CBEF
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| City of license | Windsor, Ontario |
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| Branding | Première Chaîne |
| Frequency | 540 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | May 18, 1970 |
| Format | Public broadcasting (French) |
| ERP | 2500 watts Daytime 5000 watts Nighttime 1000 watts CBEF-1-FM 620 watts CBEF-2-FM |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°08′50″N 83°05′33″W / 42.1472°N 83.0925°WCoordinates: 42°08′50″N 83°05′33″W / 42.1472°N 83.0925°W |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Essex County French |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | CBEW-FM, CBE-FM, CBET, CBEFT |
| Website | Radio-Canada |
CBEF is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 540 AM in Windsor, Ontario. It airs the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network. CBEF was launched in 1970.
The station also has a rebroadcast transmitter (CBEF-1-FM) in Leamington, on 103.1 FM. Due to AM reception issues in downtown Windsor, CBEF has also been approved by the CRTC to operate a 620-watt rebroadcaster in Windsor at 105.5 MHz, provided that does not interfere with stations at or near this frequency, such as WWWM-FM in Toledo. The transmitter must also be operational by May 9, 2010, unless otherwise authorised to be extended.[1] The callsign for the new rebroadcaster at 105.5 FM is CBEF-2-FM.
In the CBC's programming cuts announced on March 26, 2009, almost all of the station's local programming was slated for cancellation, meaning that the station is now effectively a rebroadcaster of Toronto's CJBC except for a skeleton staff of two anchors to present local news updates during the day.[2] A local lobby group, SOS-CBEF, organized to oppose the cutbacks,[2] but their request for an injunction against the change was denied in July due to the presiding judge ruling that she did not have the appropriate legal jurisdiction to issue an injunction.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2008-102
- ^ a b "CBEF backers fighting cutbacks". Windsor Star, June 20, 2009.
- ^ "French CBC backers lose court case". Windsor Star, July 16, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Radio-Canada
- CBEF History at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBEF
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