CBW (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Southern Manitoba |
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| Branding | CBC Radio One |
| Frequency | 990 kHz (AM) |
| First air date | 1923 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°50′10″N 97°30′46″W / 49.83611°N 97.51278°W |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | CBC Manitoba |
CBW is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The station broadcasts at AM 990, and this frequency functions as a Class A clear channel under former North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement allocations.
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[edit] History
The station first aired in 1923 as CKY, owned and operated by the Manitoba Telephone System. It became a partial affiliate of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission in 1933, and was purchased outright by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1948. The station adopted its current callsign a few months after the CBC purchase, and the CKY callsign was reassigned to a new commercial radio station.
It was part of the Trans-Canada Network, which was the main CBC radio network, while CKRC carried programming from the Dominion Network between January 1, 1944 and 1962.
The transmitter was originally located in Carman, Manitoba. On February 3, 1952, a small plane with 3 passengers struck the Carman tower, due to heavy fog. None of the passengers survived.[1] In November 1964, CBC opened a centralized antenna, and transferred the CBW-AM signal to Starbuck, Manitoba. On October 15, 1993, CBW began broadcasting from a transmitter site in Springstein, Manitoba, while the 98.3 FM signal remained at the Starbuck tower.
CBW moved from the 3rd floor of the Telephone Building on Portage Avenue East to their current location at 541 Portage Ave, activating their new equipment on July 5, 1953,[2] and officially opening on September 25, 1953. Over the next week the station held Open House tours of the station. The building cost $1 million to construct and was state of the art at the time.[3]
Today, CBW shares this same location with CBW-FM and CBWT.
On March 16, 2006, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved an application by the station to implement a new FM transmitter in Winnipeg itself to simulcast the AM programming due to poor AM coverage in parts of the city. CBW-1-FM 89.3 operates from a transmitter atop the Richardson Building. Its effective radiated power is 2,800 watts. The main CBW transmitter site is west of Winnipeg, south of White Plains, Manitoba on Highway 424.
The call sign CBW was previously used by the CBC Radio station in Windsor, Ontario in 1937-38 until it was shut down.
[edit] Local programming
CBW's local programs are Information Radio in the mornings, Radio Noon and Up to Speed in the afternoons; The Weekend Morning Show runs on Saturdays and Sundays, and the arts and culture show Manitoba Scene at 5:00 PM on Saturdays. An ongoing series, Urban Myths and Urban Myths: The Workplace Edition, features Winnipeg neighbourhoods and local organizations.
CBWK-FM Thompson and its rebroadcasters also air programming from the CBC Manitoba studio in Winnipeg.
[edit] Rebroadcasters
CBW has the following rebroadcasters:
- CBW-1-FM - Winnipeg - 89.3
- CBWV-FM - Brandon - 97.9
- CBWW-FM - Dauphin-Baldy Mountain - 105.3
- CBWX-FM - Fisher Branch - 95.7 - and its rebroadcasters
- CBWA-FM - Manigotagan - 101.3
- CBWY-FM - Jackhead - 92.7 - and its rebroadcaster
- CBWZ-FM - Fairford - 104.3
[edit] Current CBW personalities
- Terry MacLeod, co-host Information Radio
- Marcy Markusa, co-host Information Radio
- Marilyn Maki, host Radio Noon
- Larry Updike, host Up to Speed
- Kerän Sanders, host The Weekend Morning Show
- Ismaila Alfa, host Manitoba Scene
- Heather Wells, news anchor weekday mornings
- Julie Dupre, news anchor weekday afternoons
- Sarah Penton, news anchor weekend mornings
- Karen Pauls, National reporter
- Julie Bell, City Hall reporter
- Meaghan Ketcheson, CBW's roving reporter, was former traffic reporter
- Leslie McLaren, health reporter
- Sean Kavanagh, reporter
- Louise Charette, reporter
- Susan Magas, reporter
- Sheila North-Wilson, reporter
- Megan Benedictson, reporter
[edit] Former CBW personalities
- Donald Benham - hosted Questionnaire in the (1990s)
- Garth Dawley - co-hosted Information Radio (1960s)
- Eric Friesen - co-hosted Radio Noon, Up to Now (1970s)
- Lesley Hughes - co-hosted Information Radio (1980s)
- Tom McCulloch - Information Radio news anchor (1970s)
- Doug McIlraith - co-hosted Radio Noon (1970s)
- Gren Marsh - co-hosted Up to Now (1970s)
- Agatha Moir - Information Radio (1980s)fill in host Weekend Morning Show
- Lionel Moore - co-hosted Radio Noon (1970s)
- Maureen Pendergast - co-hosted Information Radio (1990s)
- Jim Rae - co-hosted Radio Noon (1970s)
- Jack Turnbull - Information Radio news anchor (1970s)
- Bob Willson - co-hosted 1950 flood coverage
- Roger Currie
- Peter Duck moving to Windsor
[edit] CRTC licensing
- CRTC Decision 1999-515 - New multi-channel antenna serving Brandon, Manitoba
- CRTC Decision 2006-84 - FM rebroadcast transmitters
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Small Plane Hits CBW Tower in Carman, Manitoba". Winnipeg Free Press. February 4, 1952. p. 1.
- ^ "New CBC Nerve Centre Springs to Life Sunday". Winnipeg Free Press. July 1, 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "Official Opening CBC Building". Winnipeg Free Press. September 24, 1953. p. 14.
[edit] External links
- CBC Manitoba
- CBW AM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBW
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