CBAM-FM
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Programming
CBAM-FM has a local wake-up news and interview program, "Information Morning Moncton" with Jonna Brewer from 6 to 8:30 weekdays. It shares a weekday afternoon show with other CBC Radio One stations in New Brunswick, "Shift". From Halifax, it shares a midday magazine show on weekdays, "Maritime Noon", as well as some weekend shows and newscasts.
Every November, CBAM-FM hosts a local radiothon for the Dr. Georges-L. Dumont Hospital Foundation, with proceeds going to the Tree of Hope Campaign. This radiothon airs only on CBAM-FM.
History
CRCA
The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission owned and operated a station in Moncton under the call sign CRCA, which had previously been CNR Radio station CNRA. The station was taken off the air in on October 31, 1933. Plans were made for the construction of a more powerful transmitter in nearby Sackville that would cover the Maritime provinces.[2][3]
The CRBC was closed down in 1936 and replaced by the CBC, which inherited the project.[4] It took another three years for the CBC to establish radio service in the area.
CBA
The new station
As a result of the
In September 1970, CBA and its French-language counterparts CBAF and CBAFT were given approval to relocate their studios and offices in a new complex at 250 Archibald Street (today known as University Avenue).
Move to 106.1 FM
On January 8, 2007, the
CBAM was the former
The original CBA transmitter site at the Tantramar Marshes near Sackville continued to broadcast Radio Canada International around the world on shortwave radio as well as relay broadcasts for several foreign shortwave broadcasters. For the purposes of CRTC licensing, the Sackville complex was designated under the call letters CKCX.[8] The shortwave site discontinued broadcasts on December 1, 2012, after which its facilities were dismantled.[9]
Staff
Current staff
- Jonna Brewer - Host, Information Morning
- Karin Reid LeBlanc - Executive Producer, Moncton
- Vanessa Blanch - Morning news editor, CBC News
- Shane Magee - reporter, CBC News
- Kate Letterick - reporter, CBC News
Former staff
- Jo-Ann Roberts - co-host of Information Morning (currently at CBCV-FM Victoria)
- Brent Taylor - co-host of Information Morning (now retired)
- Rhonda Whittaker - host of Information Morning
- Rhonda Day - co-host of Mainstreet (1985–1986)
- Dave MacDonald - host, Information Morning
Rebroadcasters
CBAM-FM has the following rebroadcasters:
City of license | Identifier | Frequency | RECNet | CRTC Decision |
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Neguac-Allardville
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CBAA-FM | 97.9 FM | Query | |
Campbellton | CBAE-FM | 90.5 FM | Query | |
Sackville | CBAM-FM-1 | 105.7 FM | Query | CRTC 2010-67 |
On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to relocate the facilities of CBAM-FM-1 Sackville to a new transmission site south of Ogden Mill; this was due to the closure of the CBC's shortwave facilities, where the local repeater was also located.[10][9]
References
- ^ FCCdata.org/CBAM-FM
- ^ "CNR Radio Out - CRBC In | History of Canadian Broadcasting".
- ^ "CBAM-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "The Birth and Death of The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (1932–1936) | History of Canadian Broadcasting". Archived from the original on 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ [1] CRTC Decisions 2007-01-08
- ^ [2] NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-03-24
- ^ [3] NorthEast Radio Watch 2008-04-07
- ^ [4] CRTC Decision CRTC 2001-518 2001-08-24
- ^ a b "ARCHIVED - CFFB Iqaluit – New transmitters in Puvirnituq, Kuujjuarapik, Inukjuak, Salluit and Kuujjuaq (Fort Chimo) – Correction". 5 November 2012.
- ^ 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
External links
- CBC New Brunswick
- CBAM-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBAM-FM in the REC Canadian station database