Re: [IRCA] Low-Powered CBC Stations in Nova Scotia, circa 1993

[John Cereghin <jcereghin@xxxxxxxxx>]

To follow up on this- I did find another official Nova Scotia highway
map in my collection, but it is undated.  It is probably dated in the
late 1970s, since highway 101 is not depicted on this map,  The city
maps are hand-drawn- ugh!  There is a radio station list that includes
some of these stations listed below.

Quinan, CBAF-8 on 600 is a French CBC station and the calls are given as CBAS
Sheet Harbour or Canso, CBAZ on 1230.  This station is not listed on this map
Larrys River, CBAU on 1370.  This station is not listed on this map.
Arichat, CBAF-13 on 610.  This station is not listed on this map.
Cheticamp, CBHE on 1380.  This station is not listed on this map.
Wedgeport, CBAF-7 on 990 is listed as a French CBC station with calls CBAA

Some other presumed low-powered CBC stations, all in French, are
listed on this map:
Digby, CBAE on  990
Meteghan, CBAH on 580
Weymouth, CBAG on 1550
Yarmouth, CBAJ on 1230

Were all the low-powered CBC stations in Nova Scotia broadcasting
French programming?

John Cereghin
Smyrna DE

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, John Cereghin<jcereghin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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