CBL-FM
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{{short description|CBC Music flagship radio station in Toronto}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CBL-FM
| logo = Cbc music toronto 2019.svg
| logo_size = 225px
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1946|10|7|p=fy}}
| repeater = 99.1 CBLA-HD2 (Toronto)
| area = Central Ontario
| format = Adult contemporary/Classical music/Jazz/Public broadcasting
| erp = 38,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|420.5|meters}}
| class = C1
| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| branding = CBC Music
| callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Great Lakes[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/call_letters.htm Meaning of call letters]
| former_callsigns = VE9EV (1946–1947)
CBC-FM (1947–1968)
{{cite web |title=CBL-FM |url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cbl-fm |website=www.broadcasting-history.ca}}{{cite news |title=4 stations, 1 network licensed in Canada |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1959/1959-11-02-BC.pdf |work=Broadcasting |date=November 2, 1959 |page=105}}{{cite news |title=International Shorts |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1956/1956-07-23-BC.pdf |work=Broadcasting |date=July 23, 1956}}
| former_frequencies = 99.1 MHz (1946–1966)
| webcast = [http://mfile2.akamai.com/9617/live/reflector:36813.asx?bkup=36814 Listen live]
| website = [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto CBC Toronto]
| sister_stations = CJBC, CBLA-FM, CJBC-FM
}}
CBL-FM (94.1 MHz) is the flagship station of the CBC Music network. It is a non-commercial station, licensed to Toronto, Ontario, and is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CBL-FM's studios and offices are located at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, on Front Street West, while its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
History
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CBL-FM was launched on October 7, 1946, with the callsign VE9EV, as an FM simulcast for 740 CBL. It was the corporation's second FM station behind VE9CB in Montreal (now CBFX-FM). In 1947, its callsign was changed to CBC-FM. The station originally broadcast at 99.1 MHz, but moved to 94.1 in 1966. (The 99.1 frequency was vacant until 1977, when it was assigned to the CKO all-news radio network. CKO ceased operations in 1989, and the frequency was again vacant until it was assigned to CBLA-FM, co-owned with CBL-FM.)
As part of an 18-month trial for a nationwide FM network, CBC-FM began airing separate programming in 1960, playing mostly classical music along with the corporation's other English-language FM stations (CBM-FM Montreal and CBO-FM Ottawa). CBC-FM returned to simulcasting CBL in 1962, but resumed separate programming again in 1964. The station was renamed CBL-FM in 1968. The FM network was rebranded CBC Stereo on November 3, 1975, CBC Radio Two in 1997 and CBC Music in 2018, as it shifted away from mostly classical music, to a mix of adult album alternative, classical, jazz and other genres.
Rebroadcasters
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| callsign = CBL-FM
| city1 = Huntsville
| call1 = CBL-FM-1
| freq1 = 106.9 FM
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| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/db2005-264.htm 2005-264]
| city2 = Kingston
| call2 = CBBK-FM
| freq2 = 92.9 FM
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| city3 = London
| call3 = CBBL-FM
| freq3 = 100.5 FM
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| city4 = Orillia
| call4 = CBL-FM-3
| freq4 = 90.7 FM
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| crtc4 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2002/db2002-456.htm 2002-456]
| city5 = Owen Sound
| call5 = CBL-FM-4
| freq5 = 97.1 FM
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| city6 = Paris
| call6 = CBL-FM-2
| freq6 = 90.7 FM
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| crtc6 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-1.HTM 99-1]
| city7 = Peterborough
| call7 = CBBP-FM
| freq7 = 103.9 FM
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On February 15, 1979, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate a new FM transmitter in Belleville on 94.3 MHz (CBBB-FM)CRTC 79-169 and on May 7, 1979, the CRTC also approved the CBC's application to operate a new FM transmitter in Brockville on 104.9 MHz (CBBA-FM), to rebroadcast the programming originating from CBL-FM Toronto.CRTC 79-325 Neither of these transmitters in Belleville and Brockville were implemented[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-147.HTM CRTC 90-147] and the frequencies were awarded to other broadcasters.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-763.HTM Decision CRTC 92-763][https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-15.htm Decision CRTC 2003-15]
In 1979, CBBK-FM began broadcasting at 92.9 MHz in Kingston. [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1981-YB/1981-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0555.pdf World Radio History - 1981]
In 1983, a rebroadcaster was added at Peterborough operating at 103.9 MHz as CBBP-FM. CBL-FM www.broadcasting-history.ca
On June 28, 2005, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency of its transmitter CBL-FM-1 104.7 to 106.9 MHz. This change of frequency was to eliminate significant interference with a local radio station CFBK-FM operating at 105.5 MHz in Huntsville.
References
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External links
- [http://www.cbc.ca/toronto CBC Toronto]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-city-of-toronto/CBL-FM CBL-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CBL-FM}}
- {{RecnetCanada|CBBK-FM}}
- {{RecnetCanada|CBBL-FM}}
- {{RecnetCanada|CBBP-FM}}
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