CBAF-FM-15

46°12′43.92″N 63°20′30.12″W / 46.2122000°N 63.3417000°W / 46.2122000; -63.3417000 (CBAF-FM-15 88.1 Charlottetown)

CBAF-FM-15
Broadcast area
Prince Edward Island
Frequency88.1 MHz
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
NetworkIci Radio-Canada Première
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
  • Late 1970s (as a CBAF repeater)
  • 1994 (1994) (as a separate station)
Call sign meaning
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Atlantic French
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ClassC
ERP30,164 watts average
88,000 watts peak horizontal polarization only
HAAT199 metres (653 ft)
Links
Websiteici.radio-canada.ca/premiere

CBAF-FM-15 is a French language Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 88.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 30,164 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 88,000 watts (class C).

The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.

The station signed on sometime in the late 1970s as a rebroadcaster of CBAF in Moncton. On October 3, 1983, a first radio show was produced for the Island from Moncton (La marée de l'Île, hosted by Maurice Arsenault). In 1994, it officially became a separate station, though it still has rebroadcaster-like calls.

The station has its own morning drive show, produced in Charlottetown since September 1, 1996. Denis Duchesne is the host of Le Réveil, Monday to Friday from 6 to 9 a.m. The rest of its programming is a simulcast of CBAF-FM-5 from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

On November 21, 2005, the CRTC granted CBAF-FM-15 to operate rebroadcasters in St. Edward and Urbainville to serve areas on the fringe of the primary transmitter's signal.

CBAF-FM-15 was originally identified as CBAF-29-FM; the call sign change took effect on September 1, 1989, as the old 1300 kHz signal of CBAF was shut down.

Transmitters

Rebroadcasters of CBAF-FM-15
City of licenceIdentifierFrequencyPowerClassRECNetCRTC DecisionNotes
St. Edward CBAF-FM-20 97.5 FM1880 wattsB1Query2005-54646°53′34.08″N 64°8′53.16″W / 46.8928000°N 64.1481000°W / 46.8928000; -64.1481000 (CBAF-FM-20 97.5 St. Edward)
Urbainville CBAF-FM-19 106.9 FM173 wattsA1Query2005-54546°27′37.08″N 64°3′10.08″W / 46.4603000°N 64.0528000°W / 46.4603000; -64.0528000 (CBAF-FM-19 106.9 Urbainville)

Notes

  1. 1 2 "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  2. ↑ http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1994/DB94-339.HTM ; compare with http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1993/PB93-136.htm where CBAF-FM-15 was considered by the CRTC as a rebroadcaster.
  3. ↑ Le Réveil - Île-du-Prince-Édouard
  4. ↑ Audiofil CBAFC
  5. ↑ Decision CRTC 89-561
  6. ↑ Decision CRTC 90-206
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