This morning during some average tropo towards Ottawa I was noticing a new station on 91.9 with the same programming as 91.5 in Ottawa and my local 107.5 Kingston which is also CBC Radio 1. It was weak here but I've never heard CBC Radio 1 on 91.9 before so I'm thinking the Brockville signal may have signed on. Can anyone who lives closer confirm this?
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91.9 CBC Radio Brockville On Air?
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spunker88 said:Seems like 107.5 and/or 91.5 would cover that area pretty well already.
It certainly does. The new signal kills some fringe catches for me. 91.9 CKLY (BOB FM) Lindsay ON, is not a big loss and fortunately the WRVO network has recently lit the wick on 89.3 (WRVN Clayton NY), so even though 91.7 is now trashed, I can still get WRVO's programming (which differs at times from the more local NCPR programs). Unfortunately the same can't be said for Cornwall ON's rather unique CHOD, or Baldwinsville NY's WSEN, which are now being fried on 92.1...
A couple things to note. Currently CBC runs a blurb about the Brockville signal being in the test phase (for those of you who enjoy 'air-checks') and there are minor variations in the programming, compared to Ottawa's CBO (for example-an all Ontario forcast-perhaps the Kingston signal carries this as well, although I seem to recall that at one time, 107.5 used to carry far less Ottawa-centric programming, than it does now.).
~BG
CBCK (107.5) used to rebroadcast some of the local programming from CBL Toronto, but about 15 years ago they were approved to switch their feed to Ottawa.
I've never attempted to listen to CBC Radio One in Brockville, but I had heard there were some signal deficiencies in the area. Another area that could use a Radio One transmitter is Belleville; they are within the 500 mV/m contour of CBCP Peterborough (98.7) and can also get 107.5, but neither signal is strong, even on a car radio. CBC Radio is almost un-listenable on either frequency on one part of the 401 in that area.
I've never attempted to listen to CBC Radio One in Brockville, but I had heard there were some signal deficiencies in the area. Another area that could use a Radio One transmitter is Belleville; they are within the 500 mV/m contour of CBCP Peterborough (98.7) and can also get 107.5, but neither signal is strong, even on a car radio. CBC Radio is almost un-listenable on either frequency on one part of the 401 in that area.
M.J. said:I've never attempted to listen to CBC Radio One in Brockville, but I had heard there were some signal deficiencies in the area.
I believe there were, in those old stone and steel girder buildings, right along King St. in downtown Brockville (But then again, not much else got through to downtown anyways. Any of the offices I've been to, in the downtown core, usually had CFJR bouncing out of their radio speakers). Anywhere else in Brockville, you can pick up the Ottawa or Kingston CBC signal quite well.
~BG
Tincap said:M.J. said:I've never attempted to listen to CBC Radio One in Brockville, but I had heard there were some signal deficiencies in the area.
I believe there were, in those old stone and steel girder buildings, right along King St. in downtown Brockville (But then again, not much else got through to downtown anyways. Any of the offices I've been to, in the downtown core, usually had CFJR bouncing out of their radio speakers). Anywhere else in Brockville, you can pick up the Ottawa or Kingston CBC signal quite well.
~BG
I also must say that CBCK isn't the best radio signal in the world. I have to turn the volume way up to be able to listen to that station, compared with the other FM signals in Kingston. I've noticed the same problem in Barrie with CBCO (91.5), but not any other CBC stations on FM.
M.J. said:I also must say that CBCK isn't the best radio signal in the world. I have to turn the volume way up to be able to listen to that station, compared with the other FM signals in Kingston. I've noticed the same problem in Barrie with CBCO (91.5), but not any other CBC stations on FM.
Some kind of technical issue with CBCK (and CBCO)? CBO and CBOB are pretty much next to each other on the dial. Here at home, about 80 km south of Ottawa, I do notice a sound quality difference (and also a 2-3 second signal delay) when flipping back and forth, between the two. I've yet to try that with CBCK, with its transmitter about 5 km closer and a more powerful signal, than CBO.
~BG
I was driving through the area of Gouverneur/Richville, NY and decided to check 91.9 to see if interference between CBOB and W220CR would be noticable. It definitely was, the signal became unlistenable quickly and was basically taken over by CBOB near Richville, its town of license.
I happened to check the FCC listing for W220CR and there is an application filed in February to move to 88.3, and the application specifically states CBOB interference as a reason to move.
I happened to check the FCC listing for W220CR and there is an application filed in February to move to 88.3, and the application specifically states CBOB interference as a reason to move.
spunker88 said:I was driving through the area of Gouverneur/Richville, NY and decided to check 91.9 to see if interference between CBOB and W220CR would be noticable. It definitely was, the signal became unlistenable quickly and was basically taken over by CBOB near Richville, its town of license.
I happened to check the FCC listing for W220CR and there is an application filed in February to move to 88.3, and the application specifically states CBOB interference as a reason to move.
88.3? I guess WAER and/or WXLS would give it far fewer problems than the Brockville signal does on 91.9, eh?
Tincap said:spunker88 said:I was driving through the area of Gouverneur/Richville, NY and decided to check 91.9 to see if interference between CBOB and W220CR would be noticable. It definitely was, the signal became unlistenable quickly and was basically taken over by CBOB near Richville, its town of license.
I happened to check the FCC listing for W220CR and there is an application filed in February to move to 88.3, and the application specifically states CBOB interference as a reason to move.
88.3? I guess WAER and/or WXLS would give it far fewer problems than the Brockville signal does on 91.9, eh?
The problem is there is a clear line of sight between that area and Brockville, so even though the pattern on 91.9 puts most of the power into Canada its still sending enough towards the US to override their small translator. Although I don't remember how strong 88.3 is there, I imagine the Adirondack mountain terrain reduces the strength of WXLS quite a bit in that direction. There really isn't much left in the noncommercial band in that area with 88.7 and 90.5 both signing on in the area recently.
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