CJBC-FM

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CJBC-FM
Frequency 90.3 MHz (FM) (HD Radio)
Branding Ici Musique
Programming
Language(s) French
Format Adult album alternative; classical music; jazz
Subchannels HD2: Same as HD1
Ownership
Owner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CJBC, CBLA-FM, CBL-FM, CBLT, CBLFT
History
First air date
November 3, 1992;31 years ago (1992-11-03)
Call sign meaning
Jarvis Street Baptist Church (which founded an early radio station in Toronto)
Technical information
Class B
ERP
  • 5,730 watts
  • 10,000 watts maximum
HAAT 303.7 metres (996 ft)
Links
Website IciMusique.ca

CJBC-FM (90.3 MHz) is a non-commercial, public, French-language radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It carries the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Musique network. The studios are in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre on Front Street West in Downtown Toronto.

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CJBC-FM is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5,730 watts (10,000 watts maximum). The transmitter is atop First Canadian Place on King Street West in Toronto's Financial District. [1]

History

The station signed on the air on November 3, 1992. [2] It is a sister station to CJBC (860 AM), which is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network.

In December 2017, CJBC-FM added an HD Radio feed to broadcast a high-quality digital radio signal. CJBC-FM has retransmitters in Windsor and Paris, serving Kitchener and Waterloo.

Programming

As a part of the Ici Musique network, CJBC-FM mainly broadcasts the same programs as the rest of the network. However, as the Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Toronto is heard on AM radio only, CJBC-FM simulcasts the local Toronto Ici Première morning and afternoon drive time programs Y'a pas deux matins pareils and L'heure de pointe. The morning show has been simulcast since 2004. The afternoon show has been simulcast on CJBC-FM since 2020. [3]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CJBC-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNetCRTC Decision
Windsor CJBC-FM-1103.9 FM1,260 (6,000 maximum) watts A Query 2006-187
Paris (Kitchener/Waterloo)CJBC-FM-289.9 FM4,960 (14,800 maximum) wattsB Query 2002-126

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References

  1. FCCdata.org/CJBC-FM
  2. Decision CRTC 86-65
  3. "Alison Vicrobeck nommée animatrice de l'Heure de pointe, qui sera diffusée au FM". Radio-Canada. Radio-Canada. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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