CFBU-FM is a

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serving St. Catharines,

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, Canada. Branded on-air as ''Brock Radio'', it is the community-based

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station of

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. The station broadcasts at 103.7 FM, with an

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of 250

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s, from a

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located atop the Arthur Schmon Tower on the Brock campus.

History

On May 7, 1979, the

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was granted a licence for a new carrier current station to serve portions of the university campus. It would broadcast on 640

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on the AM broadcast band with a power of 20

s. It was uncertain of how long the station operated for and when it left the air on the AM band. On January 30, 1997, Brock Radio Collective, on behalf of a company to be incorporated (Brock University Student Radio) received approval from the

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(CRTC) to operate an English language FM campus/

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programming undertaking at St. Catharines, on the frequency 103.7

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(channel 279A1), with an

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s.Decision CRTC 97-37
New FM campus/community radio programming undertaking, ''CRTC'', January 30, 1997 CFBU-FM signed on the air in later 1997. When the university required the space the station occupied on campus in 2003, CFBU relocated its studios to a privately owned student residence building at 30 Ontario Street in downtown St. Catharines. CFBU-FM is a member of the

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(NCRA).

References

External links

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