CBEW-FM
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| City | Windsor, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area | Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia |
| Branding | CBC Radio One |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz (FM) |
| Translator(s) | See Below |
| First air date | September 1935 (as CRCW) July 1, 1950 (relaunch as CBE) July 1, 2011 (as CBEW-FM) |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 2,300 watts average 13,800 watts peak |
| HAAT | 427 feet (130 m) |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates |
42°09′12″N 82°57′11″W / 42.1533°N 82.9531°WCoordinates: 42°09′12″N 82°57′11″W / 42.1533°N 82.9531°W (FM) 42°12′56″N 82°55′15″W / 42.2156°N 82.9208°W (AM) |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Essex County Windsor |
| Former callsigns |
All on AM: CRCW (1935-1937) CBW (1937-1938) CBE (1950-2011) |
| Former frequencies | 600 kHz (AM) (1935-1938) 1550 kHz (AM) (1950-2011) (See also Rebroadcasters) |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | CBE-FM, CBEF, CBET-DT |
| Website | CBC Windsor |
CBEW-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station based in and serving Windsor, Ontario Canada. CBEW broadcasts from transmission facilities at McGregor on 97.5 FM, and also reaches the nearby Detroit area and (through relay transmitters in Chatham, Leamington, and Sarnia) parts of Southwestern Ontario.
The station first aired in 1935 as CRBC station CRCW (AM 600), which broadcast until 1938 (changing its call sign to CBW in 1937 after the CRBC became the CBC). Between 1938 and 1950, CBC Radio programming was aired on private affiliate CKLW (AM 1030, later AM 800). A CBC-owned station was subsequently relaunched in 1950 using the CBE call sign and 1550 AM frequency. Regional FM rebroadcasters were added in 1977.
On May 9, 2008, the CRTC approved the station's application to launch a low-power nested FM rebroadcaster (CBE-1-FM) in Windsor, at 102.3 FM. Six months later, on November 13, 2008, the CBC applied to the CRTC to convert CBE from the AM band to the FM band at 97.5 FM, to revoke its previous request for CBE-1-FM, and to include a new FM rebroadcaster at Leamington on 91.9 FM (which was originally planned for 91.5 FM but was moved due to conflict with Windsor station CJAM-FM which, until October 2009, was also on 91.5). The new 97.5 FM main signal would broadcast with a directional antenna to the southeast, to avoid interference with two other stations at 97.5 FM, London's CIQM-FM and Lansing's WJIM-FM.
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