CFBC (930

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) is a

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Canadian

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. The station plays a

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and is owned & operated by the

Maritime Broadcasting System Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canadian broadcasting company owning 21 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. MBS Radio was established in 196 ...

. CFBC broadcasts with a power output of 2,000 watts daytime and 150 watts nighttime non-directional as of January 2020. CFBC previously broadcast at a maximum 50,000 watts using a 4-tower directional array to protect other stations on AM 930. The ownership applied for and received approval in January 2020 to lower the station’s power, with the licensee stating the change was required to address system failures, repairs, the ever-increasing costs of operating an AM radio station, and a steady decline in the station's revenues. CFBC's

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, a former four-

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, is located off Sand Cove Road in Saint John.

History

CFBC's first broadcast was on November 21, 1946, and was an

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of the CBC

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until its dissolution in 1962. The

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comes from the station's original owner, the Fundy Broadcasting Company (later known as

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). In 1965, an FM station was added. CFBC-FM began operating at 98.9 MHz. It is now known as

CJYC-FM CJYC-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting from Saint John, New Brunswick at 98.9 FM with a classic hits format branded on-air as ''Kool 98''. The station is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System. History The station began broadcast ...

. MBS purchased CFBC and CJYC from Fundy in 1997. For several years, the studios and offices for CFBC and sister station CJYC-FM, were on Carleton Street in Uptown Saint John. In the mid-1990s, CFBC and CJYC-FM moved their studios and offices to 199 Chesley Drive. In 1997, CFBC and CJYC-FM moved into MBS's facility on Union Street. In addition to its music, CFBC is known for its news coverage. A morning talk show, ''Talk of the Town'', was discontinued in 2006. Unionized staff at CFBC and two other MBS stations in Saint John went on strike in June 2012, triggering calls for a boycott of the station's advertisers. The strikers set up an internet radio station until the strike was settled. Radio Free Saint John
/ref> In August 2013, CFBC flipped from

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classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

Notable alumni

CFBC has been home to several notable people in radio and television. They include: *

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(deceased) * Ron Wilson (deceased)

References

External links

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