CBON-FM
{{Short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Sudbury, Ontario}}
{{Infobox radio station
| logo = ICI Radio-Canada Première.svg
| name = CBON-FM
| airdate = July 21, 1978
| area = Northern Ontario
| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| erp = 50 kW
| haat = {{convert|120.9|meters}}
| branding = Ici Radio-Canada Première
| class = B
| sister_stations = CBBS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBCS-FM
| website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
| callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ontario Nord; call sign is pronounced as c'est bon ("it's good").
}}
CBON-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Société Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network at 98.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station also serves much of Northern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.
History
On July 28, 1975, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation received approval from the CRTC to operate a new french-language FM station at Sudbury, Ontario on the frequency 98.1 MHz.[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Decisions/CRTC-Decisions-1975-1976.pdf Decision CRTC 75-329], Original CRTC Decision to operate a new CBC FM radio station at Sudbury, Ontario, CRTC, page 130, July 28, 1975
Prior to the station's launch in 1978, Radio-Canada programming was carried on private affiliate CFBR.[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/CHYC-FM CHYC-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation The CRTC decision authorizing the launch of CBON-FM in fact encouraged, but did not direct, Radio-Canada to retain an AM frequency for its talk radio network, and to reserve CBON-FM for its music network.[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/CBON-FM CBON-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation However, the station launched in 1978 as an affiliate of the talk network after the CBC was unable to negotiate an agreement with F. Baxter Ricard to directly acquire CFBR. Prior to CBON-FM's sign-on, CJBC Toronto simulcasted on most of the rebroadcast transmitters across northern Ontario.
Radio-Canada's music network was not available in the city until the launch of CBBX-FM in 2001, although from 1984 to 1991 the CBC held an unused license to launch that station.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1984/DB84-905.HTM CRTC Decision 84-905]
Programming
The station's regional morning program is Le matin du Nord, weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and its regional afternoon program is Jonction 11-17, weekdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Saturday mornings, the station airs the provincewide morning program À échelle humaine. The provincewide programs airs on CBON and CJBC, as well as CBEF in Windsor.
On all public holidays, either Pas comme d'habitude from CJBC in Toronto is heard provincewide (except Ottawa) from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. On some holidays, Y'a pas deux matins pareils from CJBC or Le matin du Nord from CBON airs on both stations, but on some others holidays, both stations air their local shows as usual or both stations air Matins sans frontières from CBEF Windsor.
Denis St-Jules was a longtime host of local programming on the station from its inception in 1978 until his retirement in 2008.Alan Freeman, "Broadcaster was a champion of franco-Ontarian culture". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2024.
Transmitters
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| callsign = CBON-FM
| call1 = CBON-FM-6
| freq1 = 98.5 FM
| watts1 = 136
| class1 = A1
| city1 = Blind River
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-245.htm 2017-245]
| call2 = CBON-FM-28
| freq2 = 91.9 FM
| watts2 = 345
| class2 = A
| city2 = Chapleau
| crtc2 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-733.HTM 86-733]
| call3 = CBON-FM-11
| freq3 = 97.9 FM
| watts3 = 50
| class3 = LP
| city3 = Dubreuilville
| crtc3 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-763.HTM 89-763]
| call4 = CBON-FM-5
| freq4 = 101.7 FM
| watts4 = 2640
| class4 = B
| city4 = Elliot Lake
| crtc4 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-641.HTM 88-641]
| call5 = CBON-FM-7
| freq5 = 94.9 FM
| watts5 = 520
| class5 = A
| city5 = Espanola
| crtc5 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-643.HTM 88-643]
| call6 = CBON-FM-22
| freq6 = 93.7 FM
| watts6 = 6400
| class6 = B
| city6 = Geraldton
| crtc6 =
| call7 = CBON-FM-21
| freq7 = 104.9 FM
| watts7 = 6900
| class7 = B
| city7 = Gogama
| crtc7 =
| call8 = CBON-FM-26
| freq8 = 90.3 FM
| class8 = B1
| city8 = Hearst
| crtc8 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-1279.htm 85-1279]
| call9 = CBON-FM-24
| freq9 = 90.7 FM
| watts9 = 43900
| class9 = B
| city9 = Kapuskasing
| crtc9 =
| call10 = CBON-FM-1
| freq10 = 93.7 FM
| watts10 = 2650
| class10 = A
| city10 = Kirkland Lake
| crtc10 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-780.HTM 96-780]
| call11 = CBON-FM-23
| freq11 = 96.9 FM
| watts11 = 143
| class11 = A
| city11 = Manitouwadge
| crtc11 =
| call12 = CBON-FM-29
| freq12 = 102.3 FM
| watts12 = 2023
| class12 = B
| city12 = MarathonCBON-FM 102.3 Marathon was previously a community rebroadcaster under the call sign CFMN-FM. ([https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/pb2001-25.htm CRTC 2001-25] - See: Appendix 5 Coverage of la Première Chaîne - Ontario) (See also: [https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/n94-12.htm#8 1994-12] #8)
| crtc12 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-390.htm 2007-390]
| call14 = CBON-12
| freq14 = 1090 AM
| watts14 = 40
| class14 = LP
| city14 = MattawaCBON-12 was a former repeater of CBOF-FM Ottawa, as CBOF-5. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48901117/ Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, · Page 2 September 23, 1977]
| crtc14 = [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Annual-Report/CRTC-Annual-Report-70-71.pdf 70-174 (page 199) July 24, 1970]
| call15 = CBON-FM-19
| freq15 = 97.3 FM
| watts15 = 2000
| class15 = B
| city15 = Nipigon
| crtc15 =
| call16 = CBON-FM-17
| freq16 = 95.1 FM
| watts16 = 100000
| class16 = C
| city16 = North Bay
| crtc16 =
| call17 = CBON-FM-18
| freq17 = 88.1 FM
| watts17 = 3590
| class17 = B
| city17 = Sault Ste. Marie
| crtc17 =
| call18 = CBON-FM-2
| freq18 = 99.7 FM
| watts18 = 780
| class18 = A
| city18 = Temiskaming Shores
| crtc18 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-781.HTM 96-781]
| call19 = CBON-FM-20
| freq19 = 89.3 FM
| watts19 = 27400
| class19 = B
| city19 = Thunder Bay
| crtc19 =
| call20 = CBON-FM-25
| freq20 = 97.1 FM
| watts20 = 44800
| class20 = B
| city20 = Timmins
| crtc20 = [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Decisions/CRTC-Vol.8-Apr-1982-to-Sept-1982.pdf 82-356 (page 31) April 26, 1982]
| call21 = CBON-FM-27
| freq21 = 90.7 FM
| watts21 = 890
| class21 = A
| city21 = Wawa
| crtc21 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1985/DB85-1278.htm 85-1278]
}}
=AM to FM and technical information=
On February 28, 2017, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBON-6 1010 to 98.5 MHz. The callsign CBON-FM-6 was chosen for the new FM transmitter. The CRTC approved the CBC's application to move CBON-6 to 98.5 MHz on July 11, 2017.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2017/2017-245.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-245], CBON-FM Sudbury – New transmitter in Blind River, CRTC, July 11, 2017
In 2017, the CBC surrendered its licence for the low-power AM rebroadcaster CBON-10 1110 Matachewan.[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1583989784973698&id=191081700931187 Canadian Radio News recap for October 2017], Facebook, November 2, 2017 This makes CBON-12 Mattawa one of the last remaining low-power AM transmitters to rebroadcast CBON-FM Sudbury. No plans have been announced to either convert the Mattawa transmitter to the FM band or shutdown completely.
On August 19, 2021, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to increase the average effective radiated power (ERP) for CBON-FM-5 at 101.7 MHz Elliot Lake from 1,000 to 7,245 watts (maximum ERP from 2,640 to 17,622 watts), increasing the effective height of the antenna above average terrain from 141.0 to 165.3 metres.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/2021-293.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2021-293], CBON-FM Sudbury and its transmitter CBON-FM-5 Elliot Lake – Technical changes, CRTC, August 19, 2021
References
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External links
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-northern/CBON-FM CBON-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
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