CBW-FM

CBW-FM
City	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Broadcast area	Winnipeg Capital Region
Branding	CBC Radio 2
Frequency	98.3 MHz (FM)
First air date	December 10, 1962
Format	public broadcasting
Audience share	2.7% - Rank: 12^[1]
ERP	160,000 watts
HAAT	223 meters (732 ft)
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg
Former callsigns	CFMW-FM (1962-1965)
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBW, CKSB, CKSB-FM, CBWT, CBWFT
Website	CBC Manitoba

CBW-FM is the call sign of the CBC Radio 2 station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station broadcasts at 98.3 MHz on the FM dial.

CBW-FM is one of the most powerful radio stations in Canada, operating at 160,000 watts, while most FM stations run at 100,000 watts or less. (Winnipeg is also home to the most powerful station, 97.5 CJKR-FM at 310,000 watts.)

History

CBW-FM is Winnipeg's second FM station, signing on the air on December 10, 1962. It began as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW (Radio Fine Music Winnipeg). At the time it had the strongest FM signal in all of Canada at 354,000 watts, giving it a range of 200 miles.^[2] it broadcast from a studio building at 4051 Pembina Hwy. in St. Norbert, Manitoba, although some programming came from CFAM in Altona.^[3]

The CBC subsequently purchased the station in 1965.^[4] CBW-FM joined the CBC Stereo network at its start on November 3, 1975.^[5]

CBC Winnipeg Building, 541 Portage Ave.

Today, CBW-FM has its studios and offices at 541 Portage Avenue, along with its English-language sister stations 990 CBW and Channel 6 CBWT.

Programming

CBW-FM was the originating station of the jazz program After Hours since 1993, but the program aired its final episode on March 16, 2007. Tonic, a similarly themed program hosted from Montreal by Katie Malloch on weeknights and from Calgary by Tim Tamashiro on weekends, debuted in its place on March 19.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBW-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet
Brandon	CBWS-FM	92.7 FM	90,000 watts	C1	Query

An expansion of CBW-FM is in the works for other regions of Manitoba. Future rebroadcasters are planned for Dauphin (106.1), Flin Flon (89.7), The Pas (100.3), and Thompson (90.7).

References

↑ "Spring 2016 Numeris Survey"
↑ "Strongest FM Station Goes On Air Tonight". Winnipeg Free Press. December 10, 1962. p. 8.
↑ "New FM Radio Station Goes On The Air Dec. 3". Winnipeg Free Press. November 2, 1962. p. 4.
↑ "CBC Seeking CFMW". Winnipeg Free Press, CP newswire. March 15, 1965. p. 30.
↑ "World's longest FM network goes into operation across Canada". Winnipeg Free Press. November 4, 1975. p. 8.

External links

Radio stations in Winnipeg-Selkirk, Manitoba

Winnipeg	CJML 580 CJOB 680 CKJS 810 CBW 990 CFRW 1290 CKSB-10-FM 88.1 CBW-1-FM 89.3 CKSB-FM 89.9 CKXL 91.1 CITI 92.1 CKYZ 92.9 CJNU 93.7 CHIQ 94.3 CHVN 95.1 CKUW 95.9 CJKR 97.5 CBW-FM 98.3 CJGV 99.1 CFWM 99.9 CFJL 100.5 CJUM 101.5 CKY-FM 102.3 CKMM 103.1 CIUR 104.7 CHWE 106.1 CKCL 107.1 Defunct CKIC 92.9 CJWV 107.9

Selkirk	CFQX 104.1 CICY 105.5

Specialty services	Radio Humsafar

Nearby radio markets Brandon / Westman Region Pembina Valley Region See also List of radio stations in Manitoba

CBC Radio stations in Canada

CBC Radio One	CBR Calgary CBCT Charlottetown CBY Corner Brook CBX Edmonton CBZF Fredericton CBG Gander CFGB Goose Bay CBT Grand Falls CBHA Halifax CHAK Inuvik CFFB Iqaluit CBYK Kamloops CBTK Kelowna CBKA La Ronge CBDQ Labrador City CBCL London CBAM Moncton CBME Montreal CBO Ottawa CBLA-2 Paris (Kitchener/Waterloo) CBYG Prince George CFPR Prince Rupert CBVE Quebec City CBQR Rankin Inlet CBD Saint John CBN St. John's CBCS Sudbury CBI Sydney CBWK Thompson CBQT Thunder Bay CBLA Toronto CBU Vancouver CBCV Victoria CBK Watrous (Regina/Saskatoon) CFWH Whitehorse CBEW Windsor CBW Winnipeg CFYK Yellowknife

CBC Radio 2	CBR Calgary CBX Edmonton CBH Halifax CBM Montreal CBOQ Ottawa CBK Regina CBN St. John's CBBS Sudbury CBI Sydney CBQ Thunder Bay CBL Toronto CBU Vancouver CBE Windsor CBW Winnipeg

See also	CBC Radio 3 SRC radio stations Weatheradio Canada Radio Canada International CBC North Bande à part

Coordinates: 49°53′23″N 97°09′18″W / 49.88985°N 97.15492°W / 49.88985; -97.15492

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