CFMI-FM
{{short description|Radio station in New Westminster, British Columbia}}
{{redirect|Rock 101|the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan station with similar branding|WSUE}}
{{For|the Manchester, New Hampshire station|WGIR-FM}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = CFMI-FM
| logo = CFMI-FM Rock 101 logo.svg
| logo_size =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|March 22, 1970}}
| frequency = 101.1 MHz {{HD Radio}}
| area = Greater Vancouver
| coordinates = {{coord|49.345|N|122.973|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|name=CFMI-FM Tower|display=inline,title}}
| city = Vancouver, British Columbia
| format = Classic hits/Classic rock
| subchannels = HD2: CKNW (News/talk)
HD3: Same as HD2
| owner = Corus Entertainment
| erp = 53,000 watts average
100,000 watts peak
| haat = {{convert|368.4|metres}}
| class = C
| callsign_meaning = C FM I (Roman numeral, reference to former on-air branding FM One)
| licensee = Corus Premium Television Ltd.
| branding = Rock 101
| sister_stations = CKNW, CFOX-FM, CHAN-DT, Global News: BC 1
| webcast =
| website = [http://www.rock101.com rock101.com]
}}
CFMI-FM (101.1 MHz) branded as Rock 101, is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is owned by Corus Entertainment with studios in Downtown Vancouver, in the TD Tower. The station has a radio format that combines classic hits/classic rock. Key artists include Van Halen, Tom Petty, Alanis Morissette, Fleetwood Mac and Bryan Adams, but not the pop or dance artists heard on many classic hits stations, such as Michael Jackson, Madonna or Whitney Houston.
CFMI is a Class C station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 53,000 watts (100,000 watts peak).[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CFMI-FM FCCdata.org/CFMI] Its transmitter tower is atop Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver.
History
CFMI signed on the air on {{Start date and age|March 22, 1970}}.Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf page C-243]. Retrieved January 8, 2024. It was owned by Radio NW, Ltd. and is the sister station to CKNW 980 AM. It originally was licensed to New Westminster, with studios on 8th and McBride.
It began with a short-lived country format. This was followed by easy listening music ("Pop for Adults").
In its early years, it was a technical innovator of broadcast automation systems. FM Stereo automation systems of the day relied heavily on reel-to-reel tape machines for music. CFMI's automation had no reel machines, but relied totally on cartridge carousels. This allowed greater programming flexibility ("random access"), but no broadcast cartridges of the day could reproduce quality stereo. The response of CFMI's engineers was to invent a new cartridge that could: The Aristocart. Parent company Western International Communications went on to develop a manufacturing division, exporting these improved cartridges to broadcasters around the world. Today's broadcasters use computer systems with large hard drives to reproduce music digitally, and have no need of tape systems. But in its heyday (circa 1975-1990), the Aristocart was an improvement to a technical problem shared by all commercial stereo broadcasters.
Among CFMI's programming innovations was Discumentary, a one-hour musical documentary of programming featuring a particular artist or a particular theme. This was developed in response to the CRTC's requirement for foreground programming. The Discumentary programs were written by Paul Wiggins and voiced by Dave McCormick, then Terry David Mulligan and syndicated throughout Canada, and broadcast internationally on the Anik D satellite. Later, CRTC regulations phased out the need for foreground programming, and CFMI phased out Discumentary.
Over the years, the station added booster transmitters in most of British Columbia. After experiencing technical difficulties related to the location of its main transmitter, CFMI received Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval on July 26, 2011, to relocate that transmitter. The antenna's height above average terrain (HAAT) was reduced from 686 to 386.4 metres in the process. At the same time, its average effective radiated power (ERP) was increased from 37,000 to 53,000 watts (maximum ERP changing from 75,000 to 100,000 watts).{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-440.htm|title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-440|date=July 26, 2011|publisher=CRTC|access-date=October 31, 2017}}
=HD programming=
On October 13, 2015, CFMI-HD was launched as the first Canadian HD service west of Ontario:
- HD2 carries sister station CKNW AM 980.
- HD3 carries sister station CKGO AM 730. (This began on July 3, 2016, due to damage to AM730's transmitter from the 2016 Burns Bog fire.){{cite web|url=https://hdradio.com/canada/find-hd-radio-canadian-station?field_location_tid=51&field_language_value=1|title=Canada Stations - HD Radio|publisher=Xperi|access-date=October 31, 2017}}
Rebroadcasters
CFMI also operates on a number of low-power FM transmitters.
=Alberta=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
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| rec = true
| crtc = true
| call1 = VF2213
| freq1 = 96.5 FM
| watts1 = 20
| class1 = LP
| city1 = Luscar
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/DB93-278.HTM CRTC 93-278]
| call2 = VF2293
| freq2 = 92.3 FM
| watts2 = 10
| class2 = VLP
| city2 = Rainbow Lake
| crtc2 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1995/DB95-704.HTM CRTC 95-704]
}}
=British Columbia=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| callsign = CFMI-FM
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| call1 = CFMI-FM-1
| freq1 = 90.7 FM
| watts1 = 50
| class1 = LP
| city1 = Whistler
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-207.htm Decision CRTC 2000-207]
| call2 = VF2000
| freq2 = 94.5 FM
| watts2 = 21
| class2 = LP
| city2 = Donald Station
| crtc2 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-6.HTM Decision CRTC 96-6]
| call3 = VF2004
| freq3 = 101.5 FM
| watts3 = 50
| class3 = LP
| city3 = Granisle
| crtc3 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-37.HTM Decision CRTC 96-37]
| call4 = VF2006
| freq4 = 92.9 FM
| watts4 = 50
| class4 = LP
| city4 = Boston Bar
| crtc4 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1986/DB86-270.HTM Decision CRTC 86-270]
| call5 = VF2051
| freq5 = 101.1 FM
| watts5 = 8
| class5 = LP
| city5 = Tumbler Ridge
| crtc5 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-736.HTM Decision CRTC 92-736]
| call7 = VF2100
| freq7 = 99.9 FM
| watts7 = 10
| class7 = VLP
| city7 = Fort St. James
| crtc7 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-373.HTM Decision CRTC 90-373]
| call8 = VF2104
| freq8 = 100.5 FM
| watts8 = 27
| class8 = LP
| city8 = Chetwynd
| crtc8 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-123.HTM Decision CRTC 94-123]
| call9 = VF2122
| freq9 = 91.1 FM
| watts9 = 16
| class9 = LP
| city9 = Valemount
| crtc9 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/DB90-1042.htm Decision CRTC 90-1042]
| call10 = VF2151
| freq10 = 101.1 FM
| watts10 = 37
| class10 = LP
| city10 = McBride
| crtc10 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1991/DB91-871.HTM Decision CRTC 91-871]
| call11 = VF2194
| freq11 = 104.5 FM
| watts11 = 22
| class11 = LP
| city11 = Riley Creek
| crtc11 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1999/DB99-44.HTM Décision CRTC 99-44]
| call12 = VF2209
| freq12 = 103.5 FM
| watts12 = 10
| class12 = VLP
| city12 = Kemano
| crtc12 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/DB93-66.HTM Decision CRTC 93-66]
| call13 = VF2223
| freq13 = 100.1 FM
| watts13 = 1
| class13 = LP
| city13 = Dease Lake
| crtc13 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/DB93-708.HTM Decision CRTC 93-708]
| call14 = VF2287
| freq14 = 92.7 FM
| watts14 = 23
| class14 = LP
| city14 = Hagensborg
| crtc14 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1995/DB95-55.HTM Decision CRTC 95-55]
| call15 = VF2296
| freq15 = 90.5 FM
| watts15 = 1
| class15 = VLP
| city15 = Burton
| crtc15 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1995/DB95-792.HTM Decision CRTC 95-792]
| call16 = VF2316
| freq16 = 93.5 FM
| watts16 = 20
| class16 = LP
| city16 = Avola
| crtc16 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-145.HTM Decision CRTC 98-145]
| call17 = VF2318
| freq17 = 93.9 FM
| watts17 = 8
| class17 = VLP
| city17 = Blue River
| crtc17 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/DB98-144.HTM Decision CRTC 98-144]
| call18 = VF2327
| freq18 = 101.1 FM
| watts18 = 1
| class18 = VLP
| city18 = Bralorne
| crtc18 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1996/DB96-640.htm Decision CRTC 96-640]
| call19 = VF2378
| freq19 = 102.3 FM
| watts19 = 11
| class19 = LP
| city19 = Campbell River
| crtc19 =
| call22 = VF2473
| freq22 = 92.1 FM
| watts22 = 36
| class22 = LP
| city22 = Fraser Lake
| crtc22 =
}}
=Newfoundland and Labrador=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| callsign = CFMI-FM
| call1 = VF2076
| freq1 = 92.3 FM
| watts1 = 50
| class1 = LP
| city1 = Burgeo
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1989/DB89-423.HTM CRTC 89-423]
}}
=Saskatchewan=
{{RadioRebroadcasters
| callsign = CFMI-FM
| rec = true
| crtc = true
| call1 = VF2212
| freq1 = 101.1 FM
| watts1 = 15
| class1 = LP
| city1 = Carrot River
| crtc1 = [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-7.HTM CRTC 2001-7]
| call2 = VF2376
| freq2 = 101.1 FM
| watts2 = 12
| class2 = LP
| city2 = La Ronge
| crtc2 =
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rock101.com Rock 101]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/british-columbia/british-columbia-vancouver/CFMI-FM CFMI-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- {{RecnetCanada|CFMI-FM}}
{{Vancouver Radio}}
{{Corus Entertainment}}
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