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CBEF
CBEF (1550 kHz) is a non-commercial AM radio station in Windsor, Ontario. It airs the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network.
CBEF is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1550 AM, the only full power station on this frequency in Canada. Most clear channel stations broadcast with 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted for Canadian AM stations, but CBEF transmits with 10,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna, located off Talbot Road (Route 3) in Tecumseh, Ontario. CBEF is also heard on three FM rebroadcasters in Southern Ontario. One is a nested rebroadcaster also in Windsor, CBEF-2-FM on 105.5 MHz.
CBEF was launched in 1970. It originally broadcast on AM 540, until taking over the 1550 frequency in 2013. The 1550 frequency was previously used by CBEF's English language sister station, but CBE converted to the FM band in 2013 (now CBEW-FM 97.5 MHz).
CBEF's local morning program is Matins sans frontières. The station also airs the regional afternoon program L'heure de pointe Toronto from CJBC in Toronto. On Saturday mornings, the station carries the province-wide morning program À échelle humaine. The province-wide program airs on CBON and CJBC, as well as CBEF. On all public holidays, the morning show Matins sans frontières airs as usual and the afternoon show Pas comme d'habitude is heard province-wide (except Ottawa).
In the CBC's programming cuts announced on March 26, 2009, almost all of CBEF's local programming was slated for cancellation, meaning that the station would become effectively a rebroadcaster of CJBC except for a skeleton staff of two anchors to present local news updates during the day and report on breaking news. A local lobby group, "SOS-CBEF", organized to oppose the cutbacks. The group's 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.
Matins sans frontières, a one-hour local morning program hosted by Charles Lévesque, was reinstated from September 7, 2010, and in May 2013 was expanded to two hours. As of summer 2015, it expanded to three hours. The station continues to rebroadcast CJBC in other local programming blocks.
At the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)'s license renewal for the CBC's services in 2013, the commission directed the network to maintain at least 15 hours per week of local programming on CBEF during the 2013-18 license term, due to the lack of other French-language radio services in Windsor.
The station has a rebroadcast transmitter (CBEF-1-FM) in Leamington, on 103.1 FM. Due to AM reception issues in downtown Windsor, CBEF was also approved by the CRTC to operate a 620-watt nested rebroadcaster in Windsor on 105.5 MHz, provided that does not interfere with stations at or near this frequency, such as WQQO in Toledo, Ohio or WWCK-FM in Flint, Michigan, both Top 40 stations owned by Cumulus Media. The call sign for the rebroadcaster on 105.5 FM is CBEF-2-FM, signing on the air on April 1, 2012.
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CBEF
CBEF (1550 kHz) is a non-commercial AM radio station in Windsor, Ontario. It airs the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network.
CBEF is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1550 AM, the only full power station on this frequency in Canada. Most clear channel stations broadcast with 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted for Canadian AM stations, but CBEF transmits with 10,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna, located off Talbot Road (Route 3) in Tecumseh, Ontario. CBEF is also heard on three FM rebroadcasters in Southern Ontario. One is a nested rebroadcaster also in Windsor, CBEF-2-FM on 105.5 MHz.
CBEF was launched in 1970. It originally broadcast on AM 540, until taking over the 1550 frequency in 2013. The 1550 frequency was previously used by CBEF's English language sister station, but CBE converted to the FM band in 2013 (now CBEW-FM 97.5 MHz).
CBEF's local morning program is Matins sans frontières. The station also airs the regional afternoon program L'heure de pointe Toronto from CJBC in Toronto. On Saturday mornings, the station carries the province-wide morning program À échelle humaine. The province-wide program airs on CBON and CJBC, as well as CBEF. On all public holidays, the morning show Matins sans frontières airs as usual and the afternoon show Pas comme d'habitude is heard province-wide (except Ottawa).
In the CBC's programming cuts announced on March 26, 2009, almost all of CBEF's local programming was slated for cancellation, meaning that the station would become effectively a rebroadcaster of CJBC except for a skeleton staff of two anchors to present local news updates during the day and report on breaking news. A local lobby group, "SOS-CBEF", organized to oppose the cutbacks. The group's 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.
Matins sans frontières, a one-hour local morning program hosted by Charles Lévesque, was reinstated from September 7, 2010, and in May 2013 was expanded to two hours. As of summer 2015, it expanded to three hours. The station continues to rebroadcast CJBC in other local programming blocks.
At the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)'s license renewal for the CBC's services in 2013, the commission directed the network to maintain at least 15 hours per week of local programming on CBEF during the 2013-18 license term, due to the lack of other French-language radio services in Windsor.
The station has a rebroadcast transmitter (CBEF-1-FM) in Leamington, on 103.1 FM. Due to AM reception issues in downtown Windsor, CBEF was also approved by the CRTC to operate a 620-watt nested rebroadcaster in Windsor on 105.5 MHz, provided that does not interfere with stations at or near this frequency, such as WQQO in Toledo, Ohio or WWCK-FM in Flint, Michigan, both Top 40 stations owned by Cumulus Media. The call sign for the rebroadcaster on 105.5 FM is CBEF-2-FM, signing on the air on April 1, 2012.