CBUF-FM
Public radio station in Vancouver, Canada
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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.
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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 | 49.353574°N 122.956696°W |
| Links | |
| Website | ici |
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
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
| City of licence | Identifier | Frequency | Power | Class | RECNet | CRTC Decision | Notes |
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| Chilliwack | CBUF-FM-1 | 102.1 | 81 watts | A | Query | 49°6′34.92″N 121°50′52.80″W | |
| Dawson Creek | CBUF-FM-7 | 93.7 | 70 watts | A1 | Query | 55°46′58.08″N 120°12′50.40″W | |
| Kamloops | CBUF-FM-6 | 96.5 | 4,750 watts | B | Query | 50°40′14.88″N 120°23′56.40″W | |
| Kelowna | CBUF-FM-2 | 90.5 | 2,700 watts | B | Query | 49°58′0.12″N 119°31′44.40″W | |
| Kitimat | CBUF-FM-5 | 105.1 | 285 watts | A | Query | 54°3′14.04″N 128°38′6″W | |
| Port Alberni | CBUF-FM-8 | 94.9 | 348 watts | A | Query | 49°14′27.96″N 124°47′9.60″W | |
| Prince George | CBUF-FM-4 | 95.5 | 130 watts | A1 | Query | 53°54′11.88″N 122°42′14.40″W | |
| Terrace | CBUF-FM-3 | 96.9 | 225 watts | B | Query | 54°31′4.08″N 128°28′22.80″W | |
| Victoria | CBUF-FM-9 | 99.7 | 1,200 watts | A | Query | 2003-147 | 48°30′19.08″N 123°28′26.40″W |
| Whistler | CBUF-FM-10 | 103.1 | 500 watts | A | Query | 2008-17 | 50°4′44.04″N 123°0′54″W |
| Whitehorse, Yukon | CFWY-FM | 102.1 | 200 watts | B | Query | 2003-534 | 60°39′33.84″N 134°53′2.40″W Owned by Association Franco-Yukonnaise |
