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[IRCA] Low-Powered CBC Stations in Nova Scotia, circa 1993
One of my other hobbies, besides DXing, is collecting old road maps,
especially those published by oil companies from the 1940s up through
the 1970s. Many of these maps contain radio station lists, which are
interesting in and of themselves, for radio history buffs.
One map in my collection is an official map of Nova Scotia, dated 1993
( I get to Nova Scotia a lot, as my wife is from there). This map
contains a listing of Nova Scotia AM and FM stations, as most maps do,
but with an interesting addition. On the map itself are about a dozen
“boxes” with listings of other AM and FM stations that do not show up
on any of the station lists from 1993. I suspect most of these other
stations are the low-powered CBC AM outlets, that are just about
extinct in eastern Canada. I only know of two such stations left in
the Maritimes, in McAdam, New Brunswick on 600 and in St. Stephen, New
Brunswick on 990 (which I always tune into when I cross the border),
both with 40 watts. This map seems to list several such stations that
were in operation in Nova Scotia in 1993. I don’t know if all such
stations are listed, but it is an interesting piece of radio history
to collect info about these low-powered CBC relay stations on AM.
This map lists the following presumed low-powered CBC AM relays. I am
guessing about the locations, as the boxes are printed beside the town
where the transmitter was located.
Quinan (near Yarmouth), CBAF-8 on 600
Sheet Harbour or Canso, CBAZ on 1230. There is a text box listing
this station beside both Sheet Harbour and Canso.
Larrys River, CBAU on 1370
Arichat (presumed, this is the closest town to this text box) (on
southern Cape Breton Island), CBAF-13 on 610
Cheticamp, CBHE on 1380
Wedgeport, CBAF-7 on 990
I have quite a few official Nova Scotia maps but these listings only
appear on the 1993 edition, as far as I know.
John Cereghin
Smyrna DE
www.pilgrimway.org/dx
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