aside 16 Jan

CBC Radio ONE moving to FM?

Not so fast there, snappy! CBC has one more week to get in support. The process is pretty easy. The good folks at CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, not to be mistaken with the Communist Broadcasting Company) have laid out the directions to make it simple, and you can even do it on the web.

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/making-the-move-to-fm/

Mind you, CRTC’s website is a bit convoluted … but I’m sure you can do it! So see you on the other side and good luck in supporting a great radio station.

  • http://raj.jp Raj Taneja

    CBC Radio One will be on FM soon – they won the bid for the FM spectrum!

    From: Sheila Peacock
    Date: May 30 at 3:36pm

    Dear Supporters,

    Today the CRTC announced that CBC Radio Vancouver, officially known as CBU, has been granted the FM signal 88.1 in Metro Vancouver!

    But wait – it’s even better – we get to keep our 690 AM signal too so listeners can choose to hear us on either or both!

    We don’t have the exact launch date yet, but stay tuned and we’ll let you know as soon as we do. It will take a few months to get the infrastructure in place.

    And from all of us here at CBC Vancouver we would like to thank all of you, your family and friends who supported our Move to FM campaign!
    We had a goal of 1,000 letters of support and the CRTC received over 1,400… so thank you one and all.

    cheers, Sheila

  • Richard Macdonald

    Thanks for taking up the last bit of FM band that I had for my in-car transmitter. Now I can’t listen to my ipod. Way to go CBC.

  • http://www.raj.jp raj

    Richard, please allow me to educate me on the matter in a very simplistic format. The CRTC put the frequency up for use in 2007. Several radio operators applied for it – not just CBC. There was then a public process whereby members of the public could go out and show their support for WHO should get the frequency.

    Don’t blame the CBC – the frequency was up for grabs and made available by the CRTC. It’s through public support that allowed the CBC to be the preferred organization to get the 88.1.

    I would believe you have a couple of options in this situation which may make sense:

    1 – try to see if your in-car FM transmitter has an alternate frequency
    2 – failing the above, get an in-car FM transmitter that actually does have an alternate frequency

  • ben

    Richard I can help you with your ipod problem,

    put a little vaseline on it, set it on a chair, then sit down on it

    just after you get out of the shower, it ought to come in loud and clear after that.

    good luck

    Ben Dover