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CBW-FM
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| Broadcast area | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Branding | CBC Radio Two |
| First air date | December 10, 1962 |
| Frequency | 98.3 MHz (FM) |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Winnipeg |
| Former callsigns | CFMW-FM (1962-1965) |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | CBC Manitoba |
CBW-FM is the callsign the CBC Radio Two station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The station broadcasts at 98.3 on the FM dial.
It was the originating station of the jazz program After Hours since 1993, but the program aired its final episode on March 16, 2007. Tonic, a similarly-themed program hosted from Montreal by Katie Malloch on weeknights and from Calgary by Tim Tamashiro on weekends, debuted in its place on March 19.
Winnipeg's second FM station launched on December 10, 1962 as a commercial classical music station with the call sign CFMW (Radio Fine Music Winnipeg). At the time it had the strongest FM signal in all of Canada at 354,000 watts, giving it a range of 200 miles.[1] it broadcast from a studio building at 4051 Pembina Hwy. in St. Norbert, Manitoba, although some programming came from CFAM Altona[2]
The CBC subsequently purchased the station in 1965.[3]
CBW-FM joined the CBC Stereo network at its start on November 3, 1975.[4]
CBW-FM has one rebroadcast transmitter, on FM 92.7 in Brandon.
See also CBW.
- ^ "Strongest FM Station Goes On Air Tonight", Winnipeg Free Press, December 10, 1962, p. 8.
- ^ "New FM Radio Station Goes On The Air Dec. 3", Winnipeg Free Press, November 2, 1962, p. 4.
- ^ "CBC Seeking CFMW", Winnipeg Free Press, CP newswire, March 15, 1965, p. 30.
- ^ "World's longest FM network goes into operation across Canada", Winnipeg Free Press, November 4, 1975, p. 8.
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