CBLA-FM-2

CBLA-FM-2, operating as CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, is the CBC Radio One station licensed to Paris, Ontario, Canada but primarily serving the nearby Regional Municipality of Waterloo. It broadcasts on the FM band at 89.1 MHz.

Previously licensed as a rebroadcaster of CBLA-FM Toronto, it began originating a limited amount of programming targeting Waterloo Region and surrounding cities in March 2013.

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's morning program, The Morning Edition, hosted by Craig Norris, originates from studios on King Street West in Kitchener and airs weekdays from 6:00 to 8:30 a.m.

History

Prior to 1999, the Kitchener-Waterloo area received CBC Radio programming through Toronto's CBL (740 kHz on the AM band), whose city-grade signal easily covered most of southern Ontario. On July 29, 1997, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the CBC's plan to move CBL to FM; this plan included provisions for new or improved rebroadcasters to serve areas that the new Toronto FM transmitter would not reach, including one at 89.1 FM in Paris.