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Re: [Swprograms] Cuts at the CBC
- Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Cuts at the CBC
- From: Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:23:22 -0700
> Well, at least they won't be missing much when the American (commercial) stations are dropped... I know Canadians like NPR, though.... I think NPR streams are available via Sirius/XM.
>
The current List for the Vancouver/Victoria area
http://www.shaw.ca/uploadedFiles/Customer_Bulletins/Vancouver_FMChannelLineup.pdf
Loss of CBC English and French, and Vancouver popular stations in remoter regions of B.C. ( 400 km or more from Vancouver beyond 2 ranges of mountains ) and also Northern Ontario
http://www.shaw.ca/uploadedFiles/Customer_Bulletins/FMStations_Summary.pdf
Since the reformatting of Radio 2, the jazz, semi-classical
all music station on FM in about 6 cities only, many people
in the Vancouver area have tried King FM
The US stations currently are:
92.1 KUBE Seattle's #1 Hit Music
93.1 KPLU KPLU 88.5 - Tacoma - Jazz/News
95.9 KISW KISW Rock
97.9 KJR KJR 950 AM Sports Radio
98.1 KING KING FM - Seattle - Classical
98.9 KWJZ Click 99.9 - Seattle - Modern Music
101.3 KLSY Mix 92.5 - Seattle's Best Mix
101.5 KPLZ Star 101.5 FM - The Best Mix of Everything
Below a rather out of date list
"You can receive the following stations when your stereo FM radio receiver is connected to Shaw Cable:"
from http://foundlocally.com/Vancouver/Communications/MediaCableRadio.htm
Frequency Station Format Original City
88.5 CKST Team 1040 All sports radio Vancouver
88.9 CKSR Adult Contemporary Chilliwack
89.3 CHKG Chinese Ethnic Radio Vancouver
89.7 KMPS Country Seattle
90.1 CKZZ Hits / Top 40 / New Music Vancouver
90.7 KLSY Adult Contemporary Bellview
91.3 CISL Oldies Vancouver
91.7 CKNW News/Talk/Sports Vancouver
92.1 KUBE Contemporary Hits Seattle
92.5 CJJR Country Vancouver
93.1 CBU CBC Stereo - Classical / Variety / Information Vancouver
93.5 KPLU Jazz / News Tacoma
93.9 CJSF Campus Radio - SFU Vancouver
94.3 CKBD Adult Favorites Vancouver
95.1 KUOW Adult Variety Seattle
95.5 KBTB 70s Rock Seattle
95.9 KISW Album Rock Seattle
96.3 CKKQ Adult Rock Victoria
97.1 CKWX News Vancouver
97.5 CHMB Chinese Ethnic Radio Vancouver
98.1 KING Classical Seattle
98.5 CIOC Easy Listening Victoria
98.9 KWJZ Jazz / Easy Listening Seattle
99.7 CFOX Album Rock Vancouver
100.1 CFUN Talk Radio Vancouver
100.5 CKVX CKVX - New Rock Vancouver
100.9 CFBT The Beat Vancouver BC
101.5 KPLZ Contemporary Hits Seattle
101.9 CITR Campus Radio - UBC Vancouver
102.3 CBUF CBC French - Classical / Variety / Information Vancouver
102.7 CFRO Co-op Radio / Alternative Vancouver
103.3 CJVB Fairchild Radio Vancouver
103.7 CKLG JACK FM-Playing What We Want Vancouver
104.1 CBC CBC - Classical / Variety / Information Regional
104.5 CFML Campus Radio - BCIT Vancouver
104.9 KIRO News / Talk Radio Seattle
105.3 CFMI Rock Vancouver
105.9 CBRF CBC French - Classical / Variety / Information Calgary
106.3 CHQM Easy Listening Vancouver
106.7 CISQ Adult Contemporary Whistler
107.5 KNDD Alternative Rock Seattle
107.9 VOICEPRINT Reading Services Vancouver
> ---- Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > and while the Prez of CBC is saying they are going to rush out
> > of analogue TV broadcasts (1.7% of population he says) rival cable company
> > Shaw (owns the Global TV network also) is cancelling FM reception over cable.
> > Meaning a lot of U.S. Stations (mainly near border) will also be lost
> >
> > People are actually goint to have to buy a radio!!
> >
> >
> > "Shaw has previously offered customers access to FM stations with
> > their cable subscription. We are in the process of discontinuing our
> > carriage of these FM stations.
> > Discontinuing FM stations allows us to free up additional
> > bandwidth, which means Shaw can deliver faster Internet speeds,
> > increased High-Definition content and more Shaw Exo On Demand
> > programming.
> > This change is part of Shaw.s dedication to providing our customers
> > with leading edge technology through our superior Shaw Exo network."
> > endquote
> >
> > http://shaw.ca/Support/Television/FM-Discontinuation/
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