City | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
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Broadcast area | Prince Edward Island |
Branding | Ici Radio-Canada Première |
Frequency | 88.1 MHz (FM) |
Format | public broadcasting |
ERP | 94.2 kW (peak) |
Class | C |
Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Website | Ici Radio-Canada Première |
Coordinates: 46°14′50″N 63°08′6″W / 46.24722°N 63.13500°W
CBAF-FM-15 is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French : Société Radio-Canada), it broadcasts on 88.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 33,500 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 94,200 watts (class C).
The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, it broadcasts in mono.
The station signed on sometime in the late 1970s as a rebroadcaster of CBAF in Moncton. On October 3, 1983, a first radio show was produced for the Island from Moncton (La marée de l'Île, hosted by Maurice Arsenault). In 1994, it officially became a separate station, though it still has rebroadcaster-like calls.