CBBS-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Sudbury
Frequency90.1 MHz (FM)
BrandingCBC Music
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatClassical music/Jazz/Adult contemporary
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBCS-FM, CBBX-FM, CBON-FM
History
First air date
March 29, 2001
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation B Sudbury
Technical information
ClassB
ERP50 kW
HAAT120.9 m (396 ft 8 in)
Transmitter coordinates
46°30′14″N 80°58′03″W / 46.5039°N 80.9675°W / 46.5039; -80.9675
Links
WebsiteCBC Sudbury

CBBS-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's CBC Music network on 90.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario.

The station was originally licensed by the CRTC in 1984.[1] However, due to financial constraints at the CBC, the station was never launched, and the CBC was forced in 1991 to surrender all of its non-operating licenses.[2] The license surrender left Sudbury as one of the largest cities in all of Canada not served by the CBC's music network.[3]

The CBC subsequently applied for a new license, which was awarded in 2000,[4] and the station launched on March 29, 2001.[5] The network's Take Five, hosted by Shelley Solmes, broadcast from the Art Gallery of Sudbury the day of the station's launch.[5]

Transmitters

At present, the station only broadcasts in Sudbury. In long-term expansion plans that the CBC has filed with the CRTC, the station was slated to add rebroadcasters in Elliot Lake, Iron Bridge, Kapuskasing, Little Current, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Temiskaming Shores, Timmins and Wawa, although no firm timeframe for this service expansion has been announced.

References

  1. ↑ CRTC Decision 84-906
  2. ↑ Decision CRTC 91-687
  3. ↑ "CBC gears up for new season: CBC Northern Ontario Radio launches 2000/2001 season on Sept. 4". Sudbury Star, August 26, 2000.
  4. ↑ CRTC Decision 2000-195
  5. 1 2 "CBC launches Radio Two in Sudbury". Sudbury Star, March 30, 2001.


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