CBME-FM

CBME-FM

Montreal, Quebec Canada
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal
Frequency	88.5 MHz (FM)
Branding	CBC Radio One
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBM-FM, CBF-FM, CBFX-FM, CBMT-DT, CBFT-DT
History
First air date	December 11, 1937
Former call signs	CRCM (1933–1937) CBM (1937–1998)
Former frequencies	1060 kHz (AM) (1933–1937) 960 kHz (1937–1941) 940 kHz (1941–1998)
Call sign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Montreal English
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	11,510 watts
HAAT	242.7 meters (796 ft)
Links
Website	CBC Montreal

CBME-FM is an

Its studios and offices, along with those of sister stations CBM-FM, CBF-FM and CBFX-FM are located at the Nouvelle Maison de Radio-Canada at 1000 Papineau Avenue. Master control is at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto.

History

The station was launched in 1933 on 1050 AM and was originally known as CRCM, operated by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. When ownership was transferred to the CBC in 1937, the station call sign became CBM and the frequency was changed to 960. On March 29, 1941, like most radio stations in North America, CBM moved to 940. Originally 5,000 watts, CBM's power was increased to 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted by the CRTC for AM stations.

Prior to 1978, CBM broadcast from a transmitter site near

The call sign change to CBME-FM occurred in order to distinguish the station from sister station CBM-FM.

Local programming

The station's local programs are Daybreak Montreal (hosted by Sean Henry) in the morning and Let's Go (hosted by Sabrina Marandola) in the afternoon. The station also produces the Quebec edition of Radio Noon, which airs on all Radio One transmitters throughout the province.

The station also broadcasts All in a Weekend on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and Cinq à Six on Saturdays.

Transmitters

CBM once operated a large network of repeaters across the eastern two-thirds of Quebec. However, most of those repeaters were transferred to the license of CBVE-FM in Quebec City when it became a separate station in 1994.

Because of deficiencies with the main FM signal which did not exist when the station was on AM, CBME-FM added FM rebroadcasting transmitters with directional antennas in the western part of Montreal (98 watts, from the corner of Cavendish and Sherbrooke Streets in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) and in Cowansville (2,700 watts).

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

References

External links

• CBC Montreal
• CBME-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CBME-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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