CBBX-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the

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'' network at 90.9 FM in

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History

The station was originally licensed by the

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in 1984. However, due to financial constraints at the CBC, the station was never launched, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses. Some sources may incorrectly cite the station's call sign as CBOS-FM, the call sign that was assigned to the unlaunched 1984 license. The CBC subsequently applied for a new license, which was awarded in 2000. The station went on the air on April 20, 2001, approximately one month after the launch of

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'', March 30, 2001. On June 29, 2007, the CBC was given approval to add a

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of CBBX in

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on 105.7 MHz. As of 2015, however, the Timmins transmitter has not been launched, and due to recent funding cutbacks at the CBC its launch appears unlikely. On March 30, 2015, Eternacom, the owners of the

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station CJTK-FM Sudbury, received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter at Timmins to operate at 105.5 MHz,Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-114
CJTK-FM Sudbury - New transmitter in Timmins; English-language commercial FM specialty (Christian music) radio station in Timmins, ''CRTC'', March 30, 2015 (Under Interventions regarding the Eternacom application) which is first-adjacent to the unbuilt rebroadcaster of CBBX-FM. In long-term expansion plans that the CBC has filed with the CRTC, the station was also slated to add rebroadcasters in Hearst,

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and North Bay, although no firm timeframe for this service expansion has been announced.

References

External links

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