CBME-FM is an English-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.
Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 88.5 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,510 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 25,000 watts (class B) from a transmitter atop Mount Royal.
The station has a commercial-free news/talk format and is part of the CBC Radio One network which operates across Canada. Like all CBC Radio One stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono. Some local shows and newscasts produced at CBME-FM are also heard on a chain of stations across Quebec.
Its studios and offices, along with those of sister stations CBM-FM (CBC Radio 2), CBF-FM, (Ici Radio-Canada Première) and CBFX-FM (Ici Musique) are located at Maison Radio-Canada at 1400 Rene-Levesque Boulevard East. Master control is at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto.
The station was launched in 1933 on AM 1050 and was originally known as CRCM, operated by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. When ownership was transferred to the CBC in 1937, the station call sign became CBM and the frequency was changed to 960. On March 29, 1941, like most radio stations in North America, CBM moved to a new frequency - 940. Originally 5000 watts, the station's power was increased to 50,000 watts.
CBM may refer to:
Telegraph Creek Airport, (IATA: YTX, TC LID: CBM5), was located near to Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
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