CBUF-FM

{{short description|Ici Radio-Canada Première station in Vancouver}}

{{Infobox radio station

| logo = ICI Radio-Canada Première.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| name = CBUF-FM

| airdate = {{Start date and age|1967|12|1}}

| frequency = 97.7 MHz (FM)

| city = Vancouver, British Columbia

| area = British Columbia
Whitehorse

| format = Public - News/Talk

| owner = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

| erp = 29,000 watts (95,800 watts maximum)

| branding = Ici Radio-Canada Première

| haat = {{convert|610|m|ft|sp=us}}

| coordinates = {{coord|49.353574|N|122.956696|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=CBUF-FM Tower}}

| callsign_meaning = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation VancoUver French

| class = C

| webcast =

| sister_stations = CBU, CBUX-FM, CBU-FM, CBUT-DT, CBUFT-DT

| website = {{URL|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere}}

}}

CBUF-FM (97.7 MHz) is a French-language non-commercial public radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It broadcasts Radio-Canada's Ici Radio-Canada Première network around Greater Vancouver and on a chain of rebroadcasters around British Columbia. CBUF-FM carries news and talk shows with some music programming.

It signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1967|12|1}}. CBUF-FM was the first French-language Radio-Canada station west of Ontario. Its studios and offices are in the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre on Hamilton Street in Downtown Vancouver, while its transmitter tower is atop Mount Seymour.[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CBUF-FM FCCdata.org/CBUF-FM]

CBUF also serves as the Première outlet for the Yukon, by way of a locally owned repeater in Whitehorse.

Programming

The station's current local programs are Phare Ouest, weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Boulevard du Pacifique weekday afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBUF-FM also produces the Saturday morning program, Culture et confiture from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

On holidays, CKSB-10-FM produces holiday morning program for western Canada, Les matins de l'Ouest. Le retour de l'Ouest produced by Alberta's CHFA-FM, replaces regional drive programming on Première outlets in western Canada. During summer months, CBUF-FM produces Le monde chez nous a documentary series that is heard on Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Transmitters

{{RadioRebroadcasters

| rec = true

| crtc = true

| callsign = CBUF-FM

| call1 = CBUF-FM-1

| freq1 = 102.1

| watts1 = 81

| class1 = A

| city1 = Chilliwack

| crtc1 =

| call2 = CBUF-FM-7

| freq2 = 93.7

| watts2 = 70

| class2 = A1

| city2 = Dawson Creek

| crtc2 =

| call3 = CBUF-FM-6

| freq3 = 96.5

| watts3 = 4,750

| class3 = B

| city3 = Kamloops

| crtc3 =

| call4 = CBUF-FM-2

| freq4 = 90.5

| watts4 = 2,700

| class4 = B

| city4 = Kelowna

| crtc4 =

| call5 = CBUF-FM-5

| freq5 = 105.1

| watts5 = 285

| class5 = A

| city5 = Kitimat

| crtc5 =

| call6 = CBUF-FM-8

| freq6 = 94.9

| watts6 = 348

| class6 = A

| city6 = Port Alberni

| crtc6 =

| call7 = CBUF-FM-4

| freq7 = 95.5

| watts7 = 130

| class7 = A1

| city7 = Prince George

| crtc7 =

| call8 = CBUF-FM-3

| freq8 = 96.9

| watts8 = 225

| class8 = B

| city8 = Terrace

| crtc8 =

| call9 = CBUF-FM-9

| freq9 = 99.7

| watts9 = 1,200

| class9 = A

| city9 = Victoria

| crtc9 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-147.htm 2003-147]

| call10 = CBUF-FM-10

| freq10 = 103.1

| watts10 = 500

| class10 = A

| city10 = Whistler

| crtc10 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2008/db2008-17.htm 2008-17]

| call11 = CFWY-FM

| freq11 = 102.1

| watts11 = 200

| class11 = B

| city11 = Whitehorse, Yukon

| crtc11 =

}}

The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the Association Franco-Yukonnaise.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2003/db2003-534.htm CRTC Decision 2003-534].

References

External links

{{Official website|https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere}}
[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver/CBUF-FM CBUF-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
{{RecnetCanada|CBUF-FM}}

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Category:Radio stations established in 1967

Category:1967 establishments in British Columbia