CBVE-FM

CBVE-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network at 104.7 FM in Quebec City, Quebec. The station's main transmitter is located at Mount Bélair. Its studios are co-located with its francophone sister stations on Rue St-Jean in Downtown Quebec City.

CBVE-FM
Broadcast areaQuebec, except Montreal and Outaouais
Frequency104.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingCBC Radio One
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBV-FM, CBVX-FM, CBVT-DT
History
First air date
March 1976 (as a CBM repeater)
August 1, 1994 (as a separate station)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ville de Québec English
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP24,900 watts average
65,800 watts peak
HAAT477.6 meters (1,567 ft)
Links
WebsiteCBC Quebec

CBVE is the originating station for all CBC Radio One transmitters in Quebec outside Montreal and the Outaouais. Together, they are known as the Quebec Community Network, with a special mandate to provide service to the province's anglophone minority.

Although it is a semi-satellite of CBME-FM in Montreal, most of the station's operations are in Quebec City except for master control, which is based at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto.

History

The station was launched in 1976. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming was aired on private affiliate CFOM. Following CFOM's shutdown as a commercial station in late 1975, the CBC directly acquired the station and kept it in operation until the FM signal was launched.

The station was originally a rebroadcaster of CBM in Montreal (now CBME-FM). In 1994, however, it was granted a separate license. At the same time, all but one of CBM's rebroadcasters were transferred to CBVE.[1]

The call sign CBME was formerly used for a low-power AM repeater in La Tuque which changed to CBVE-1.

Local programming

CBVE-FM's local programs are Quebec AM, hosted by Susan Campbell, in the mornings and Breakaway, hosted by Jacquie Czernin, in the afternoons. The rest of the station's schedule is a simulcast of CBME-FM.

An hour of Quebec AM is also heard on CBC North radio stations in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBVE-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
Baie-Comeau CBMI-FM 93.7 FM3,000 wattsAQuery
Blanc-Sablon CBMS-FM 102.7 FM351 wattsAQuery
Chandler CBVB-FM 103.7 FM222 wattsA1Query
Chibougamau/Chapais CBVC-FM 90.3 FM29,939 wattsBQuery
Escuminac CBVA-FM 98.1 FM827 wattsAQuery
Fermont CBMR-FM 105.1 FM16 wattsA1Query
Gaspé CBVG-FM 88.5 FM22,610 wattsBQuery
Harrington Harbour CBMU-FM 99.5 FM169 wattsA1Query
Magdalen Islands CBVM-FM 95.3 FM4,200 wattsBQuery
Murdochville CBMJ-FM 99.5 FM98 wattsAQuery2013-226
New Carlisle CBVN-FM 101.5 FM800 wattsAQuery
New Richmond CBVR-FM 103.5 FM1,000 wattsAQuery
Old Fort Bay CBMV-FM 95.9 FM67 wattsA1Query
Percé CBVP-FM 105.3 FM840 wattsBQuery
Port-Daniel CBVF-FM 100.5 FM234 wattsA1Query
Rivière-Saint-Paul CBMY-FM 104.3 FM54 wattsA1Query
Rouyn-Noranda CBMA-FM 91.9 FM2,712 wattsAQuery
Saguenay CBJE-FM 102.7 FM30,000 wattsBQuery98-53
Saint-Augustin CBMX-FM 102.3 FM56 wattsA1Query
Saint-Jovite CBMF-FM 98.1 FM845 wattsAQuery
Schefferville CBMH-FM 103.1 FM400 wattsAQuery94-165
Sept-Îles CBSE-FM 96.9 FM15,000 wattsBQuery
Sherbrooke CBMB-FM 91.7 FM25,000 wattsBQuery
La Tabatière CBMT-FM 101.5 FM178 wattsAQuery
Thetford Mines CBMC-FM 92.3 FM250 wattsAQuery
Trois-Rivières CBMZ-FM 93.9 FM14,000 wattsBQuery
Malartic CBMN-FM 101.1 FM50,000 wattsBQuery
La Tuque CBVE-1-FM 101.9 FM265 wattsQuery2016-227
Lebel-sur-Quévillon CBMK-FM 92.7 FM50 wattsLPQuery2017-267
Senneterre CBMM-FM 101.7 FM115 wattsA1Query

On February 18, 1998, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency for CBJE-FM Chicoutimi/Saguenay's frequency from 107.9 MHz to 102.7 MHz by decreasing the effective radiated power from 50,000 watts to 30,000 watts. [2]

On September 11, 2008, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate a temporary low-power FM mono transmitter at Lac-Mégantic. It would broadcast on 104.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50 watts for a period of three months. The CBC indicated the transmitter would rebroadcast CBVE and ensure the continuity of the national Radio One service to Lac-Megantic while the municipality conducts renovations on the site of the low-power AM transmitter CBMO, which was currently unserviceable.[3] It is unknown if the transmitter(s) is currently operating as CBMO and CBMO-FM is not listed in the Industry Canada database.

On January 4, 2013, the CBC filed and application to the CRTC to convert CBMJ 750 to 99.5 FM.[4] The application was approved on May 8, 2013.[5]

On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to decrease the power of CBVG from 2,160 to 1,730 watts (decreasing the maximum ERP from 4,250 to 2,610 watts and its EHAAT from 409.5 to 384.5 metres).[6]

On March 19, 2015, the CBC submitted an application to add an FM transmitter in Malartic, CBMN-FM, which would broadcast at 101.1 MHz at 26,480 watts with a maximum ERP of 50,000 watts. In the CRTC's July 3, 2015 release, CBMN's ERP reads 22,800 watts. CBMN would replace two low-powered CBC AM transmitters, CBMN 1230 and CBML 570 Val-d'Or. The new transmitter may also replace CBMM 540, but only pending further assessment following the sign-on of CBMN-FM.[7][8] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on July 3, 2015.[9]

On February 20, 1992, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change CBME's frequency to 830 kHz.[10] CBME's change of frequency was necessary to eliminate nighttime interference received from CKIS Montréal which also operated on the 990 kHz frequency.

On April 4, 2016, the CBC filed and application to the CRTC to convert CBVE-1 to 101.9.[11] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on June 16, 2016 to move CBVE-1 to 101.9 with an average effective radiated power of 265 watts and an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 106.2 metres.[12] According to Canadian Radio News, CBVE-1 moved to 101.9 in August 2016.[13]

On September 23, 2016, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency of CBMA-FM 99.9 to 91.9 MHz by increasing the effective radiated power from 1,000 to 2,712 watts and decrease the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 145 to 110.2 metres.[14]

On March 8, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBMM 540 to 101.7 FM with the proposed callsign CBMM-FM.[15]

On March 9, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBMK 1230 to 92.7 FM.[16] The CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate new FM transmitters in Lebel-sur-Quevillon and Senneterre on July 27, 2017.[17]

In July 2020, CBMP-FM, previously a rebroadcaster of CBVE, formed its own network.[18]

On May 6, 2022, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to increase the maximum effective radiated power (ERP) for CBVC-FM Chibougamau from 420 to 29,939 watts, increasing the average ERP from 420 to 11,837 watts, replacing the existing non-directional antenna with a new directional antenna, and by decreasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 110.5 to 108.5 metres and changing from class A to class B. The power increase for CBVC-FM Chibougamau would cover Chapais, Quebec located about 40 kilometers away which may no longer need the low-power AM CBC rebroadcast transmitter, CBMD operating at 1400 kHz. [19]

References

  1. Decision CRTC 94-612, New radio programming undertaking consisting of CBVE-FM and its transmitters, CRTC, August 15, 1994
  2. Decision CRTC 98-53, Licence amendment for CBVE-FM, CRTC, February 18, 1998
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-255, CBVE-FM Québec - New transmitter in Lac-Mégantic, CRTC, September 11, 2008
  4. https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201216151
  5. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-226, CBVE-FM Québec – New transmitter in Murdochville, CRTC, May 8, 2013
  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
  7. 2015-0264-1, Addition of an FM transmitter, CRTC, March 19, 2015
  8. AM stations going away, American Bandscan, March 19, 2015
  9. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-292, CBVE-FM Québec – New transmitter in Malartic. CRTC, July 3, 2015
  10. Decision CRTC 92-116
  11. 201602772, Addition of an FM transmitter in La Tuque, CRTC, April 4, 2016
  12. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-227, CBVE-FM Québec – New FM transmitter in La Tuque, CRTC, June 16, 2016
  13. Canadian Radio News recap August 2016, airchecker.ca, September 3, 2016
  14. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-383, CBVE-FM Québec and its transmitter CBMA-FM Rouyn-Noranda – Technical changes, CRTC, September 23, 2016
  15. 201701558
  16. 201701673
  17. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-267, CBVE-FM Québec – New transmitters in Lebel-sur-Quévillon and Senneterre, CRTC, July 27, 2017
  18. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-85, English-language FM radio station in Chisasibi and licence amendment for CBVE-FM Québec, CRTC, March 4, 2020
  19. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-121, CBVE-FM Québec and its transmitter CBVC-FM Chibougamau – Technical changes, CRTC, May 6, 2022

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