CBSI-FM

CBSI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec.

CBSI-FM
CitySept-Îles, Quebec
Broadcast areaCôte-Nord
Frequency98.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingIci Radio-Canada Première
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air dateDecember 12, 1976 (as a repeater of CBGA Matane)
November 1, 1982 (as a local station)
Call sign meaningCanadian Broadcasting Corporation Sept-Iles
Technical information
ClassC
ERP96,700 watts
HAAT260.5 M
Links
WebsiteIci Radio-Canada Première

Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada.

History

Formerly established on December 12, 1976 as a rebroadcaster of Matane's CBGA, CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's Côte-Nord and in parts of Labrador.

Programming

The station's current local programs are Bonjour la côte, in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Boréale 138 in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces D'Est en est, a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and CJBR-FM Rimouski, and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, Samedi et rien d'autre, originates from CBF-FM Montreal.

Transmitters
Rebroadcasters of CBSI-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
AguanishCBSI-141350 AM40 wattsLPQuery
Baie-ComeauCBSI-FM-24106.1 FM1,900 wattsAQuery
Blanc-SablonCBSI-FM-21107.1 FM78 wattsAQuery
FermontCBSI-FM-6100.5 FM255 wattsAQuery2000-164
Harrington HarbourCBSI-FM-15100.5 FM93 wattsA1Query93-614
Havre-Saint-PierreCBSI-FM-792.5 FM25,300 wattsBQuery99-119
NatashquanCBSI-FM-599.9 FM260 wattsA1Query2018-53
Port-MenierCBSI-231130 AM40 wattsLPQuery
Rivière-Saint-PaulCBSI-FM-20103.1 FM21 wattsA1Query
La RomaineCBSI-81550 AM*
99.9 FM		40 wattsLPQuery
Saint-AugustinCBSI-FM-18107.3 FM19 wattsA1Query
ScheffervilleCBSI-FM-291.1 FM111 wattsAQuery94-166
La TabatièreCBSI-FM-17100.1 FM50 wattsAQuery96-289
Tête-à-la-BaleineCBSI-FM-16103.5 FM22 wattsA1Query
Vieux-FortCBSI-FM-1991.7 FM26 wattsA1Query
Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and LabradorCBSI-FM-389.1 FM98 wattsA1Query88-207
Labrador City, Newfoundland and LabradorCBSI-FM-493.1 FM255 wattsAQuery95-441

In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec.[1]

CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL, a local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994).[2]

On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz.[3] On February 7, 2018, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM.[4]

On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 to 99.9 MHz.[5] This was approved on September 6, 2018.[6]

gollark: I do have *two* CB aeons lying about, actually, but one is a gift, sooo...
gollark: I'll just go name them and all that then.
gollark: I take it you're not interested in my Random Hatchlings™?
gollark: Banana footballs.
gollark: *is slightly frustrated at Infinis accepting first two siyat trades very fast but leaving my offer (which will probably be denied in the end...) standing eternally*

References
  1. 86-21
  2. History of CFKL - Canadian Communications Foundation
  3. 2017-0772-0
  4. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-53, CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Natashquan, CRTC, February 7, 2018
  5. 2018-0225-7
  6. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-355, CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in La Romaine, CRTC, September 6, 2018

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