[HCDX]: CBM 940 shut down date announced

[Werner Funkenhauser <funk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Received today. Thanks to Sheldon Harvey for the tip.

Apologies if you already read it.

The URL is actually:  http://radio.cbc.ca/regional/Quebec/Montreal/

          Subject: CBM 940 shut down date announced
              Date:  Tue, 11 May 1999 09:39:35 -0700 (PDT)
             From:  Sheldon Harvey <ve2shw@xxxxxxxxx>
                 To:  Mass Mailing <ve2shw@xxxxxx>

          May 11, 1999

          It has been officially announced that the shut down
          of  the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations AM
          station CBM on 940 kHz. in Montreal will leave the
          air this coming Friday evening at Midnight Eastern
          time; that is 0400 UTC Saturday.

          The station has been simulcasting on 88.5 MHz. since

          the 1998 January winter icestorm. It was rumoured to

          be going off on March 31, 1999, but obviously that
          did
          not happen.

          It was announced several times on the air, beginning

          yesterday, May 10, 1999, on CBM 940 AM / 88.5 FM,
          that
          the station is shutting down the AM outlet "as
          required by the CRTC (Canadian Radio Television and
          Telecommunications Commission)".

          The station is giving out the following telephone
          number 514-597-4466, to call if you are having
          interference problems, or difficulty picking up the
          88.5 MHz. FM signal. The CBC technical department
          has
          prepared a list of 4 tips to improve reception on
          FM.
          This is given out over the phone, but it is also
          available on the station's website. Check:

          <http://www.radio.cbc.ca>

          It is under the Quebec region section on the
          website.

          According to insiders at CBC, they have already been

          receiving many complaints from listeners who are
          having difficulty receiving the FM signal. Because
          of
          the location of the FM antenna on Mount Royal, on
          the
          island of Montreal, there are several areas, even on

          the island of Montreal, who are having difficulty
          picking up a clean signal. Many areas which received

          the signal easily on the 940 AM (mediumwave)
          frequency, at great distances from Montreal, will no

          longer have this luxury with the 88.5 FM signal.

          When CBF 690 kiloHertz in Montreal signed off
          several
          months ago, there was a special announcement made
          just
          prior to the shutdown, reflecting on the past of the

          French AM station. Hopefully a similar thing will be

          done with the 940 AM shutdown on Friday evening.

          Be sure to tune in early, at least an hour or so
          before the scheduled Midnight shutdown in order not
          to
          miss anything special which might occur.

          Also, when the 690 signal signed off, a tape loop
          played for a day or so, reminding listeners to tune
          to
          the FM frequency. This will probably occur with the
          940 shut down as well.

          Be listening to a piece of history on Friday evening

          as another CBC AM outlet leaves the band.

          Sheldon Harvey
          Greenfield Park, Quebec
          President, Canadian Int. DX Club

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Regards,
Werner Funkenhauser
Editor: ODXA Mediumwave Notebook
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