CBAF-FM-15

Coordinates: 46°14′50″N 63°08′6″W / 46.24722°N 63.13500°W / 46.24722; -63.13500
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46°14′50″N 63°08′6″W / 46.24722°N 63.13500°W / 46.24722; -63.13500

CBAF-FM-15
CBAF repeater)
1994 (as a separate station)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic French
Technical information
ClassC
ERP94.2 kW (peak)
Links
WebsiteIci Radio-Canada Première

CBAF-FM-15 is a

radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned)

class C
).

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.

The station signed on sometime in the late 1970s as a

rebroadcaster of CBAF in Moncton. On October 3, 1983, a first radio show was produced for the Island from Moncton (La marée de l'Île, hosted by Maurice Arsenault). In 1994, it officially became a separate station, though it still has rebroadcaster-like calls.[1]

The station has its own morning drive show, produced in Charlottetown since September 1, 1996. Denis Duchesne is the host of Le Réveil, Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.

On November 21, 2005, the CRTC granted CBAF-FM-15 to operate rebroadcasters in St. Edward and Urbainville to serve areas on the fringe of the primary transmitter's signal.

CBAF-FM-15 was originally identified as CBAF-29-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989,[4] as the old 1300 kHz AM signal of CBAF was shut down.[5]

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters
of CBAF-FM-15
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision
St. Edward CBAF-FM-20 97.5 FM 1880 watts B1 Query 2005-546
Urbainville CBAF-FM-19 106.9 FM 173 watts A1 Query 2005-545

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