 Alberta, Southern Alberta  CBCX-FM (Espace musique), Calgary, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 2002 On May 7, the CBC was authorized to open a new FM station at Calgary with a rebroadcast transmitter at Edmonton. The new station would broadcast programming originating from Radio-Canada’s La Chaîne culturelle as well as a minimum of 20 minutes of local programming per week. The Calgary transmitter would operate on a frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. The transmitter at Edmonton would broadcast on 90.1 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 watts. On December 12, the CBC was given approval to decrease power for the Calgary transmitter from 100,000 to 10,000 watts. The Department of Industry determined that the use 100,000 watts would create interference and was not acceptable to Nav Canada. 2003 CBCX-FM Calgary began broadcasting on March 17. 2004 On February 20, CBCX-FM-1 Edmonton was authorized to decrease its antenna height from 232.6 to 193 metres. CBCX-FM-1 Edmonton signed on the air on May 5. Network programming for CBCX-FM and its transmitter is received via satellite.
La chaîne culturelle was renamed Espace musique in September. |
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