Very long time CBC AM radio station CBU 690 khz is leaving the AM band in
favour of FM.

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/making-the-move-to-fm/

Apparently their 50kw transmitter atop Mount Seymour is having difficulty
reaching the City of Vancouver. CBU can be heard in a very wide area in
southwestern British Columbia and the Northwest Washington State without
difficulty. Further this station hosts a sw station CKZU @ 6160 Khz. No word
on what will happen to the sw broadcast.

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"sdgreen" wrote in message
news:dVydj.39130$DP1.13613@pd7urf2no...
Very long time CBC AM radio station CBU 690 khz is leaving the AM band in
favour of FM.

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/making-the-move-to-fm/

Apparently their 50kw transmitter atop Mount Seymour is having difficulty
reaching the City of Vancouver. CBU can be heard in a very wide area in
southwestern British Columbia and the Northwest Washington State without
difficulty. Further this station hosts a sw station CKZU @ 6160 Khz. No
word on what will happen to the sw broadcast.

==

Further reference on this AM station on air since 1925 --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBU_(AM)

==

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

I think you can blame this move on noisy computers and metal-framed
buildings. No AM station can get a clean signal into a modern office
building unless it's pretty much next door. (the TV station I work for
had to put a 50-foot wire antenna on the roof to receive WSM 650 for EAS
purposes. WSM is of course 50,000 watts and only about ten miles away.)


Why didn't you use something like a Stoner DA-100 for the EAS antenna?

On Jan 2, 8:03*pm, BobsYrrAunt bob@YrrAunt wrote:
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:08:48 -0600, Doug Smith W9WI

wrote:
The AM station isn't on Mount Seymour - the FM will be.

I agree....best bet is the AM transmitter is out in Richmond at sea
level with Richmonds wonderful "water table 2 inches below the
surface" land. :-)

ByA

CBU-AM 690 kHz Vancouver, BC -Canada-
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=98800
49° 08' 15.00" N Latitude by 123° 12' 0.00 " W Longitude
Places the Transmitter Towers in Richmond, BC
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rl...-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Most likely colocated with CKZU in Richmond, BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond%2C_BC
123.12W 49.08N

~ RHF

In article 94zdj.41875$vd4.12836@pd7urf1no, "sdgreen" wrote:

"sdgreen" wrote in message
news:dVydj.39130$DP1.13613@pd7urf2no...
Very long time CBC AM radio station CBU 690 khz is leaving the AM band in
favour of FM.

http://www.cbc.ca/bc/making-the-move-to-fm/

Apparently their 50kw transmitter atop Mount Seymour is having difficulty
reaching the City of Vancouver. CBU can be heard in a very wide area in
southwestern British Columbia and the Northwest Washington State without
difficulty. Further this station hosts a sw station CKZU @ 6160 Khz. No
word on what will happen to the sw broadcast.

==

Further reference on this AM station on air since 1925 --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBU_(AM)
==

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/He...7/n2007-18.htm

and a longer history at:

http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/l...radio/listings.
php?pt=1&r=57

and narrowly on CBU history

http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/l...adio/histories.
php?id=56&historyID=21

The blog Inside the CBC is encouraging out of local market intervention
support.

Why not pile in and tell the CRTC (copy to CBC) to stop the
phase out of 690 kHz

"Dan Say" wrote in message
...

Why not pile in and tell the CRTC (copy to CBC) to stop the
phase out of 690 kHz

What can the CRTC do to prevent a licensee saying, "I do not want that
license any more?" The CBC is one of many broadcasters in Canada who have
changed from AM to FM in Canada in the last decade. The CRTC seems to be
encouraging, by policy and practice, the cleansing of the AM band whereby
eventually the only AMs will be in large markets where a broader range of
programming is perceived to be needed. About 40% of Canadian AMs are now
gone, and more applications and grants for moves to FM come through each
week.

Like many other nations, ranging from Austria to South Africa to Ecuador, AM
station counts in Canada are being minimized.

On Jan 3, 3:46*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Dan Say" wrote in message

...

Why not pile in and tell the CRTC (copy to CBC) to stop the
phase out of 690 kHz

What can the CRTC do to prevent a licensee saying, "I do not want that
license any more?" The CBC is one of many broadcasters in Canada who have
changed from AM to FM in Canada in the last decade. The CRTC seems to be
encouraging, by policy and practice, the cleansing of the AM band whereby
eventually the only AMs will be in large markets where a broader range of
programming is perceived to be needed. About 40% of Canadian AMs are now
gone, and more applications and grants for moves to FM come through each
week.

Like many other nations, ranging from Austria to South Africa to Ecuador, AM
station counts in Canada are being minimized.

The Future Terror-of-Noise from 24/7 IBOC is know World Wide.

stay-out the am/mw ~ RHF