Format public broadcasting | Frequency 103.5 MHz (FM) | |
Branding Ici Radio-Canada PremièreIci Nord-Québec | ||
CBFG-FM is a mainly-French-language Canadian radio station located in Chisasibi, Quebec.
Contents
It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), which is owned by the Government of Canada. It broadcasts on 103.5 MHz with an average effective radiated power of 85 watts (class A1).
The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is the flagship of the regional Ici Nord-Québec network, which carries programming from the Canada-wide Ici Radio-Canada Première network, and some regional programming. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono. The network serves ten First Nations communities in Nord-du-Québec and adjacent regions.
Programming
During most of its programming day, CBFG-FM largely rebroadcasts Radio-Canada flagship CBF-FM in Montreal, including morning program Gravel le matin, afternoon show Le 15-18, and Saturday morning program Samedi et rien d'autre. However, on weekdays, the station cuts away for local programming pertinent to the local community: Cree language programs Winshgaoug (8 a.m., pre-empting final hour of Gravel le matin), Eyou Dipajimoon (12 noon, pre-empting the first 60 minutes of Midi Info) and Ashûmîyi (5 p.m., pre-empting final hour of Le 15-18), plus French-language program Soirée boréale at 6 p.m., pre-empting L'heure du monde. The Cree-language programs are produced in association with the James Bay Cree Communications Society, which own several radio stations of their own in the region, including flagship CINI-FM in Mistissini and CHFG-FM in Chisasibi, among others.
As of CBFG-FM's 2001 licence renewal, the station was obligated by its licence conditions to broadcast 80 hours of locally produced programming per week in the Cree language. However, the amount of Cree-language programming was reduced to 15 hours per week as of 2015; it is unknown if the CBC petitioned the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow reductions in Cree programming.
Transmitters
At least seven of these transmitters used to be repeaters of CBF-FM: CBFA-FM-1 Manawan, CBFA-FM-2 Obedjiwan, CBFW-FM Wemindji, CBFM-FM Mistissini, CBFA-3 (later re-called CBFG-FM-3) Wemotaci, CBFH-FM Waskaganish, and CBFV-FM Waswanipi; these repeaters changed their source of programming from CBF-FM to CBFG-FM following approval by the CRTC on October 30, 2012. It is unknown if CBFG-FM was a repeater of CBF-FM.
On July 15, 2015, the CRTC renewed CBFG's licence and those of its transmitters until August 31, 2018.