CBCS-FM

CBCS-FM

City of license	Sudbury, Ontario
Broadcast area	Northeastern Ontario
Branding	CBC Radio One
Frequency	99.9 MHz (FM)
First air date	May 5, 1978 (1978-05-05)
Format	public broadcasting
Language(s)	English
ERP	50 kW
HAAT	120.9 metres (396 ft 8 in)
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W
Callsign meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sudbury
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBBS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBON-FM
Website	CBC Sudbury

CBCS-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Sudbury, Ontario, broadcasting at 99.9 FM, and serves all of Northeastern Ontario through its network of relay transmitters.

History

The station was launched in 1978 on FM 99.9 MHz. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliates CKSO and CKSO-FM.

The CRTC decision authorizing the launch of CBCS in fact encouraged, but did not direct, the CBC to retain an AM frequency for CBC Radio, and to reserve CBCS for its CBC Stereo network. However, the station launched in 1978 as an affiliate of the talk network after the CBC was unable to negotiate an agreement with Cambrian Broadcasting to directly acquire CKSO.

The CBC later applied for a second license for its Stereo network, which was granted in 1984. However, that station remain unlaunched throughout the 1980s, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses. Consequently, CBC Radio 2 service was not available in the city until the launch of CBBS-FM in 2001.

In the CBC's service reductions announced in March 2009, CBCS was slated to lose half of its existing staff. Several hundred people attended a rally at the city's Tom Davies Square on April 5 to protest the cutbacks, with participants including federal MPs Glenn Thibeault, Claude Gravelle and Charlie Angus, and musicians Kevin Closs and Stéphane Paquette.

Local programming

The station's local programs are Morning North, hosted by Markus Schwabe, in the morning and Points North, hosted by Jason Turnbull, in the afternoon. In May 2009, Morning North won the Radio and Television News Directors Association's Peter Gzowski Award for Best Information Radio Program in Central Canada, and in June 2009, the program won the award for all of Canada.

Former Points North host Dan Lessard retired from the program in June 2010.

In the CBC's proposed new regional programming strategy released in 2005, North Bay is scheduled to receive its own local news bureau, although North Bay would continue to receive CBCS' local programming apart from news updates.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcasters of CBCS-FM

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Attawapiskat	CBCA-FM	101.5 FM	34 watts	A1	Query
Britt	CBEZ-FM	107.7 FM	49 watts	LP	Query	91-60
Chapleau	CBCU-FM	89.9 FM	345 watts	A	Query	86-732
Elk Lake	CBCG-FM	89.7 FM	8 watts	LP	Query	84-574
Elliot Lake	CBEC-FM	90.3	264 watts	A	Query	88-865
Foleyet	CBLF	1450 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Fort Albany	CBCI-FM	102.3 FM	2,400 watts	A	Query
Hearst	CBCC-FM	91.9 FM	10,500 watts	B	Query
Kapuskasing	CBOK-FM	105.1 FM	43,900 watts	B	Query
Kirkland Lake	CBCR-FM	90.3 FM	2,650 watts	A	Query	84-575
Little Current	CBCE-FM	97.5 FM	21,000 watts	B	Query
Mattawa	CBLO	1240 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Moosonee	CBEY	1340 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
North Bay	CBCN-FM	96.1 FM	100,000 watts	C	Query
Sault Ste. Marie	CBSM-FM	89.5 FM	46,000 watts	B	Query
Temagami	CBEU	1340 AM	40 watts	LP	Query
Temiskaming Shores	CBCY-FM	102.3 FM	780 watts	A	Query	96-723
Timmins	CBCJ-FM	96.1 FM	44,800 watts	B	Query
Wawa	CBLJ-FM	88.3 FM	50,000 watts	B	Query

External links

• CBC Sudbury
• CBCS Sudbury History at Canadian Communications Foundation
• Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBCS-FM