CBE is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
CBE broadcasts at 1550 on the AM dial, and also reaches parts of Western Ontario via two relay transmitters located at Sarnia and Chatham. Following a license amendment in 2009, the station will be moving to 97.5 FM, with the new call sign CBEW-FM, in late 2009 or early 2010.
The station first aired in 1935 as Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission station CRCW 600, whi...
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CBE is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
CBE broadcasts at 1550 on the AM dial, and also reaches parts of Western Ontario via two relay transmitters located at Sarnia and Chatham. Following a license amendment in 2009, the station will be moving to 97.5 FM, with the new call sign CBEW-FM, in late 2009 or early 2010.
The station first aired in 1935 as Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission station CRCW 600, which broadcast until 1938 (changing its call sign to CBW in 1937 after the CRBC became the CBC). Between 1938 and 1950, CBC Radio programming was aired on private affiliate CKLW 1030, later 800. A CBC-owned station was subsequently relaunched in 1950 using its present call sign and frequency. Regional FM rebroadcasters were added in 1977.
CBE's local programs are The Early Shift, hosted by Tony Doucette, in the morning, and Crosstown, hosted by Barbara Peacock, in the afternoon.
On November 13, 2008, the CBC applied to the CRTC to convert CBE...
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