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CBAF-FM-5

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Broadcast area	Nova Scotia Port au Port Peninsula St. John's Metropolitan Area
Frequency	92.3 MHz (FM)
Branding	Ici Radio-Canada Première
Programming
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	June 26, 1979 (as a CBAF repeater) 1987 (as a separate station)
Call sign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic French
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	91,000 watts (horizontal polarization)
HAAT	230.5 meters (756 ft)
Links
Website	Ici Radio-Canada Première

CBAF-FM-5 is a French-language public radio station located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première Network.

Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts at 92.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 91,000 watts, using horizontal polarization. It is a Class C station using a non-directional antenna. The broadcast tower is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park. The studios and offices are located on Chebucto Road in Halifax. The station also serves as the Première outlet for the Island of Newfoundland, by way of two repeaters.

Programming

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.

The station produces a morning drive time show (Le Réveil, Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.) and a Saturday morning fill-in show (Ça se passe ICI from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.). An afternoon drive time program, L'heure de pointe Acadie comes from CBAF-FM Moncton, which also airs on CBAF-FM-15 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

History

The station signed on in 1979 as a rebroadcaster of CBAF 1300 in Moncton. In 1987, it became a separate station, despite retaining a rebroadcaster-like call sign.

CBAF-FM-5 was originally identified as CBAF-19-FM. The call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989. At that time, the old 1300 signal of CBAF was shut down.

Transmitters

References

1. Retrieved 09-05-2017
2. Decision CRTC 87-220
3. Decision CRTC 89-561
4. Decision CRTC 90-206

External links

• Ici Radio-Canada Première
• CBAF-FM-5 at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CBAF-FM-5 in the REC Canadian station database
• CBAF-FM in the REC Canadian station database (full list)

• Radio stations in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Radio stations in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Ici Radio-Canada Première stations
• French-language radio stations in Atlantic Canada
• Radio stations established in 1979
• 1979 establishments in Nova Scotia