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Broadcast area | Northeastern Ontario |
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| Frequency | 90.9 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language | French |
| Format | Jazz/Classical music |
| Network | Ici Musique |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sociรฉtรฉ Radio-Canada |
| CBON-FM, CBBS-FM, CBCS-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | Aprilย 20,ย 2001 |
Call sign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation BX |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 120.9 metres (397ย ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46ยฐ30โฒ14โณN 80ยฐ58โฒ03โณW๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ46.5039ยฐN 80.9675ยฐW |
| Links | |
| Website | ICI Musique |
CBBX-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Sociรฉtรฉ Radio-Canada's Ici Musique network at 90.9 FM in Sudbury, Ontario.
History
editThe station was originally licensed by the CRTC in 1984.[1] However, due to financial constraints at the CBC, the station was never launched, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses.[2] Some sources may incorrectly cite the station's call sign as CBOS-FM, the call sign that was assigned to the unlaunched 1984 license.
The CBC subsequently applied for a new license, which was awarded in 2000.[3] The station went on the air on April 20, 2001, approximately one month after the launch of CBC Radio 2's CBBS-FM.[4]
On June 29, 2007, the CBC was given approval to add a rebroadcaster of CBBX in Timmins on 105.7ย MHz.[5] As of 2015, however, the Timmins transmitter has not been launched, and due to recent funding cutbacks at the CBC its launch appears unlikely. On March 30, 2015, Eternacom, the owners of the Christian radio station CJTK-FM Sudbury, received CRTC approval to add a new FM transmitter at Timmins to operate at 105.5ย MHz,[6] which is first-adjacent to the unbuilt rebroadcaster of CBBX-FM.
In long-term expansion plans that the CBC has filed with the CRTC, the station was also slated to add rebroadcasters in Hearst, Kapuskasing and North Bay, although no firm timeframe for this service expansion has been announced.
References
edit- ^ "CRTC Decision 84-905". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ "Decision CRTC 91-687". Archived from the original on 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ "CRTC Decision 2000-194". Archived from the original on 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ "CBC launches Radio Two in Sudbury". Sudbury Star, March 30, 2001.
- ^ "CRTC Decision 2007-209". Archived from the original on 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-114 Archived 2023-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, CJTK-FM Sudbury - New transmitter in Timmins; English-language commercial FM specialty (Christian music) radio station in Timmins, CRTC, March 30, 2015 (Under Interventions regarding the Eternacom application)
External links
edit- CBBX-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBBX-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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