CBF-FM-8 is a French-language

French language

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 Canadian

Canada

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 radio station

Radio station

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 located in Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières

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, Quebec

Quebec

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Owned and operated by public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 as part of the French-language Société Radio-Canada system, it broadcasts on 96.5 MHz using a directional antenna

Directional antenna

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 with an average effective radiated power of 66,700 watt

Watt

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s and a peak effective radiated power of 100,000 watts (class C1).

The station has an ad-free news/talk

Talk radio

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 format

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 and is part of the Première Chaîne network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première Chaîne stations, but unlike most FM

FM broadcasting

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 stations, it broadcasts in mono

Monaural

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The station signed on in 1977 as a full-time rebroadcaster of CBF

CBF-FM

CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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. Before then, Radio-Canada programming had aired on private affiliate CHLN. However, despite Trois-Rivières' large size, the CBC opted not to open a full-fledged station in the city. It became a separately licenced station in 2000, while retaining a rebroadcaster-like callsign. However, for all intents and purposes, the station is a CBF semi-satellite. It has its own morning drive show (Chez nous le matin, Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m.) and simulcasts CBF at all other times.

CBF-FM-8 was originally on 100.1 MHz, and moved to 88.1 MHz in 1985. It moved to its current frequency in late 2003.

Transmitters

External links

• Première Chaîne
• CBF-FM-8 history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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