CBH-FM (102.7

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) is a

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in Halifax,

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. The station was launched on June 1, 1975 and is the

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outlet for Nova Scotia,

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and

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. CBH-FM's

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s are at 7067 Chebucto Road in Halifax, while its

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is on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. CBH-FM has been the originating station of one local program, ''Connections'' with Olga Milosevich.https://www.cbc.ca/connections/host/ The final episode of Connections aired on June 22, 2012. The program highlighted upcoming cultural events in the

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as well as a wide range of music from the region. This program was able to air primarily because of a gap on the national CBC Music schedule in Atlantic Canada, since some Saturday afternoon network programs are timed to air live in both the Atlantic and Eastern time zones.

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in St. John's,

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is the only other station to air local programming of this type, however in that case the program is shared with the local

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station, whereas ''Connections'' was exclusive to CBC Music.

Rebroadcasters

CBH-FM has rebroadcast transmitters in the following communities in

: CBH-FM also has rebroadcast transmitters around the

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References

External links

CBC Nova Scotia

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