". CBZF-FM (99.5 MHz) is a non-commercial public radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is owned by the Canadian government. The studios are at 1160 Regent Street in Fredericton.
CBZF-FM is a Class A station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,200 watts. The tower is at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] The transmitter is on Fernwood Drive in Fredericton. In addition to CBZF 99.5 FM, another Radio One station, CBD-FM 91.3 Saint John, can easily be heard in the provincial capital.
History
CBC Radio programming first aired in Fredericton on privately-owned network affiliate CFNB 550 AM.
CBC's own station launched on March 4, 1964Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. It was CBZ at 970 AM. Provincial Premier Louis Robichaud and Don Messer's troupe were on hand for the opening ceremonies which originated from the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel.[2]
In 2004, CBZ moved to the FM band on 99.5 MHz.[3] The call sign was changed to CBZF-FM. That's because CBZ-FM was already used by the CBC Radio 2 sister station.
Local programming
CBZF currently produces a local morning news and current-affairs program, Information Morning with Jeanne Armstrong. It airs weekdays from 6:00Script error: No such module "String".a.m. to 8:30 a.m. exclusively on 99.5 FM. CBZF also produces news and weather updates which are heard throughout the province weekdays between 9Script error: No such module "String".a.m. and 6Script error: No such module "String".p.m.
Information Morning is simulcast via television station CBAT-DT to the entire province. The program airs Monday to Friday from 6Script error: No such module "String".a.m. to 7Script error: No such module "String".a.m. on CBAT. CBZF also carries the provincial afternoon show Shift, which can be heard between 4Script error: No such module "String".p.m. and 6Script error: No such module "String".p.m. weekdays and comes from CBD-FM 91.3 in Saint John.
Current staff
- Jeanne Armstrong - Host of Information Morning
- Myfanwy Davies - Producer of Information Morning
- Jennifer Sweet - Newsreader
Notable Former Staff
- Hance Colburne - host of Information Morning (Now at CBD-FM Saint John)
- Terry Seguin - host of Information Morning (Retired)
Transmitters
In the 1970s, CBAM Edmunston changed its low-power AM frequency from 1490 kHz to 1320 kHz. CBAN-FM in Edmunston previously used the CBAM call sign until 2003, when it converted to FM at 99.5 MHz. That call sign now belongs to CBAM-FM in Moncton, which adopted it after CBA moved to FM in 2007.
On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBAX from 600 kHz to 95.5 MHz. The new callsign will be CBZF-FM-1.[4] CBAX was the last low-power AM transmitter to rebroadcast CBZF-FM and also the last low-power CBC AM transmitter in the province. The CRTC approved the CBC's application to move CBAX to 95.5 FM on November 3, 2017.[5]
References
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- ↑ FCCdata.org/CBZF-FM
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- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2002-460 - CBZ Fredericton - Conversion to FM band
- ↑ 2017-0770-5
- ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-396, CBZF-FM Fredericton – New transmitter in McAdam, CRTC, November 3, 2017
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External links
- CBC New Brunswick
- CBZF-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBZF-FM in the REC Canadian station database
- CBZ in the REC Canadian station database
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