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Coordinates: 46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.5039°N 80.9675°W / 46.5039; -80.9675
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CBCS-FM
Broadcast areaNortheastern Ontario
Frequency99.9 MHz (FM)
BrandingCBC Radio One
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBBS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBON-FM
History
First air date
May 5, 1978
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sudbury
Technical information
ClassB
ERP50 kW
HAAT120.9 metres (396 ft 8 in)
Transmitter coordinates
46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.5039°N 80.9675°W / 46.5039; -80.9675
Links
WebsiteCBC Sudbury

CBCS-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Sudbury, Ontario, broadcasting at 99.9 FM, and serves all of Northeastern Ontario through its network of relay transmitters. The station's studio is located at the CBC/Radio-Canada facilities at 43 Elm Street in Sudbury.

History

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On July 28, 1975, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation received approval from the CRTC to operate a new english-language FM station at Sudbury, Ontario. The proposed frequency was 97.1 MHz [1] (later read 99.9 MHz when launched).

The station was launched on May 5, 1978 on 99.9 MHz. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliates CKSO and CKSO-FM.[2]

The CRTC decision authorizing the launch of CBCS in fact encouraged, but did not direct, the CBC to retain an AM frequency for CBC Radio, and to reserve CBCS for its CBC Stereo network.[3] However, the station launched in 1978 as an affiliate of the talk network after the CBC was unable to negotiate an agreement with Cambrian Broadcasting to directly acquire CKSO.

The CBC later applied for a second license for its Stereo network, which was granted in 1984.[4] However, that station remain unlaunched throughout the 1980s, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses. Consequently, CBC Radio 2 service was not available in the city until the launch of CBBS-FM in 2001.

In the CBC's service reductions announced in March 2009, CBCS was slated to lose half of its existing staff. Several hundred people attended a rally at the city's Tom Davies Square on April 5 to protest the cutbacks, with participants including federal MPs Glenn Thibeault, Claude Gravelle and Charlie Angus, and musicians Kevin Closs and Stéphane Paquette.[5]

In September 2014, the station announced that it would move in late 2015 from 15 Mackenzie Street, where it had been located since its launch in 1978, to a new leased studio and office space on Elm Street.[6] The move was completed in December 2015.[7] The CBC had an open house in September 2016. [8] The former studio on Mackenzie Street was then rented out to Siena Films as the police station in the 2017 drama series Cardinal.[9]

Local programming

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The station's local programs are Morning North, hosted by Markus Schwabe, and Up North, hosted by Jonathan Pinto, in the afternoon. In May 2009, Morning North won the Radio and Television News Directors Association's Peter Gzowski Award for Best Information Radio Program in Central Canada,[10] and in June 2009, the program won the award for all of Canada.[11]

The CBC announced in August 2014 that Up North, which premiered on August 11, would replace the former afternoon program Points North.[12] The new program extends its coverage to all of Northern Ontario, also replacing Voyage North on CBQT-FM in Thunder Bay.[12]

Former Points North host Dan Lessard retired from the program in June 2010.[13] He was replaced by Jason Turnbull, who served as host of Points North, and then of Up North, until leaving the station in 2018 to take a job in media relations with Health Sciences North.[14] Turnbull, in turn, was succeeded by Waubgeshig Rice, who hosted the show until leaving the CBC in May 2020.[15] Jonathan Pinto was named the new host of the program, effective September 2020.

In the CBC's proposed new regional programming strategy released in 2005, North Bay was scheduled to receive its own local news bureau, although North Bay would continue to receive CBCS' local programming apart from news updates. As of 2024, however, no separate local news service has been launched in North Bay.

Rebroadcasters

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Rebroadcasters of CBCS-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power Class RECNet CRTC Decision
Attawapiskat CBCA-FM 101.5 FM 34 watts A1 Query
Britt CBEZ-FM 107.7 FM 49 watts LP Query 91-60
Chapleau CBCU-FM 89.9 FM 345 watts A Query 86-732
Elk Lake CBCG-FM 89.7 FM 116 watts A1 Query 84-574
Elliot Lake CBEC-FM 90.3 FM 264 watts A Query 88-865
Foleyet CBLF 1450 AM 40 watts LP Query
Fort Albany CBCI-FM 102.3 FM 2,400 watts A Query
Hearst CBCC-FM 91.9 FM 8,340[16] watts B1 Query
Kapuskasing CBOK-FM 105.1 FM 43,900 watts B Query
Kirkland Lake CBCR-FM 90.3 FM 2,650 watts A Query 84-575
Little Current CBCE-FM 97.5 FM 21,000 watts B Query 82-304 (page 6)
Mattawa CBLO 1240 AM 40 watts LP Query 70-173
Moosonee CBEY-FM 99.9 FM 135 watts A1 Query 2016-233
North Bay CBCN-FM 96.1 FM 100,000 watts C Query
Sault Ste. Marie CBSM-FM 89.5 FM 46,000 watts B Query
Temagami CBCS-FM-1 106.1 FM 50 watts LP Query 2014-570
Temiskaming Shores CBCY-FM 102.3 FM 780 watts A Query 96-723
Timmins CBCJ-FM 96.1 FM 44,800 watts B Query
Wawa CBLJ-FM 88.3 FM 4,807 watts B1 Query

AM to FM and technical information

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On January 22, 1985, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to move CBLQ Latchford (Temiskaming Shores) from 1450 kHz to 750 kHz.[17] The change to 750 kHz in Latchford was never implemented, due to possible interference from CKGB Timmins, which had moved to 750 kHz in 1984. CBLQ remained on 1450 in Latchford until it moved to 102.3 MHz on the FM band in 1996 as CBCY-FM.

On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to decrease the power of CBLJ-FM from 50,000 watts to 4,807 watts, combined with an increase in the effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) from 114.6 to 132.6 metres.[18]

On July 4, 2014, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBEU 1340 to the FM band, which received CRTC approval on November 4, 2014.[19] Temagami's FM transmitter signed on at 106.1 MHz in late 2014 with its new callsign, CBCS-FM-1.

On February 26, 2016, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBEY 1340 to the FM band. Its proposed callsign will be CBEY-FM.[20] On June 20, 2016, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate an FM rebroadcasting transmitter in Moosonee to replace its existing low-power AM transmitter CBEY. The new transmitter will operate at 99.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 135 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 8.97 metres). [21]

On March 9, 2016, the CBC received CRTC approval to change CBCG-FM's transmitter class from low power to regular power A1, increasing the effective radiated power from 8 to 115.7 watts and decreasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 71.5 to 54.3 metres.[22]

On August 19, 2021, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) for CBEC-FM at 90.3 MHz Elliot Lake from 103 to 1,065 watts (maximum ERP from 264 to 2,725 watts), increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 141.0 to 165.3 metres.[23]

Transmitters CBLF 1450 Foleyet and CBLO 1240 Mattawa are the last two CBC low power AM transmitters to rebroadcast CBCS-FM Sudbury. No plans have been announced to either convert them to the FM band or shut them down completely.

References

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  1. ^ Decision CRTC 75-329, Original CRTC Decision to operate a new CBC FM radio station at Sudbury, Ontario, CRTC, page 130, July 28, 1975
  2. ^ "Sudbury Radio History Highlights" Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Sudbury Living, July 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "CBCS History at Canadian Communications Foundation". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  4. ^ CRTC Decision 84-906
  5. ^ "Musicians, politicians participate in CBC rally" Archived April 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Northern Life, April 7, 2009.
  6. ^ "CBC Sudbury on the move". CBC Northern Ontario, September 12, 2014.
  7. ^ "15 Mackenzie Street: before and after CBC Sudbury". CBC Sudbury, December 11, 2015.
  8. ^ CBC Sudbury swings open the doors Saturday morning — and you're invited!, CBC Sudbury, September 9, 2016
  9. ^ "CBC Sudbury's former office transformed into a police station for TV mini-series". CBC Northern Ontario, January 17, 2017.
  10. ^ Roy MacGregor, "Sudbury shows anger at CBC over nickel-and-diming in regions". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 2009.
  11. ^ Lara Bradley, "Local CBC wins national award for Morning North". Sudbury Star, July 2, 2009.
  12. ^ a b "CBC Radio announces new afternoon drive program servicing Northern Ontario region" Archived 2014-08-12 at archive.today. Yahoo! News, August 11, 2014.
  13. ^ "Dan Lessard fondly recalls his days at CBC". Northern Life, July 30, 2010.
  14. ^ "Sudbury hospital taps CBC host for communications job". Northern Life, April 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Dennis Ward, "Anishinaabe writer Waubgeshig Rice hopes popular novel will be adapted for the screen". APTN News, May 26, 2020.
  16. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-405, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBCC-FM Hearst –Technical change, CRTC, August 14, 2013
  17. ^ Decision CRTC 85-48, CBLQ Latchford 1450 kHz to 750 kHz, CRTC, January 22, 1985
  18. ^ 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
  19. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-570, CBCS-FM Sudbury - New transmitter in Temagami, CRTC, November 4, 2014.
  20. ^ 201601873, CBCS-FM Sudbury - Addition of an FM transmitter in Moosonee, CRTC, February 26, 2016
  21. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-233, CBCS-FM Sudbury – New transmitter in Moosonee, CRTC, June 20, 2016
  22. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-92, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBCG-FM Elk Lake –Technical change, CRTC, March 9, 2016
  23. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-292, CBCS-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBEC-FM Elliot Lake – Technical changes, CRTC, August 19, 2021
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