105.5 FM WINDSOR, ONTARIO SIGNS ON WITH CBC FRENCH LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

[Human Numan]

105.5 FM in Windsor, Ontario, Canada has signed on the air. I discovered it tonight. The signal is very weak right now out here west of DETROIT in Western Wayne County.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

Same programming that's on Leamington, ON CBEF 103.1 and AM 540?

 

[borderblaster]

New one for you to try for, Buckeyes. Does the French version of the CBS (SRC) have a couple of different services like the English version.

 

[w9wi]

Buckeyes2001: Yes.

borderblaster: Yes. The first (mostly spoken-word) service is Premiere Chaine; the second "Espace Musique". But the new station is with the first service. The second service isn't available in Windsor.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

New one for you to try for, Buckeyes. Does the French version of the CBS (SRC) have a couple of different services like the English version.

I did have them a few nights ago. Heard the French on the frequency and forgot about this new station at first. The challenge with the 105.5 frequency here is WMJI's IBOC pretty much kills any reception on 105.5. I can use the Tecsun PL-390 to null it out and usually it's WWWM/Toledo, OH 'Star 105.5' BTW I wonder if this new station will cause any interference problems with WWWM? Someone on the following page posted about not being able to listen to WWWM anymore:

http://mibuzzboard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=34873&sid=31fc160b784a4602af86d23c705c2633

 

[borderblaster]

As long as the new Canadian doesn't cause interference in WWWM's service area in and around Toledo there's no problem. The FCC and CRTC have agreed to allow interference to their own stations on the opposite country's soil. So the Windsor fringe listener to the Toledo station is SOL. Similarly, CBC Radio 2 listeners in Ohio are out of luck because of new allocations which interferes with the CBC on US soil. Someone had proposed putting a translator on 93.9 that would have interfered with CIDR in Detroit...which though dumb, as the translator would be blown away by CIDR, as long as it did not interfere with CIDR on Canadian soil, there's no problem. The CBC/SRC demands full coverage of its French network even if thyere are no French dominant residents.

 

[HHH]

Not much of a signal. Highly directional, low power, low height.

http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?canfm=CBEF-2-FM

 

[ChrisInMI]

"The first (mostly spoken-word) service is Premiere Chaine; the second "Espace Musique". But the new station is with the first service. The second service isn't available in Windsor."

Not true. Espace Musique is available in Windsor, at 103.9 FM.

http://www.michiguide.com/dials/radio/cjbc2.html