CBQT-FM
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| City of license | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Northwestern Ontario |
| Branding | CBC Radio One |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1973 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| ERP | 23,730 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Quetico Thunder Bay |
| Former callsigns | CBQ (1973-1990) |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | CBC Thunder Bay |
CBQT-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, broadcasting at 88.3 FM, and serves all of Northwestern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.
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[edit] History
The station was launched in 1973 on the AM band as CBQ 800. The 800 frequency had been vacated earlier that year by the defunct CJLX.[1] CBQ Radio's inaugural morning broadcast in December 1973 made it the second city in Ontario to get a regional broadcast centre. The call sign CBQ was a last minute choice by station managers since CBL and CBT were already taken. (CBL for Lakehead or CBT for Thunder Bay). Instead the letter Q was chosen for Quetico Provincial Park near Atikokan, which is west of Thunder Bay.
Prior to CBQ's launch, CBC Radio programming aired on private affiliate CFPA 1230.
CBQ moved to the FM band as CBQT-FM in 1990.[2] The CBQ-FM call sign was already in use by the CBC Stereo sister station on 101.7 FM. Some of the relay transmitters for CBQT previously rebroadcast CBL in Toronto.
[edit] Local programming
The station's local programs are The Great Northwest, hosted by Lisa Laco in the morning (5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.) and Voyage North, hosted by Gerald Graham in the afternoon (4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.). CBQT-FM rebroadcast transmitters in the Central time zone also simulcast the 5 p.m. hour of local programming from CBW (Winnipeg) so that the network's World at Six airs at 6 p.m. local time.
The CBC Radio studio in Thunder Bay also produces the hourly weekend weather reports for all of Ontario after the hourly news break.
[edit] Repeaters
| City of license | Identifier | Frequency | Power | Class | RECNet |
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| Armstrong | CBOL | 1450 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Atikokan | CBQI-FM | 90.1 | 2,900 watts | A | Query |
| Beardmore | CBLE | 1240 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Big Trout Lake | CFTL-FM | 100.3 | 63 watts | A1 | Query |
| Dryden | CBQH-FM | 100.9 | 100,000 watts | C | Query |
| Ear Falls | CBOI | 690 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Fort Frances | CBQQ-FM | 90.5 | 50,000 watts | B | Query |
| Fort Hope | CBCF-FM | 101.5 | 41 watts | A1 | Query |
| Geraldton | CBLG-FM | 89.1 | 11,900 watts | B | Query |
| Hornepayne | CBLH | 1010 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Hudson | CBQW | 1340 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Ignace | CBES | 690 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Kenora | CBQX-FM | 98.7 | 38,000 watts | B | Query |
| Manitouwadge | CBEB-FM | 89.7 | 46,400 watts | B | Query |
| Marathon | CBLM | 1090 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Mishkeegogamang | CBQN-FM | 104.5 | 81 watts | A1 | Query |
| Nakina | CBLN | 1240 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Nipigon | CBQY-FM | 98.9 | 2,000 watts | B | Query |
| Pickle Lake | CBQP-FM | 105.1 | 83 watts | A1 | Query |
| Pikangikum | CBQU-FM | 100.3 | 34 watts | A1 | Query |
| Red Lake | CBEA-FM | 90.5 | 82 watts | A1 | Query |
| Sandy Lake | CBQV-FM | 101.1 | 37 watts | A1 | Query |
| Savant Lake | CBQL-FM | 104.9 | 78 watts | A1 | Query |
| Schreiber | CBLB | 1340 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Sioux Lookout | CBLS | 1240 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| Sioux Narrows | CBQS-FM | 95.7 | 1,300 watts | A | Query |
| Terrace Bay | CBEH | 1010 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
| White River | CBLW | 1010 AM | 40 watts | LP | Query |
Some of CBQT-FM's repeaters currently operate on the AM dial. Future plans are possible to convert the repeaters to the FM dial.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ History of the former radio station CJLX at Canadian Communications Foundation
- ^ Decision CRTC 88-866
- ^ Northwestern Ontario Radio Stations at northpine.com - see under "Planned CBC stations".
[edit] External links
- CBC Thunder Bay
- CBQT History at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CBQT-FM
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