CBUF-FM is a Canadian
radio station, which broadcasts
Radio-Canada's
Ici Radio-Canada Première network at 97.7
MHz in
Vancouver and on a chain of
rebroadcasters around
British Columbia. CBUF-FM is a non-commercial
public broadcasting station airing
news
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talk and some music programming.
The station was first launched in 1967 as the first
French language
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Radio-Canada station west of Ontario. Its studios and offices are in the
CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in
Downtown Vancouver, while its
transmitter is located atop
Mount Seymour.
CBUF also serves as the Première outlet for the
Yukon, by way of a locally owned repeater in
Whitehorse.
Programming
The station's current local programs are ''Phare Ouest'', in the mornings from 6:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. and ''Boulevard du Pacifique'' in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBUF-FM also produces the Saturday morning program, ''Culture et confiture'' from 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. On holidays,
CKSB-10-FM produces holiday morning program for western Canada, ''Les matins de l'Ouest''. ''Le retour de l'Ouest'' produced by Alberta's
CHFA-FM
CHFA-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network in Edmonton, Alberta.
The station was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service ...
, replaces regional drive programming on Première outlets in western Canada. During summer months, CBUF-FM produces ''Le monde chez nous'' a documentary series that is heard on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Transmitters
The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the
Association Franco-Yukonnaise.
CRTC Decision 2003-534
References
External links
Ici Radio-Canada Première
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Radio stations established in 1967
1967 establishments in British Columbia
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