CBOQ-FM is a Canadian

Canada

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 radio station. It broadcasts the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

's CBC Radio 2 network at 103.3 FM in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

Ontario

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.

The station was launched in 1947 as CBO-FM. It adopted its current callsign in 1991, when its AM sister station CBO

CBO-FM

CBO-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Ottawa, airing at 91.5 FM, and serves much of Eastern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.-History:...

 moved to the FM band.

CBOQ-FM transmits from the Ryan Tower

Ryan Tower

Ryan Tower is a tall guyed mast on the Clifford Slope of Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. Erected in 1968, its top is above sea level, making it the highest point in the Ottawa/Gatineau area and an easy-to-spot landmark....

 transmitter site in Chelsea, Quebec

Chelsea, Quebec

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, along with most other Ottawa FM stations.

Rebroadcasters

External links

• CBC Ottawa
• CBOQ History at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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