CBUF-FM

CBUF-FM
Broadcast areaBritish Columbia
Whitehorse
Frequency97.7 MHz (FM)
BrandingIci Radio-Canada Première
Programming
FormatPublic - News/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBU, CBUX-FM, CBU-FM, CBUT-DT, CBUFT-DT
History
First air date
December 1, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-12-01)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation VancoUver French
Technical information
ClassC
ERP29,000 watts (95,800 watts maximum)
HAAT610 meters (2,000 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
49°21′13″N 122°57′24″W / 49.353574°N 122.956696°W / 49.353574; -122.956696 (CBUF-FM Tower)
Links
Websiteici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere

CBUF-FM (97.7 MHz) is a French-language non-commercial public radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It broadcasts Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network around Greater Vancouver and on a chain of rebroadcasters around British Columbia. CBUF-FM carries news and talk shows with some music programming.

It signed on the air on December 1, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-12-01). CBUF-FM was the first French-language Radio-Canada station west of Ontario. Its studios and offices are in the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in Downtown Vancouver, while its transmitter tower is atop Mount Seymour.[1]

CBUF also serves as the Première outlet for the Yukon, by way of a locally owned repeater in Whitehorse.

Programming

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The station's current local programs are Phare Ouest, weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Boulevard du Pacifique weekday afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBUF-FM also produces the Saturday morning program, Culture et confiture from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

On holidays, CKSB-10-FM produces holiday morning program for western Canada, Les matins de l'Ouest. Le retour de l'Ouest produced by Alberta's CHFA-FM, replaces regional drive programming on Première outlets in western Canada. During summer months, CBUF-FM produces Le monde chez nous a documentary series that is heard on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Transmitters

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Rebroadcasters of CBUF-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision
Chilliwack CBUF-FM-1 102.1 81 watts A Query
Dawson Creek CBUF-FM-7 93.7 70 watts A1 Query
Kamloops CBUF-FM-6 96.5 4,750 watts B Query
Kelowna CBUF-FM-2 90.5 2,700 watts B Query
Kitimat CBUF-FM-5 105.1 285 watts A Query
Port Alberni CBUF-FM-8 94.9 348 watts A Query
Prince George CBUF-FM-4 95.5 130 watts A1 Query
Terrace CBUF-FM-3 96.9 225 watts B Query
Victoria CBUF-FM-9 99.7 1,200 watts A Query 2003-147
Whistler CBUF-FM-10 103.1 500 watts A Query 2008-17
Whitehorse, Yukon CFWY-FM 102.1 200 watts B Query

The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the Association Franco-Yukonnaise.[2]

References

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