CBCL-FM is a Canadian

Canada

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 radio station. It is the 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...

 station in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

, broadcasting at 93.5 FM.

Local programming

CBCL has its own local news bureau, but presently all programming apart from regional news updates during Ontario Morning

Ontario Morning

Ontario Morning is a Canadian radio program, which airs on most CBC Radio One transmitters in Southern Ontario except for the originating stations in Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor....

comes from the CBC Toronto studio.

History

The station was launched in 1978. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming was aired on private affiliate CFPL

CFPL (AM)

CFPL, or AM980, is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London, Ontario, Canada that transmits at 10,000 watts at 980 kHz on the AM dial. The station primarily airs news, talk and sports programming.-History:...

 980 in the AM band. CBCL started out as a rebroadcaster of CBL

CBLA-FM

CBLA-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the flagship station of the CBC Radio One network, broadcasting at 99.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario.- History :...

 740 Toronto, but was granted a separate licence in 1998 and began producing a limited amount of local programming. From 1998-2004 it produced its own local newscasts which aired during Ontario Morning, separately from regional news heard on all other stations airing Ontario Morning. The two news feeds were merged in 2004. Regional news originating from London is hosted by Gary Ennet or Kerry McKee.

In September 2011, the CBC announced plans to expand CBCL's local programming for the London area beginning in 2012. Specific programming details have yet to be confirmed.

External links

• CBC Toronto
• CBCL-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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