CFBS-FM

Last updated
CFBS-FM
Frequency 89.9 MHz
Programming
Format community radio
Ownership
OwnerRadio Blanc-Sablon
Technical information
Class A
ERP vertical polarization only:
178 watts average
300 watts peak
HAAT 31.6 meters (104 ft)
Links
Website www.cfbsradio.ca

CFBS-FM is a community radio station that operates at 89.9 FM in Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada. Owned by Radio Blanc-Sablon, the station was licensed in 1986. [1]

Contents

The station is a member of the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec.

On November 30, 2020, Radio Blanc-Sablon inc. received approval to change the station’s authorized contours by increasing the maximum effective radiated power (ERP) from 300 to 900 watts, increasing the average ERP from 178 to 900 watts, replacing the existing directional antenna with a non-directional antenna, increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 31.6 to 40.25 meters, and amending the existing coordinates of the transmitter site. [2]

Rebroadcasters

The station also operates on the following transmitters:

Rebroadcasters of CFBS-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency RECNetCRTC Decision
Middle Bay CFBS-FM-193.1 Query 89-511
Rivière-Saint-Paul CFBS-FM-293.1 Query
L'Anse-au-Clair, Newfoundland and Labrador CFBS-FM-3105.3 NEW Query 2023-333

On October 4, 2023, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by Radio Blanc-Sablon inc. to add a new FM transmitter that will operate at 105.3 MHz in L'Anse-au-Clair, Newfoundland and Labrador. [3]

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References

  1. Decision CRTC 86-866
  2. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-386, CFBS-FM Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon – Technical changes, CRTC, November 30, 2020
  3. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-333, CFBS-FM Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon – New transmitter in L’Anse-au-Clair, CRTC, October 4, 2023

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