CBAM-FM

CBAM-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 106.1 MHz from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBAM-FM broadcasts with a power of 69,500 watts.

CBAM-FM
CityMoncton, New Brunswick
Broadcast areaEastern New Brunswick
Frequency106.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingCBC Radio One
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stationsCBAT-DT
History
First air dateApril 8, 1939
Former call signsCBA (1939-2008)
Former frequencies1050 kHz (AM) (1939-1941)
1070 kHz (1941-2008)
Call sign meaningCanadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic Moncton
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP69,500 watts horizontal polarization
34,300 watts vertical polarization
HAAT211 meters (692 ft)
Links
WebsiteCBC New Brunswick

History

CBA 1070

On April 8, 1939, the station signed on as CBA, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station at 1050 AM. It was the CBC's clear-channel outlet for the Maritime provinces, heard in the daytime over much of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and at night audible over much of Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.

As a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement treaty, it moved to 1070 AM on March 29, 1941. The original city of licence was Sackville, the location of the transmitter site. The city of licence was later changed to Moncton in 1968 when the CBA transmitter, one 460-foot tower (140 metres), moved to Dover Road in the rural community of Fox Creek near Moncton. In the 1950s and 1960s, CBA AM's studios were located on St George Street in Moncton.

In September 1970, CBA and its French-language counterparts CBAF and CBAFT were given approval to relocate their studios and offices in a new complex at 250 Archibald Street today known as Universite Avenue.

Moving to FM 106.1

On January 8, 2007, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the station's proposed move to 106.1 FM.[1] Since Radio 2 had the local call sign of CBA-FM, the Radio One network adopted the CBAM-FM call sign. The engineers were at the AM transmitter site on Dover Road in Dieppe to say goodbye to the old AM signal that signed off for good on the morning of April 7, 2008 shortly after the 8:30 CBC news.[2][3] CBA was the last AM station in eastern New Brunswick, and the CBC wanted to stop a drop in market share.

CBAM was a former call sign of a defunct CBC low-power AM transmitter in Edmundston, New Brunswick, which converted to FM as CBAN-FM, an FM rebroadcaster of CBZF-FM.

The original CBA transmitter site at the Tantramar Marshes near Sackville continued to broadcast Radio Canada International around the world on shortwave radio as well as relay broadcasts for several foreign shortwave broadcasters. For the purposes of CRTC licensing, the Sackville complex was designated under the call letters CKCX.[4] The shortwave site discontinued broadcasts on December 1, 2012, after which its facilities were dismantled.[5]

Local programming

CBAM-FM currently produces a local news and current-affairs morning drive time program, Information Morning. It also carries midday, afternoon and weekend morning shows produced at CBHA-FM Halifax, Nova Scotia for Atlantic Canada. Every November, CBAM-FM hosts a local radiothon for the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital Foundation, with proceeds going to the Tree of Hope Campaign. This radiothon airs only on CBAM-FM.

Staff

Current staff
  • Jonna Brewer - Host, Information Morning
  • Karin Reid LeBlanc - Executive Producer, Moncton
  • Vanessa Blanch - Morning news editor, CBC News
  • Marc Genuist - reporter, CBC News
  • Kate Letterick - reporter, CBC News

Former staff
  • Jo-Ann Roberts - co-host of Information Morning (currently at CBCV-FM Victoria)
  • Brent Taylor - co-host of Information Morning (now retired)
  • Rhonda Whittaker - host of Information Morning
  • Rhonda Day - co-host of Mainstreet (1985-1986)
  • Dave MacDonald - host, Information Morning

Rebroadcasters

CBAM-FM has the following rebroadcasters:

Rebroadcasters of CBAM-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyRECNetCRTC Decision
Neguac-AllardvilleCBAA-FM97.9 FMQuery
CampbelltonCBAE-FM90.5 FMQuery
SackvilleCBAM-FM-1105.7 FMQueryCRTC 2010-67

On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to relocate the facilities of CBAM-FM-1 Sackville to a new transmission site south of Ogden Mill; this was due to the closure of the CBC's shortwave facilities, where the local repeater was also located.[6][5]

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References
  1. CRTC Decisions 2007-01-08
  2. NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-03-24
  3. NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-04-07
  4. CRTC Decision CRTC 2001-518 2001-08-24
  5. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-602-1.htm
  6. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-564, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBLJ-FM Wawa; CBVE-FM Québec and its transmitter CBVG-FM Gaspé; and CBAM-FM Moncton and its transmitter CBAM-FM-1 Sackville –Technical changes, CRTC, October 25, 2013

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