CBSI-FM

{{short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Sept-Îles, Quebec}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = CBSI-FM

| logo = ICI Radio-Canada Première.svg

| branding = Ici Radio-Canada Première

| airdate = December 12, 1976 (as a repeater of CBGA Matane)
November 1, 1982 (as a local station)

| frequency = 98.1 MHz (FM)

| city = Sept-Îles, Quebec

| area = Côte-Nord

| format = News/Talk

| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

| erp = 96,700 watts

| haat = 260.5 M

| class = C

| callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sept-Iles

| website = [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]

}}

CBSI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec.

Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada.

History

Formerly established on December 12, 1976, as a rebroadcaster of Matane's CBGA, CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's Côte-Nord and in parts of Labrador.

Programming

The station's current local programs are Bonjour la côte, in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Boréale 138 in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces D'Est en est, a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and CJBR-FM Rimouski, and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, Samedi et rien d'autre, originates from CBF-FM Montreal.

Transmitters

{{RadioRebroadcasters

| rec = true

| crtc = true

| callsign = CBSI-FM

| call1 = CBSI-FM-14

| freq1 = 105.9 FM

| watts1 = 294

| class1 = A

| city1 = Aguanish

| crtc1 =[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-24.htm 2022-24]

| call2 = CBSI-FM-24

| freq2 = 106.1 FM

| watts2 = 1,900

| class2 = A

| city2 = Baie-Comeau

| crtc2 =

| call3 = CBSI-FM-21

| freq3 = 107.1 FM

| watts3 = 78

| class3 = A

| city3 = Blanc-Sablon

| crtc3 =

| call4 = CBSI-FM-6

| freq4 = 100.5 FM

| watts4 = 255

| class4 = A

| city4 = Fermont

| crtc4 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-164.htm 2000-164]

| call5 = CBSI-FM-15

| freq5 = 100.5 FM

| watts5 = 93

| class5 = A1

| city5 = Harrington Harbour

| crtc5 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/db93-614.htm 93-614]

| call6 = CBSI-FM-7

| freq6 = 92.5 FM

| watts6 = 25,300

| class6 = B

| city6 = Havre-Saint-Pierre

| crtc6 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-119.HTM 99-119]

| call7 = CBSI-FM-5

| freq7 = 99.9 FM

| watts7 = 260

| class7 = A1

| city7 = Natashquan

| crtc7 = [https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-53.htm 2018-53]

| call8 = CBSI-23

| freq8 = 1130 AM

| watts8 = 40

| class8 = LP

| city8 = Port-Menier

| crtc8 = 73-364

| call9 = CBSI-FM-20

| freq9 = 103.1 FM

| watts9 = 21

| class9 = A1

| city9 = Rivière-Saint-Paul

| crtc9 =

| call10 = CBSI-FM-8

| freq10 = 99.9 FM

| watts10 = 50

| class10 = LP

| city10 = La Romaine

| crtc10 = [https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-355.htm 2018-355]

| call11 = CBSI-FM-18

| freq11 = 107.3 FM

| watts11 = 19

| class11 = A1

| city11 = Saint-Augustin

| crtc11 =

| call12 = CBSI-FM-2

| freq12 = 91.1 FM

| watts12 = 111

| class12 = A

| city12 = Schefferville

| crtc12 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-166.HTM 94-166]

| call13 = CBSI-FM-17

| freq13 = 100.1 FM

| watts13 = 50

| class13 = A

| city13 = La Tabatière

| crtc13 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/db96-289.htm 96-289]

| call14 = CBSI-FM-16

| freq14 = 103.5 FM

| watts14 = 22

| class14 = A1

| city14 = Tête-à-la-Baleine

| crtc14 =

| call15 = CBSI-FM-19

| freq15 = 91.7 FM

| watts15 = 26

| class15 = A1

| city15 = Vieux-Fort

| crtc15 =

| call16 = CBSI-FM-3

| freq16 = 89.1 FM

| watts16 = 98

| class16 = A1

| city16 = Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador

| crtc16 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1988/DB88-207.HTM 88-207]

| call17 = CBSI-FM-4

| freq17 = 93.1 FM

| watts17 = 255

| class17 = A

| city17 = Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador

| crtc17 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1995/DB95-441.HTM 95-441]

}}

In 1973, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency of CBGR (later CBSI-23) Port-Menier, Quebec from 1420 kHz to 1130 kHz. [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Annual-Report/CRTC-Annual-Report-73-74.pdf 73-364] - 1973 page 99

In 1975, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to change the frequency of CBGL (later CBSI-13) Mingan, Quebec from 1290 kHz to 740 kHz [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/CRTC-Decisions/CRTC-Decisions-1975-1976.pdf Decision CRTC 75-573] - November 27, 1975 and was later deleted in 1999. [https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-119.HTM Decision CRTC 99-119], Addition of a transmitter for the distribution of the programming of CBSI-FM and deletion of various low-power transmitters, CRTC, May 28, 1999

In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-21.HTM 86-21]

CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL, a local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994).[http://broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cfkl-am History of CFKL] - Canadian Communications Foundation

On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz.[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201707720 2017-0772-0] On February 7, 2018, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-53.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-53], CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Natashquan, CRTC, February 7, 2018

On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 1550 to 99.9 MHz.[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201802257 2018-0225-7] This was approved on September 6, 2018.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-355.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-355], CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in La Romaine, CRTC, September 6, 2018

On November 23, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBSI-14 1350 to 105.9 MHz.[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=202107896 2021-0789-6] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on February 2, 2022.[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-24.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-24],

CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Aguanish, CRTC, February 2, 2022

On April 10, 2025, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBSI-23 Port-Menier, Quebec from 1130 kHz to 99.9 MHz. [https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=2025-0008-2 2025-0008-2] CBSI-23 is currently the last low-power AM transmitters rebroadcasting CBSI-FM Sept-Îles and possibly one of the last remaining low-power CBC AM transmitters in Quebec.

References

External links

{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/ Ici Radio-Canada Première]
[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/quebec/quebec-saguenay-lac-st-jean-cote-nord-nord-du-quebec/CBSI-FM CBSI-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
{{RecnetCanada|CBSI-FM}}

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