CBSI-FM
Broadcast areaCôte-Nord
Frequency98.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingIci Radio-Canada Première
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
December 12, 1976 (as a repeater of CBGA Matane)
November 1, 1982 (as a local station)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sept-Iles
Technical information
ClassC
ERP96,700 watts
HAAT260.5 M
Links
WebsiteIci Radio-Canada Première

CBSI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec.

Owned and operated by Société Radio-Canada, it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts (class C) using an omnidirectional antenna.

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada.

History

Formerly established on December 12, 1976, as a rebroadcaster of Matane's CBGA, CBSI-FM was launched as a separate station in 1982. The station now has several rebroadcasters of its own throughout Quebec's Côte-Nord and in parts of Labrador.

Programming

The station's current local programs are Bonjour la côte, in the mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and Boréale 138 in the afternoons, 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBSI-FM also co-produces D'Est en est, a pan-regional program produced in turn with CBGA-FM and CJBR-FM Rimouski, and heard afternoons during the summer months. On public holidays, its local programs are replaced with local shows airing provincewide produced by different outlets in turn (except Montreal and Quebec City). Its Saturday morning program, Samedi et rien d'autre, originates from CBF-FM Montreal.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBSI-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC Decision
Aguanish CBSI-FM-14 105.9 FM294 wattsAQuery2022-24
Baie-Comeau CBSI-FM-24 106.1 FM1,900 wattsAQuery
Blanc-Sablon CBSI-FM-21 107.1 FM78 wattsAQuery
Fermont CBSI-FM-6 100.5 FM255 wattsAQuery2000-164
Harrington Harbour CBSI-FM-15 100.5 FM93 wattsA1Query93-614
Havre-Saint-Pierre CBSI-FM-7 92.5 FM25,300 wattsBQuery99-119
Natashquan CBSI-FM-5 99.9 FM260 wattsA1Query2018-53
Port-Menier CBSI-23 1130 AM40 wattsLPQuery
Rivière-Saint-Paul CBSI-FM-20 103.1 FM21 wattsA1Query
La Romaine CBSI-FM-8 99.9 FM50 wattsLPQuery2018-355
Saint-Augustin CBSI-FM-18 107.3 FM19 wattsA1Query
Schefferville CBSI-FM-2 91.1 FM111 wattsAQuery94-166
La Tabatière CBSI-FM-17 100.1 FM50 wattsAQuery96-289
Tête-à-la-Baleine CBSI-FM-16 103.5 FM22 wattsA1Query
Vieux-Fort CBSI-FM-19 91.7 FM26 wattsA1Query
Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador CBSI-FM-3 89.1 FM98 wattsA1Query88-207
Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador CBSI-FM-4 93.1 FM255 wattsAQuery95-441

In 1986, the CBC received CRTC approval to switch frequencies on a number of CBSI low-power AM rebroadcasters in Quebec.[1]

CBSI-FM-2 previously broadcast as CFKL, a local station owned by Hollinger-Ungava Transport Ltd. that operated at 1230 kHz. It is not known when the station began broadcasting, nor when it became a rebroadcaster of Radio-Canada, which acquired the station in 1965. By 1986, it was known as CBSI-2 (it would become CBSI-FM-2 upon conversion to 91.1 FM on July 15, 1994).[2]

On September 1, 2017, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-5 1100 kHz to 99.9 MHz.[3] On February 7, 2018, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to move CBSI-5 to 99.9 FM.[4]

On April 19, 2018, the CBC applied to convert CBSI-8 1550 to 99.9 MHz.[5] This was approved on September 6, 2018.[6]

On November 23, 2021, the CBC submitted an application to convert CBSI-14 1350 to 105.9 MHz.[7] The CRTC approved the CBC's application on February 2, 2022.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 86-21
  2. ↑ History of CFKL - Canadian Communications Foundation
  3. ↑ 2017-0772-0
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-53, CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Natashquan, CRTC, February 7, 2018
  5. ↑ 2018-0225-7
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2018-355, CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in La Romaine, CRTC, September 6, 2018
  7. ↑ 2021-0789-6
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-24, CBSI-FM Sept-Îles – New transmitter in Aguanish, CRTC, February 2, 2022

50°08′56″N 66°28′09″W / 50.14889°N 66.46917°W / 50.14889; -66.46917

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