CBCV-FM is a Canadian

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...

 radio station, which broadcasts the programming of 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...

 network in Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, 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...

 and throughout Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

. The station airs at 90.5 on the FM dial.

History

The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in 1997, and was launched in 1998. At the same time, the station was licensed to add a rebroadcaster at Metchosin

Metchosin, British Columbia

The District of Metchosin is a small, coastal community in the metro Greater Victoria region of British Columbia. It is part of the Western Communities and one of the 13 regional municipalities. Many Metchosinites are small farmers . Most are retired or work outside the community...

, and took over 13 existing rebroadcasters of 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 CBU

CBU (AM)

CBU is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network in Vancouver, British Columbia. The station broadcasts from Steveston on 690 AM and from Mount Seymour on 88.1 FM....

.

Prior to the station's launch, Victoria was the only provincial capital in Canada without its own CBC Radio production centre.

Local programming

The station's local programs

CBC Radio One local programming

Stations in Canada's CBC Radio One network each produce some local programming in addition to the network schedule.The amount of local programming may vary from station to station. For instance, some stations in smaller markets may produce their own morning show, but air an afternoon show from...

 are On the Island, hosted by Gregor Craigie, in the mornings and All Points West

All Points West (radio program)

All Points West is a Canadian radio program. Produced from the studios of CBCV-FM in Victoria, British Columbia, the program airs on that station and its rebroadcasters on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast....

, hosted by Jo-Ann Roberts, in the afternoons. Both programs broadcast exclusively on CBCV-FM and its rebroadcasters on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

Transmitters

The only major city on Vancouver Island without its own CBC Radio transmitter is Nanaimo, which receives Vancouver's CBU signal directly. The CBC applied to the CRTC to add a rebroadcaster of CBCV at Nanaimo in 2007, contemporaneous with an application to convert the Vancouver station to FM. As few FM frequencies remain available in the Vancouver-Victoria market, however, the applications were denied. CBU was permitted to add a nested low-power rebroadcaster in the urban core of Vancouver, but was required to maintain the AM signal to serve outlying areas, including Nanaimo.

External links

• CBC Radio One
• CBCV history at Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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