CBX is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 740 kHz ( AM ) in Edmonton , Alberta . It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network. CBX is a Class B station broadcasting on a Canadian clear-channel frequency; the dominant station on 740 AM is CFZM in Toronto , Ontario . CBX's studios are located at Edmonton City Centre on 102nd Avenue Northwest in downtown Edmonton , while its transmitters are located near Beaumont .
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40-825: A Class A clear-channel station ) and 99.1 MHz on the FM dial as CBR-FM-1 . The studios are in the Parkdale neighbourhood of northwest Calgary. The AM transmitter is east of Calgary, off the Trans-Canada Highway in Rocky View . The FM transmitter is off Old Banff Coach Road near 85th Street SW in Calgary. The CBR 1010 AM daytime signal covers most of the southern two-thirds of Alberta. It can be heard at city-grade strength from Red Deer to Lethbridge , and provides secondary coverage as far as Edmonton to
60-563: A long-term solution to the station's reception issues, in 1964, the CBC launched separate radio stations for Calgary and Edmonton while also decommissioning the original CBX transmitter. Under the new setup, CBX was reoriented to be Edmonton's CBC station and took over CBXA's frequency of 740 kHz from a newly-constructed 50,000-watt transmitting site near Beaumont. At the same time, CBR signed on as Calgary's CBC outlet, using CBX's old frequency of 1010 kHz. In 2004, CBC Edmonton operations moved into
80-527: A new digital broadcast facility downtown, bringing all operations of Radio and TV under one roof. The old TV facility on 75th Street had 70,000 square feet (6,500 m ), while the Radio building on 51st Ave. had 48,000 square feet (4,500 m ). The new combined facility has 38,700 total square feet. It is located at the Edmonton City Centre , on Winston Churchill Square . On March 16, 2006,
100-654: A site 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the northeast in Rocky View County . Despite changing the transmitter's location, all other technical parameters would remain unchanged. The move was completed in 2013. CBR's local programs are Calgary Eyeopener on weekday mornings, and The Homestretch on weekday afternoons. On January 18, 1993, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to operate new FM transmitters at Medicine Hat 98.3 MHz and Etzikom 92.1 MHz. The new FM transmitter at Medicine Hat would replace CJMH
120-486: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CBX (AM) As of Feb 28, 2021, CBX is the 3rd-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris . CBX started broadcasting September 8, 1948 on a frequency of 1010 kHz. It was the third of three 50,000-watt Trans-Canada Network AM radio stations to sign on in
140-477: Is technically the main station. Various other AM and FM rebroadcasters have been installed throughout southern Alberta to carry CBR's programming. On December 19, 2008, the licensee proposed to use a subsidiary communications authority (SCA) channel to broadcast multi-cultural programs. On July 7, 2011, the CRTC approved an application by the CBC to relocate CBR's transmitter and antenna array from their original site in southeast Calgary. They would be moved to
160-563: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by the station to implement a new, nested FM transmitter in Calgary. It would simulcast the AM programming, due to the AM signal's poor reception in some parts of the city. This new FM signal, CBR-1-FM 99.1 was launched on November 28, 2006. In recent years, the CBC has branded 99.1 as the main transmitter, even though 1010 AM
180-528: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the station's application to add a nested FM transmitter at 93.9 MHz in Edmonton to simulcast the AM programming. This relay, CBX-2-FM , officially began April 20, 2007. Local programs produced by CBX include Edmonton AM , and Radio Active . CBX also produces half-hourly news bulletins between 5:30 AM and 6:00 PM each weekday. Provincial or national news bulletins air on CBX outside of those hours. CBX also produces two music shows for
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220-652: The Prairie Provinces (the others being CBK in Saskatchewan and CBW in Manitoba ). Prior to CBX's launch, Trans-Canada Network programming aired on commercial radio stations in Edmonton, namely CJCA , which continued to air CBC programming on a secondary basis after CBX signed on. Although CBX's initial studios were located inside the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton, the station's transmitter
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#1732782457052240-471: The call sign CBX . Its studios were in Edmonton and its transmitter site was near Lacombe , roughly halfway between Calgary and Edmonton, in an attempt to serve both cities from a single 50,000-watt transmitter. Prior to CBX's debut, private station CFAC had aired CBC Radio programming. While listeners in Edmonton received a good signal from 1010 AM, reception of CBX in Calgary was poor. To rectify CBX's weak signal in Calgary, on October 1, 1964,
260-432: The entire CBC radio networks: Saturday Night Blues and Canada Live air nationally on CBC Radio One/Sirius 137 and CBC Music, respectively. The last few BBM radio ratings measurements have shown CBX steadily climbing in audience share in Edmonton. As of the spring 2009 BBM measurement, CBX is the second-most listened to radio-station in Edmonton, behind news-talk radio station CHED . Edmonton AM also ranks second in
280-474: The existing AM transmitter 1460 kHz owned by Monarch Broadcasting Ltd. Monarch would surrender the license of CJMH once the new transmitters were in operation. On August 15, 2013, the CRTC approved the deletion of AM transmitters CBXC 1450 kHz Coleman and CBXL 860 kHz Blairmore. On April 30, 2015, the CBC submitted an application to add a new FM transmitter at 103.9 MHz in Lake Louise with
300-524: The following low-power AM transmitter, CBXH John D'Or Prairie. An FM transmitter operates at 102.5 as CBXH-FM . The AM transmitters were deleted once the new FM transmitters commenced operation. CBR (AM) CBR is a Canadian non-commercial public radio station in Calgary , Alberta . It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network, both on 1010 kHz on the AM dial (as
320-430: The morning, while Radio Active ranks fourth amongst the afternoon radio drive-time shows. On September 10, 2012, the CBC applied to move the following CBC low-power AM transmitters to FM. The CBC received approval on January 31, 2013 to convert the remaining AM transmitters to FM and the new transmitters will operate on these following frequencies: On October 25, 2013, the CRTC approved the CBC's application to delete
340-576: The north and several counties on the Montana -Alberta border to the south. At night, it covers most of western North America. CBR-FM-1 has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,870 watts (7,000 watts maximum). It covers Calgary and its adjacent suburbs. CBC Radio launched its first government-owned station in Alberta, signing on the air on September 8, 1948 ; 76 years ago ( September 8, 1948 ) . It broadcast on 1010 kilocycles with
360-552: The original CBX transmitter was decommissioned. The single station was split into two distinct 50,000-watt stations with their own studios: one transmitting near Edmonton and one transmitting near Calgary. The Edmonton station kept the CBX call sign but moved to a frequency of 740 kHz, while the Calgary station obtained the CBR call sign but kept CBX's former frequency of 1010 kHz and clear-channel designation. On March 16, 2006,
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400-492: Was located near Lacombe , roughly halfway between Edmonton and Calgary , in an attempt to serve the southern two-thirds of Alberta from a single transmitter. From the start, the CBX signal did not adequately cover either Edmonton or Calgary. To rectify this problem within Edmonton, a 250-watt rebroadcaster operating on 740 kHz was launched in the city in 1953. This rebroadcaster had the call sign CBXA . Meanwhile, reception continued to be poor in Calgary. In order to provide
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