CBAF-FM-15 is a

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located in

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. Owned and operated by the (government-owned)

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( French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 88.1

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using a

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with an average effective radiated power of 33,500

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 94,200 watts ( class C). The station has an ad-free

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/ talk format and is part of the

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network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono. The station signed on sometime in the late 1970s as a rebroadcaster of CBAF in

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. On October 3, 1983, a first radio show was produced for the Island from Moncton (''La marée de l'Île'', hosted by Maurice Arsenault). In 1994, it officially became a separate station, though it still has rebroadcaster-like calls. The station has its own morning drive show, produced in Charlottetown since September 1, 1996. Denis Duchesne is the host of ''Le Réveil'', Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m. The rest of its programming is a simulcast of CBAF-FM-5 from Halifax,

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. On November 21, 2005, the CRTC granted CBAF-FM-15 to operate rebroadcasters in St. Edward and Urbainville to serve areas on the fringe of the primary transmitter's signal. CBAF-FM-15 was originally identified as CBAF-29-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989, as the old 1300 kHz AM signal of CBAF was shut down.Decision CRTC 90-206
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at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cbaf-Fm-15 BAF-15 Baf BAF-15 Year of establishment missing 1970s establishments in Prince Edward Island