La Première Chaîne
Encyclopedia
Première Chaîne is a Canadian
French-language
radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada
, the public broadcaster in Canada
. It is generally reckoned as the French counterpart of CBC Radio One
.
The service is available across Canada, although not as widely as CBC Radio One. Only the provinces of Quebec
and Ontario
are served by more than one Première Chaîne originating station. In all other provinces, the whole province is served by a single station with multiple transmitters. The network does, however, reach 90 per cent of all Canadian francophone
s.
Each originating station outside of Montreal airs a national schedule, taken from CBF-FM
, complete with opted-out local/regional shows at peak times, depending on each market. News bulletins are aired live, irrespective of location.
The network may broadcast on either the AM or FM bands, depending on the market. A national version is available across North America called Première Plus, on Sirius Canada
channel 160. . Première Chaîne is also available in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East live via the Hotbird satellite on RCI-2
, Radio Canada International's French-language channel .
since 1933, but the French network was formally created on December 11, 1937 with the launch of CBF
in Montreal
.
In 1938, the station was expanded into a fledgling network with the launch of CBV
in Quebec City
and CBJ
in Chicoutimi. Also that year, the long-running soap opera
La Pension Velder, which ran until 1942 and was then revived in the 1950s as a television series, aired for the first time. The following year, the even more successful and influential Un Homme et son péché was launched.
For the first month of World War II
, Radio-Canada aired 24 hours a day, broadcasting war news from Europe. Also that year, the network broadcast its first Montreal Canadiens
hockey game.
In 1940, another popular radio soap, Jeunesse dorée, made its debut. In 1941, the network — which had previously relied on Canadian Press
reporters — launched its own news division. Also that year, the network launched two shortwave radio stations in Montreal to serve francophones outside of Quebec. Throughout the 1940s, however, the network's expansion in Quebec was accomplished primarily through private affiliate
stations.
In 1942, the network controversially refused to give airtime to the "No" side in the Conscription Plebiscite. Nonetheless, 72.9 per cent of Quebec voters were opposed.
In 1945, the International Service
was launched. In 1946, the network launched an experimental FM station in Montreal (which would become CBFX
), and expanded outside of Quebec for the first time with the launch of CKSB
as a private affiliate in St. Boniface, Manitoba, near Winnipeg
.
The network also had seven privately-owned affiliates:
In 1948, the influential children's series Tante Lucille and Gérard Pelletier
's public affairs program Les Idées en marche debuted. Also that year, three studios in Montreal's King's Hall building were destroyed in an explosion, leading Radio-Canada to centralize its operations in a new building on boulevard Dorchester
.
In 1952, the network became autonomous from the CBC head office in Toronto
. Previously, all programming decisions had to be reviewed by the Toronto staff in advance.
Through the 1960s, the network began to expand across Canada, taking over Toronto
's CJBC in October 1964, and launching Ottawa
's CBOF
in 1964 and Vancouver
's CBUF
in 1967. As well, influential broadcaster Lise Payette
launched her first program, Place aux femmes, in 1965.
The network eliminated tobacco
advertising in 1969, and eventually dropped all commercial advertising in 1974, except for Montreal Canadiens hockey games (which would move to the Radiomédia network in 1997). The Maison Radio-Canada
, which remains the flagship facility for all of Radio-Canada's broadcast services, was officially opened by Pierre Trudeau
in 1973, and Radio-Canada's FM network
was launched in 1974. Through the remainder of the 1970s, the network began to directly acquire many of its private affiliate stations, including CHFA
in Edmonton
, CFRG
in Gravelbourg
and CFNS
in Saskatoon
, although with the CBC's financial difficulties in the 1980s, this process was slowed down considerably.
The network was rebranded as Première Chaîne in 1997, concurrently with the rebranding of all of the CBC's radio networks.
In 1999, Radio-Canada applied to the CRTC for a license to launch a third all-news
station in Montreal, on the 690 AM frequency CBF
had surrendered in 1997 when it moved to FM. The application was rejected. Radio-Canada filed an appeal of the decision with the Federal Court of Appeal, which denied the request in October of that year.
In 2002, two of the network's last three remaining private affiliate stations, CKVM
in Ville-Marie
and CFLM
in La Tuque
, disaffiliated from the network, and the final private affiliate, CHLM
in Rouyn-Noranda, was directly acquired by the network in 2004. The network now directly owns all of the stations that broadcast its programming.
in studios at Maison Radio-Canada
in Montréal
and aired live across Québec
, Ontario
and the Atlantic provinces. In the Western provinces, programmes are delayed according to the respective local time zone, with local programming aired live.
National news is read at the top of every hour. Extended newscasts, called the Radiojournal air at 8:00, 9:00, 12:00, 17:00 and 18:00; other newscasts are brief summaries of headlines. Local newscasts air throughout the morning and afternoon on weekdays, either on the half hour or immediately following a national newscast. Local newscasts only air in the morning on weekends.
Note: The brief National Research Council Time Signal
airs daily at 12:00 Eastern Time Zone
across the network.
In the Atlantic provinces the national schedule airs live, with programme trailers announcing the broadcast time as one hour later (for example- "huit heures, neuf heures dans les maritimes"). Due to the time difference, local programming airs one hour earlier to schedule, with Le réveil starting at 6:00 AM AT
, 6:30 AM NT. A hour-long filler programme, Au ryhtme des courants also airs at 9:00 AM AT
.
Radio Nord Québec airs a hybrid French/English schedule, produced from CBF-FM and transmitted via shortwave to communities in the Nord-du-Québec
region.
The schedule for Sirius Canada (Première Plus) airs live across North America from CBF-FM
in Montréal, meaning programmes are broadcast using the Eastern Time Zone
. However music replaces the general schedule from 17:00 weekdays (19:00 weekends) until the next day of programming.
Listeners in Europe, Middle East and North Africa also receive direct programming from CBF-FM
Montréal, with RCI
's own shows inserted into the schedule in the morning and evening.
as Monday to Thursday except:
Some of the former Radio-Canada French network transmitters that once operated on the AM dial can be viewed here. Historically, Première Chaîne has broadcast primarily on the AM band, but many stations have moved over to FM. Over the years, a number of CBC radio transmitters with a majority of them on the AM band have either moved to FM or had shutdown completely. See: List of defunct CBC radio transmitters in Canada (Première Chaîne)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
French-language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
radio network, the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada
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...
, the public broadcaster in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is generally reckoned as the French counterpart of CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
.
The service is available across Canada, although not as widely as CBC Radio One. Only the provinces of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
and Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
are served by more than one Première Chaîne originating station. In all other provinces, the whole province is served by a single station with multiple transmitters. The network does, however, reach 90 per cent of all Canadian francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
s.
Each originating station outside of Montreal airs a national schedule, taken from CBF-FM
CBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
, complete with opted-out local/regional shows at peak times, depending on each market. News bulletins are aired live, irrespective of location.
The network may broadcast on either the AM or FM bands, depending on the market. A national version is available across North America called Première Plus, on Sirius Canada
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
channel 160. . Première Chaîne is also available in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East live via the Hotbird satellite on RCI-2
Radio Canada International
Radio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
, Radio Canada International's French-language channel .
History
Some French-language programming had aired on the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission's CRCMCBME-FM
- External links :* * at Canadian Communications Foundation...
since 1933, but the French network was formally created on December 11, 1937 with the launch of CBF
CBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
In 1938, the station was expanded into a fledgling network with the launch of CBV
CBV-FM
CBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair....
in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
and CBJ
CBJ-FM
CBJ-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 93.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and...
in Chicoutimi. Also that year, the long-running soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
La Pension Velder, which ran until 1942 and was then revived in the 1950s as a television series, aired for the first time. The following year, the even more successful and influential Un Homme et son péché was launched.
For the first month of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Radio-Canada aired 24 hours a day, broadcasting war news from Europe. Also that year, the network broadcast its first Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
hockey game.
In 1940, another popular radio soap, Jeunesse dorée, made its debut. In 1941, the network — which had previously relied on Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Canadian Press Enterprises Inc. is the entity which "will take over the operations of the Canadian Press" according to a November 26, 2010 article in the Toronto Star...
reporters — launched its own news division. Also that year, the network launched two shortwave radio stations in Montreal to serve francophones outside of Quebec. Throughout the 1940s, however, the network's expansion in Quebec was accomplished primarily through private affiliate
Affiliate
An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.- Corporate structure :A corporation may be referred to as an affiliate of another when it is related to it but not strictly controlled by it, as with a subsidiary relationship, or when it is desired to avoid...
stations.
In 1942, the network controversially refused to give airtime to the "No" side in the Conscription Plebiscite. Nonetheless, 72.9 per cent of Quebec voters were opposed.
In 1945, the International Service
Radio Canada International
Radio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
was launched. In 1946, the network launched an experimental FM station in Montreal (which would become CBFX
CBFX-FM
- External links :** at Canadian Communications Foundation...
), and expanded outside of Quebec for the first time with the launch of CKSB
CKSB (AM)
CKSB is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1050 AM and 90.5 FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is an affiliate of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network.-History:...
as a private affiliate in St. Boniface, Manitoba, near Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
.
The network also had seven privately-owned affiliates:
- CHGB, Sainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreSainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, QuebecSaint-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Miles McCall...
, 250 watts - CHLT, Sherbrooke, 1,000 watts
- CHNC, New CarlisleNew Carlisle, QuebecNew Carlisle, Quebec is a small town in the Gaspé region of Quebec, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking...
, 1,000 watts - CJBR, Rimouski, 1,000 watts
- CJFP, Rivière-du-Loup, 250 watts
- CKRN, Rouyn, 250 watts
- CKCH, HullHull, QuebecHull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand...
, 250 watts - CKCV, Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, 1,000 watts
In 1948, the influential children's series Tante Lucille and Gérard Pelletier
Gérard Pelletier
Gérard Pelletier, PC, CC worked as a journalist for Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-in-chief of the Montreal daily and North America's largest French circulating newspaper, La Presse...
's public affairs program Les Idées en marche debuted. Also that year, three studios in Montreal's King's Hall building were destroyed in an explosion, leading Radio-Canada to centralize its operations in a new building on boulevard Dorchester
René Lévesque Boulevard
René Lévesque Boulevard is one of the main streets in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is a main east-west thoroughfare passing through the downtown core in the borough of Ville-Marie. The street begins on the west at Atwater Avenue and continues until it merges with Notre Dame Street East just east...
.
In 1952, the network became autonomous from the CBC head office in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. Previously, all programming decisions had to be reviewed by the Toronto staff in advance.
Through the 1960s, the network began to expand across Canada, taking over Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
's CJBC in October 1964, and launching Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
's CBOF
CBOF-FM
CBOF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Ottawa, Ontario.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 90.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 84,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and...
in 1964 and Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
's CBUF
CBUF-FM
The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the Association Franco-Yukonnaise.-External links:** at Canadian Communications Foundation...
in 1967. As well, influential broadcaster Lise Payette
Lise Payette
Lise Payette, is a Quebec politician, feminist, writer and columnist. She was a Parti Québécois minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion....
launched her first program, Place aux femmes, in 1965.
The network eliminated tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
advertising in 1969, and eventually dropped all commercial advertising in 1974, except for Montreal Canadiens hockey games (which would move to the Radiomédia network in 1997). The Maison Radio-Canada
Maison Radio-Canada
Maison Radio-Canada is a skyscraper in Montreal, constructed in 1973 as a home for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's operations in Montreal....
, which remains the flagship facility for all of Radio-Canada's broadcast services, was officially opened by Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
in 1973, and Radio-Canada's FM network
Espace musique
Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
was launched in 1974. Through the remainder of the 1970s, the network began to directly acquire many of its private affiliate stations, including CHFA
CHFA (AM)
CHFA is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Edmonton, Alberta.The station, which broadcasts on 680 AM, was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service to Edmonton, and was directly acquired by...
in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, CFRG
CFRG (AM)
CFRG was a Canadian radio station, which broadcast in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan from 1952 to 1973. A private affiliate of Radio-Canada, the station was owned by Radio-Gravelbourg Ltée.CFRG originally aired at 1230 AM...
in Gravelbourg
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
-Education:The town has for the past four decades been noteworthy for College Mathieu, a francophone boarding school for boys and girls who wish to acquire or retain fluency in French...
and CFNS
CFNS (AM)
CFNS was a Canadian radio station, which broadcast in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 1952 to 1973. A private affiliate of Radio-Canada, the station was owned by Radio-Prairies-Nord Ltée....
in Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....
, although with the CBC's financial difficulties in the 1980s, this process was slowed down considerably.
The network was rebranded as Première Chaîne in 1997, concurrently with the rebranding of all of the CBC's radio networks.
In 1999, Radio-Canada applied to the CRTC for a license to launch a third all-news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
station in Montreal, on the 690 AM frequency CBF
CBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
had surrendered in 1997 when it moved to FM. The application was rejected. Radio-Canada filed an appeal of the decision with the Federal Court of Appeal, which denied the request in October of that year.
In 2002, two of the network's last three remaining private affiliate stations, CKVM
CKVM-FM
CKVM-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Ville-Marie, Quebec.Owned and operated by Radio Témiscamingue , it broadcasts on 93.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 18,400 watts using an omnidirectional antenna...
in Ville-Marie
Ville-Marie, Quebec
Ville-Marie is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec, Canada. It is the largest city and seat of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec. As one of the oldest towns in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, it is considered the cradle of north-western Quebec and nicknamed "Pearl of...
and CFLM
CFLM (AM)
CFLM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in La Tuque, Quebec.Owned and operated by Radio Haute-Mauricie, it broadcasts on 1240 kHz with power of 1,000 watts as a class C station, using an omnidirectional antenna....
in La Tuque
La Tuque, Quebec
La Tuque is a city in south central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 2006, it had a population of 11,821 Latuquois....
, disaffiliated from the network, and the final private affiliate, CHLM
CHLM-FM
CHLM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 90.7 FM in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The station broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network....
in Rouyn-Noranda, was directly acquired by the network in 2004. The network now directly owns all of the stations that broadcast its programming.
Programming
The majority of the national schedule is produced for flagship station CBF-FMCBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
in studios at Maison Radio-Canada
Maison Radio-Canada
Maison Radio-Canada is a skyscraper in Montreal, constructed in 1973 as a home for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's operations in Montreal....
in Montréal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and aired live across Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and the Atlantic provinces. In the Western provinces, programmes are delayed according to the respective local time zone, with local programming aired live.
National news is read at the top of every hour. Extended newscasts, called the Radiojournal air at 8:00, 9:00, 12:00, 17:00 and 18:00; other newscasts are brief summaries of headlines. Local newscasts air throughout the morning and afternoon on weekdays, either on the half hour or immediately following a national newscast. Local newscasts only air in the morning on weekends.
Note: The brief National Research Council Time Signal
National Research Council Time Signal
The National Research Council Time Signal is Canada's longest running but shortest radio programme. Heard every day since November 5, 1939 , shortly before 13:00 Eastern Time across the CBC Radio One network, it lasts between 15 and 45 seconds, ending exactly at 13:00...
airs daily at 12:00 Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
across the network.
Regional differences
There are various regional adjustments to the national schedule. Maisonneuve en direct, a weekday phone-in show, airs live across Canada, (in the same way as its English-language counterpart, Cross-Country Checkup), and as such, following programs are delayed.In the Atlantic provinces the national schedule airs live, with programme trailers announcing the broadcast time as one hour later (for example- "huit heures, neuf heures dans les maritimes"). Due to the time difference, local programming airs one hour earlier to schedule, with Le réveil starting at 6:00 AM AT
Atlantic Standard Time Zone
The Atlantic Standard Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps time by subtracting four hours from either Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time , resulting in UTC-4 or GMT-4...
, 6:30 AM NT. A hour-long filler programme, Au ryhtme des courants also airs at 9:00 AM AT
Atlantic Standard Time Zone
The Atlantic Standard Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps time by subtracting four hours from either Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean Time , resulting in UTC-4 or GMT-4...
.
Radio Nord Québec airs a hybrid French/English schedule, produced from CBF-FM and transmitted via shortwave to communities in the Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec
Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With , of which are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec....
region.
The schedule for Sirius Canada (Première Plus) airs live across North America from CBF-FM
CBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
in Montréal, meaning programmes are broadcast using the Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
. However music replaces the general schedule from 17:00 weekdays (19:00 weekends) until the next day of programming.
Listeners in Europe, Middle East and North Africa also receive direct programming from CBF-FM
CBF-FM
CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
Montréal, with RCI
Radio Canada International
Radio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
's own shows inserted into the schedule in the morning and evening.
Schedule (as of October 2011)
In June 2001 it was announced that Christiane Charette is to stand down from her self-titled mid-morning show from June 2011. It was replaced in September 2011 by a similar programme, Médium large, hosted by Catherine Perrin.Monday-Thursday
- 5:00 - 5:30 - C'est bien meilleur le matin
- 5:30 - 9:00 - Local morning shows (C'est bien meilleur le matin continues on CBF-FMCBF-FMCBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
. Radiojournal is broadcast at 8:00) - 9:00 - 11:00 - Médium large - current affairs
- 11:00 - 12:00 - Maisonneuve en direct - aired live across Canada
- 12:00 - 12:15 - Radiojournal - national news bulletin
- 12:15 - 13:00 - Regional noon shows (Maisonneuve en direct continues in Québec and Atlantic provinces)
- 13:00 - 15:00 - L'après-midi porte conseil
- 15:00 - 17:00 - Local afternoon shows (Désautels on CBF-FMCBF-FMCBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
) - 17:00 - 17:15 - Radiojournal
- 17:30 - 18:30 - Désautels
- 18:30 - 19:00 - Classe économique - Financial news round-up.
- 19:00 - 20:00 - Bien dans son assiette - Programme about food. Produced by CBV-FMCBV-FMCBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair....
- 20:00 - 21:00 - Plus on des fous, plus on lit. Book show.
- 21:00 - 22:00 - Monday: Le 21e, Tuesday: L'histoire des objets, Wednesday: Les mercredis lumières, Thursday: De remarquables oubliés
- 22:00 - 23:30 - Culture physique - Sports round-up
- 23:30 - 0:00 - Tam-tam Canada - Programme for recent immigrants to Canada. Produced for Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
- 0:00 - 5:00 - La nuit qui bat - late-night current affairs
Friday
as Monday to Thursday except:
- 19:00 - 20:00 - Le Sportnographe
- 20:00 - 21:30 - Génératrice
- 21:30 - 0:00 - Bande à partBande à partBande à part is a 1964 Nouvelle vague film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group."...
- 0:00 - 2:00 - Studio 12 - radio version of the television show of the same name, produced by Télévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
- 2:00 - 6:00 - Le temps d'une nuit
Saturdays
- 6:00 - 7:00 - Bien dans son assiette - highlights from the past week. Produced by CBV-FMCBV-FMCBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair....
- 7:00 - 11:00 - Local morning shows (Samedi et rien d'autre on CBF-FMCBF-FMCBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns...
) - 11:00 - 12:00 - À la semaine prochaine - satirical comedy show
- 12:00 - 12:15 - Radiojournal
- 12:15 - 1:00 - Faut pas croire tout ce qu'on dit - Political magazine
- 13:00 - 14:00 - Pouvez-vous répéter la question? - news quiz
- 14:00 - 16:00 - Boulliant de culture
- 16:00 - 17:00 - La sphere
- 17:00 - 19:00 - La tête ailleurs
- 19:00 - 20:00 - Communautaire 36
- 20:00 - 0:00 - Par 4 chemins - Long-running programme; reflections on society
- 12:00 - 1:00 - Le courrier mondial - Produced for Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
- 1:00 - 2:00 - Pomme et mandarine - Produced for Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
- 2:00 - 5:00 - Vent d'Est
Sundays
- 5:00 - 6:00 - Pomme et mandarine - Produced for Radio Canada InternationalRadio Canada InternationalRadio Canada International is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1970, it was known as the CBC International Service and was sometimes referred to as the "Voice of Canada" in its early years.- The early years :The idea for creating an...
- 6:00 - 10:00 - Dessine-moi un dimanche - Current affairs
- 10:00 - 12:00 - Dimanche magazine
- 12:00 - 12:15 - Radiojournal - news bulletin
- 12:15 - 14:00 - Les années lumières
- 14:00 - 15:00 - Babylone café - Culture
- 15:00 - 16:00 - La belle epoque des radioromans - Radio serials of the past
- 16:00 - 17:00 - À la semaine prochaine (repeat)
- 17:00 - 19:00 - La tête ailleurs
- 19:00 - 20:00 - La librairie francophone - Produced by Radio FranceRadio FranceRadio France is a French public service radio broadcaster.-Mission:Radio France's two principal missions are:* To create and expand the programming on all of their stations; and...
in Paris. Co-production between adio France], Radio-Canada, RTBFRTBFRadio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...
and Radio Suisse RomandeRadio Suisse RomandeRadio suisse romande is an enterprise unit within public-broadcasting corporation SRG SSR. It is responsible for the production and transmission of French-language radio programmes in Switzerland... - 20:00 - 23:00 - Tout le monde en parle (simulcastSimulcastSimulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
of program of same name with Télévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-CanadaTélévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
) - 23:00 - 0:00 - Le Sportnographe (repeat)
- 0:00 - 5:00 - La nuit qui bat - late-night current affairs
Stations
In addition to primary production centres listed here, most stations in the network also serve a larger region through rebroadcasters. Due to the significant number of such rebroadcast frequencies, those are listed in each individual station's article rather than here.| Frequency | Call sign | Location | Region served |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM 88.1 | CBAF-FM-15 CBAF-FM-15 CBAF-FM-15 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 88.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 33,500 watts and a peak effective... |
Charlottetown Charlottetown Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885... |
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
| AM 680 | CHFA CHFA (AM) CHFA is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Edmonton, Alberta.The station, which broadcasts on 680 AM, was launched in 1949 by a local non-profit consortium to bring French radio service to Edmonton, and was directly acquired by... |
Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
| FM 92.3 | CBAF-FM-5 CBAF-FM-5 CBAF-FM-5 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 92.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 91,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk... |
Halifax | Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
| FM 102.1 | CBGA-FM CBGA-FM CBGA-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Matane, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 102.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,930 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and... |
Matane Matane Matane is a city in Quebec, Canada.Matane may also refer to:*Matane , Quebec*Matane Regional County Municipality, Quebec*Matane River, Quebec*Paulias Matane, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea... |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| FM 88.5 | CBAF-FM CBAF-FM CBAF-FM-5 in Halifax and CBAF-FM-15 in Charlottetown were once satellites of CBAF, but are now stations in their own right despite retaining rebroadcaster-like callsigns. CBAF-FM-5 and CBAF-FM-15 officially became separately licenced in 1987 and 1994 respectively.... |
Moncton | New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
| FM 95.1 | CBF-FM CBF-FM CBF-FM-10 in Sherbrooke and CBF-FM-8 in Trois-Rivières were once full satellites of CBF-FM, but have been separately licenced since 2000 , despite still having rebroadcaster-like callsigns... |
Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Greater Montreal Area Greater Montreal Area Greater Montreal is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec.Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area in Québec. As of 2009, Statistics Canada identifies Montréal's Census Metropolitan Area as Canada's second most populous with a population of 3,859,318... , Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With , of which are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec.... |
| FM 90.7 | CBOF-FM CBOF-FM CBOF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Ottawa, Ontario.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 90.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 84,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and... |
Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River... , Outaouais |
| FM 106.3 | CBV-FM CBV-FM CBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair.... |
Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale is one of 17 administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. Quebec City, Quebec's centre of government, is located in this region. It has a land area of 18,638.7 km2... , Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" |the electoral district of Beauce]]). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains.... |
| FM 97.7 | CBKF-FM CBKF-FM CBKF-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network at 97.7 FM in Regina, Saskatchewan.-History:The station was launched on April 24, 1975... |
Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... |
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
| FM 89.1 | CJBR-FM CJBR-FM CJBR-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 19,400 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800... |
Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec.It has a population of 200,653 and a land area of 22,232.11 km² .-Subdivisions:... |
| FM 90.7 | CHLM-FM CHLM-FM CHLM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 90.7 FM in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The station broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network.... |
Rouyn-Noranda | Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a region located in western Quebec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of 57,674.26 km2 . As of the 2006 census, the population of the region was 143,872 inhabitants.-History:The land was first occupied... |
| FM 93.7 | CBJ-FM CBJ-FM CBJ-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 93.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and... |
Saguenay Saguenay, Quebec Saguenay is a city in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River, about north of Quebec City.... |
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region... |
| FM 98.1 | CBSI-FM CBSI-FM CBSI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sept-Îles, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 98.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 96,700 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format... |
Sept-Îles Sept-Îles, Quebec For the islands in north of Brittany, see JentilezSept-Îles is a city in the Côte-Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada. It is the northernmost town in Quebec with any significant population... |
Côte-Nord Côte-Nord Côte-Nord is the second largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec... |
| FM 101.1 | CBF-FM-10 CBF-FM-10 CBF-FM-10 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Sherbrooke, Quebec.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 101.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 35,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk... |
Sherbrooke | Estrie Estrie The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."... |
| FM 98.1 | CBON-FM CBON-FM CBON-FM is a Canadian radio station. It broadcasts the Société Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network at 98.1 FM in Sudbury, Ontario. The station also serves much of Northern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.-History:... |
Sudbury | Northern Ontario Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population... |
| AM 860 | CJBC CJBC (AM) -External links:* * * at Canadian Communications Foundation... |
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Greater Toronto Area Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York... , Central Ontario |
| FM 96.5 | CBF-FM-8 CBF-FM-8 CBF-FM-8 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.Owned and operated by public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as part of the French-language Société Radio-Canada system, it broadcasts on 96.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average... |
Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec... |
Mauricie Mauricie Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents... |
| FM 97.7 | CBUF-FM CBUF-FM The transmitter in Whitehorse is not owned by the CBC, but is licensed to the Association Franco-Yukonnaise.-External links:** at Canadian Communications Foundation... |
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... , Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
| AM 540 | CBEF | Windsor Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor... |
Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron to the Lake Erie shoreline, and east to south-west roughly from Guelph to Windsor. The region had a population... |
| AM 1050 | CKSB CKSB (AM) CKSB is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1050 AM and 90.5 FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is an affiliate of Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network.-History:... |
Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
| Sirius 160 | Première Plus | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas... |
Some of the former Radio-Canada French network transmitters that once operated on the AM dial can be viewed here. Historically, Première Chaîne has broadcast primarily on the AM band, but many stations have moved over to FM. Over the years, a number of CBC radio transmitters with a majority of them on the AM band have either moved to FM or had shutdown completely. See: List of defunct CBC radio transmitters in Canada (Première Chaîne)