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CBD-FM

Radio station in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Field	Value
logo	Cbc radio one saint-john.svg
format	News/Talk
owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
name	CBD-FM
city	Saint John, New Brunswick
country	CA
network	CBC Radio One
area	Southwestern New Brunswick
airdate
frequency
erp
coordinates
class	C
haat	374.6 m
website	CBC New Brunswick
callsign_meaning	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation D
licensing_authority	CRTC
former_frequencies	1110 kHz (1964–1988)

CBD-FM (91.3 MHz) is a non-commercial public radio station in Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the local Radio One station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is owned by the Canadian government. The studios are on King Street in Saint John.

It is a Class C station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 88,960 watts horizontal and 22,243 watts vertical. The tower is at a height above average terrain (HAAT) of 374.6 m.FCCdata.org/CBD-FM The transmitter is on Mount Champlain in Petersville Parish, New Brunswick. Even though Fredericton has its own CBC Radio One station, CBZF-FM 99.5 FM, CBD-FM can easily be heard in the provincial capital.

History

Former Radio One Saint John logo prior to 2007.

CBD was launched on October 15, 1964. It originally broadcast on 1110 AM. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming was aired on private network affiliate CHSJ 890 AM.

The CBC began converting many of its stations to FM in the 1980s. A CBD simulcast on 91.3 FM began on May 13, 1981. The AM transmitter was shut down in September 1988, leaving programming only on the FM dial.

Local programming

On weekday mornings, CBD-FM produces the Saint John-focused news and current-affairs program, Information Morning Saint John. The weekday afternoon drive time program is Shift, which is broadcast on CBC Radio One stations around New Brunswick.

Notable Staff

Current

Rachel Cave - Host of Information Morning Saint John
Sarah Trainor - Morning news reader, CBC News
Cindy Grant - Technical Director
Megan MacAlpine - Associate Producer, Information Morning
Steven Webb - Producer/Editor, CBC News
Rachel Cave - CBC News
Colin McPhail - CBC News
Robert Jones - CBC News
Connell Smith - CBC News
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon - CBC News
Peter Anawati - CBC News
Grahame Thompson - CBC News
Roger Cosman - CBC News

Former

Eleanor Austin, CBC Radio 1982–96; Producer of Rolling Home Show & Mainstreet, Writer-Broadcaster on Information Morning
Nancy Watson, Producer of Rolling Home Show
Susan Lambert, Information Morning Producer, Executive Producer
Sandy Lumsden, Founding Executive Producer of CBD
Roy Geldart, newsreader for/co-host of Information Morning (now retired)
Julia Wright, former host of Information Morning
Hance Colburne, former host of Information Morning
Costas Halavrezos, former host of The Rolling Home Show
Jeff Collins, former host with above, then host at CBC Calgary (now retired)
Stan Carew (went on to host of Weekend Mornings, produced at CBHA-FM Halifax, died on July 6, 2015)
Brent Bambury (currently host of Day 6 on CBC Radio One)
Harvey MacLeod, producer of MainStreet and The Rolling Home Show (now retired)
Gary Mittelholtz, reporter/host of MainStreet and The Rolling Home Show (died on March 15, 2010)
Jo-Ann Roberts, host/reporter (now at CBCV-FM Victoria)
Christiane Vianncourt, host of Information Morning (now with Rogers Cable)
Paul Castle, former host of Information Morning and Mainstreet/Shift

Rebroadcasters

On June 11, 2013, the CBC submitted an application to the CRTC to convert CBAO 990 to 88.1 FM; this application was approved on November 6, 2013. On July 3, 2014, the CBC received approval from the CRTC to change CBD-FM-1's frequency to 106.3.

References

[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2001/DB2001-442.htm Decision CRTC 2001-442]
Decision CRTC 80-292
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-569.HTM Decision CRTC 87-569]
[https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/DocWebBroker/OpenDocument.aspx?AppNo=201308445 2013-0844-5] CBAO St. Stephen, NB to the FM band, ''CRTC'', June 11, 2013
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-590.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-590], CBD-FM Saint John – New transmitter in St. Stephen, ''CRTC'', November 6, 2013
[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2014/2014-352.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-352], CBD-FM Saint John and its transmitter CBD-FM-1 St. Stephen – Licence amendment, ''CRTC'', July 3, 2014

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