CBTK-FM
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| City | Kelowna, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Southern Interior |
| Branding | CBC Radio One |
| Frequency | 88.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 1987 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| ERP | 5.2 kW horizontal polarization only |
| HAAT | 507.8 meters (1,666 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°58′0″N 119°31′44″W / 49.96667°N 119.52889°W |
| Callsign meaning | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation T Kelowna |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | CBC British Columbia |
CBTK-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network in Kelowna, British Columbia. The station broadcasts at FM 88.9 MHz in Kelowna.
The station was launched in 1987. Prior to its launch, CBC Radio programming aired in Kelowna on private affiliate CKOV 630 in the AM band, while most of its other transmitters were rebroadcasters of Vancouver's CBU.
CBTK-FM produces its own local morning show, Daybreak South, as well as a local afternoon show, Radio West, which airs across the whole interior of British Columbia.
On April 12, 1985, the CRTC approved an application by the CBC to amend the broadcasting licences for CBXH Cooper Creek, CBDA Fort Nelson and CBKI Valemount by changing the frequencies from 1450 kHz to 1540 kHz (CBXH); 1240 kHz to 1560 kHz (CBDA); and 1450 kHz to 1350 kHz (CBKI). These AM transmitters were eventually converted to FM or shutdown.
On October 25, 2013 at the request of the CBC, the CRTC deleted low-power AM transmitter CBKR in Parson. Radio One programming in this community is available from adjacent transmitters CBXE-FM Golden and CBUQ-FM Radium Hot Springs, the closest Radio One transmitters to Parson.
CBTK-FM was previously repeated on CBYK-FM Kamloops and on 22 CBC radio repeaters in the Thompson and Cariboo regions. On October 28, 2011, the CBC filed an application with the CRTC to convert CBYK-FM from a rebradcaster of CBTK-FM to an anchor of a new regional CBC Radio One network. The CRTC approved the new regional network on March 30, 2012, with a start-up date slated for October 9, 2012.
CBUC-FM in Salmon Arm, which was originally to have been part of the new network, will remain a repeater of CBTK-FM, following interventions from various parties, including the City of Salmon Arm, that the region is more economically-tied with the Okanagan region than with Kamloops.
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