CBEW-FM

CBEW-FM(97.5MHz) is thecall signof theCBC Radio Onestation based in and servingWindsor, Ontario,Canada. CBEW broadcasts from transmission facilities atMcGregorand also reaches the nearbyDetroitarea and parts of Southwestern Ontario through relay transmitters inChatham–Kent,Leamington,andSarnia.

CBEW-FM

Windsor, Ontario Canada
Broadcast area	Southwestern Ontario
Frequency	97.5MHz(FM)
Branding	CBC Radio One
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	CBE-FM,CBEF,CBET-DT
History
First air date	September1935(as CRCW) July 1,1950(relaunch as CBE) July 1,2011(as CBEW-FM)
Former call signs	CRCW (1935–1937) CBW (1937–1938) CBE (1950–2011)
Former frequencies	600kHz(AM) (1935–1938) 1550 kHz (1950–2011)
Call signmeaning	Canadian Broadcasting CorporationEssex CountyWindsor
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	2,300wattsaverage 13,800 watts peak
HAAT	427 feet (130 m)
Transmitter coordinates	42°09′12″N82°57′11″W
Links
Website	www.cbc.ca/windsor/

History

The station first aired in 1935 asCRBCstation CRCW 600 AM, 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 affiliateCKLW.A CBC-owned station was subsequently relaunched in 1950 using the CBEcall signand 1550 frequency. Regional FM rebroadcasters were added in 1977.

On May 9, 2008, the CRTC approved the station's application to launch a low-power nested FMrebroadcaster(CBE-1-FM) in Windsor, at 102.3 FM.Six months later, on November 13, 2008, the CBC applied to theCRTCto convert CBE from the AM band to the FM band at 97.5 FM, to revoke its previous request for CBE-1, and to include a new FM rebroadcaster inLeamingtonon 91.9 FM (which was originally planned for 91.5 FM but was moved due to conflict with Windsor stationCJAM-FMwhich, until October 2009, was also on 91.5).The new 97.5 FM main signal would broadcast with a directional antenna to the southeast, to avoid interference with two other stations at 97.5,London'sCIQM-FMandLansing, Michigan'sWJIM-FM.

On June 16, 2009, CBE received approval for its conversion to 97.5 FM and for its Leamington repeater.Originally, no time frame was given for the AM to FM transition, though after the new FM signal would sign on, the AM signal was to go silent after three months of simulcasting, with the repeater signal at 102.3 to close within thirty days of the start-up of the 97.5 signal. That decision came following the CRTC approval for CJAM to relocate to 99.1 in March 2009.The 97.5 facilities began testing on December 1, 2010,the start of a 7-month testing stage that also included resolving issues between the new signal and second-adjacent stations inDetroit(WXYT-FM97.1 andWJLB97.9).The station officially launched on July 1, 2011under thecall signof CBEW-FM (which was the call sign for adefunct CBC radio transmitterinFraserdale).

In accordance with the original transition plans,the CBC announced that CBE would close down on September 30, 2011.Sometime after midnight on October 1, 2011, without fanfare, CBE's 10,000-watt Class-A 1550AMsignal was either powered down or shutdown.According to Scott Fybush's Northeast Radio Watch, CBE 1550 AM's sign-off happened without fanfare; indeed, the scheduled midnight end to CBE was extended out for a bit as the station came back on and off the air several times before finally dropping audio at 12:25 a.m. October 1, leaving just a dead carrier on 1550 AM.

In May 2012, the CBC filed a request with the CRTC to move Windsor'sPremière ChaînestationCBEFto CBE's former frequency and transmitter, owing to potential issues with the age of the facilities andrustfound on its tower in August 2011.The move was approved by the CRTC on October 16, 2012. The move would bring programming back to 1550 for the first time since CBE's sign-off.

Local programming

CBEW produces thelocal morning programWindsor Morning,hosted by Amy Dodge.

Prior to 2015, the station produced the local afternoon programThe Bridge,hosted by Bob Steele. In 2015 that program was renamedAfternoon Drive,expanded its focus to cover much of theSouthwestern Ontarioregion, and was added to the schedule of the network'sLondonstationCBCL-FM;in 2017, the program's production was moved to London, concurrently with the launch of a new local morning program on that station.The program is now hosted by Matt Allen.

Rebroadcasters

Rebroadcastersof CBEW-FM

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Chatham-Kent	CBEE-FM	88.1 FM	1,430watts	A	Query	86-192
Sarnia	CBEG-FM	90.3 FM	1,800 watts	A	Query	86-193
Leamington	CBEW-FM-1	91.9 FM	10,450 watts	B1	Query	2009-349

Former repeater, now shut down:

City of license	Identifier	Frequency	Power	Class	RECNet	CRTC Decision
Windsor	CBE-1-FM	102.3 FM	690watts	A	Query	2008-102

The 102.3 frequency is now used byCINA-FM,which signed on in September 2012.

External links

• CBC Windsor
• CBEW-FMat The History of Canadian Broadcasting by theCanadian Communications Foundation
• CBEW-FMin the REC Canadian station database