CBUF-FM
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Broadcast area | British Columbia; Whitehorse, Yukon |
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| Frequency | 97.7 MHz |
| Branding | Ici Radio-Canada Première |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio and talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| CBU, CBUX-FM, CBU-FM, CBUT-DT, CBUFT-DT | |
| History | |
First air date | December 1, 1967 |
Call sign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vancouver (U) French |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Class | C |
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| HAAT | 610 metres (2,000 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′13″N 122°57′24″W / 49.353574°N 122.956696°W |
| Links | |
| Website | ici |
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 December 1, 1967; 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.[1]
CBUF also serves as the Première outlet for the Yukon, by way of a locally owned repeater in Whitehorse.
Programming
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website
- CBUF-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- CBUF-FM in the REC Canadian station database
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