CBAF-FM-15

Infobox_Radio_station
name = CBAF-FM-15
city = Charlottetown, PEI
area = Prince Edward Island


branding = Première Chaîne
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 88.1 MHz (FM)
format = public broadcasting
erp = 94.2 kW (peak)
class = C
callsign_meaning =
owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Radio-Canada]

CBAF-FM-15 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French : Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 88.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 33,500 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 94,200 watts (class C).

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

Despite its call sign, CBAF-FM-15 is no longer a rebroadcaster of CBAF-FM as it officially became a separate station in 1994. [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1994/DB94-339.HTM ; compare with http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Notices/1993/PB93-136.htm where CBAF-FM-15 was considered by the CRTC as a rebroadcaster.]

The station has its own morning drive show ("Le Réveil", Monday to Thursday from 6 to 9 a.m. and Friday from 6 to 10 a.m.). The rest of its programming is a simulcast of CBAF-FM-5 from Halifax, Nova Scotia [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/Horaires/grille_pc.asp Radio-Canada | Émissions | Horaire Radio | Première Chaîne ] ] ; that station produces locally a regional afternoon drive show ("Les 400 coups", Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.) and simulcasts CBAF-FM from Moncton, New Brunswick the rest of the time.

CBAF-FM-15 was originally identified as CBAF-29-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989, [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1989/DB89-561.HTM Decision CRTC 89-561 ] ] as the old 1300 kHz AM signal of CBAF was shut down. [ [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1990/DB90-206.HTM Decision CRTC 90-206 ] ]

Rebroadcasters

The following stations are fulltime rebroadcasters of CBAF-FM-15 :

* CBAF-FM-19 in Urbainville, broadcasting on 106.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 173 watts (class A1) using an omnidirectional antenna;

* CBAF-FM-20 in St. Edward, broadcasting on 97.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 1880 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 6000 watts (class B1).

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External links

*fr icon [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/indexPc.html Radio-Canada]
*RecnetCanada|CBAF-FM-15