CBFX-FM (100.7

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. It is the

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of the

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Network and broadcasts in

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by the government-owned

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(French: Société Radio-Canada), CBFX-FM is a Class C1 station. It transmits from th
Mount Royal candelabra tower
with an

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s. Its studios and offices, along with those of

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, are located at

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History

On March 13, 1946, the station began experimental broadcasts as VE9CB on 98.1 MHz. It received a full license on March 5, 1948, as CBF-FM, broadcasting at 95.1 MHz. For most of its early years, it

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co-owned CBF. Occasionally in the 1960s and 70s, it would break away from its AM counterpart to air special programming. With the CBC's English-language FM network already established since the 1960s, plans were made to create a French-language FM network, with CBF-FM as its originating station. In 1971, in preparation for its role as the French FM flagship, CBF-FM swapped frequencies with

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. CBF-FM moved to 100.7, just vacated by CBM-FM, while that station moved to a new frequency, 93.5 MHz. The move not only allowed CBF-FM to boost its signal to a full 100,000 watts, but it also began to broadcast in

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for the first time. In 1972, ''La Chaîne Culturelle'' (''The Cultural Network'') was launched on four CBC-owned FM stations, CBF-FM in Montreal,

CBOF-FM CBOF-FM (90.7 MHz) is a non-commercial radio station located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It airs a French language news/talk format, much of which comes from the Ici Radio-Canada Première network. The studios and offices are located at the CBC ...

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and

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. The network aired mostly

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with some

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and other arts programming. In 1998, CBF-FM changed its

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. Its AM sister station, CBF, moved to the FM band and picked up the CBF-FM call letters. That required the former CBF-FM to switch to a new call sign, CBFX-FM. In 2004, the network was renamed ''Espace Musique''. And in 2014, it became ''Ici Musique'', still with 100.7 CBFX-FM as its originating station.

Transmitters

¹ - On April 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to amend the licenses of CBFX's rebroadcasters at Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke, with both stations broadcasting at least 20 minutes of local programming each week, with the remainder programming from the Espace Musique network. The Trois-Rivières repeater at 104.3 MHz will upgrade to an average ERP of 45,400

s, and a maximum ERP of 100,000 watts (up from 43,000 watts max ERP currently) with an effective

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of 249.7 metres. The Sherbrooke transmitter at 90.7 MHz will keep its existing parameters with an ERP of 25,000 watts (non-directional antenna with an EHAAT of 173 metres).Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-204
New radio stations in Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières - CBFX-FM Montréal – Licence amendments, ''CRTC'', April 25, 2013 Though CBFX-4 and CBFX-5 are technically rebroadcasters of CBFX, on-air idents show they actually rebroadcast Ottawa's

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References

External links

ICI Musique

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