CBA to move to FM

[Doug Drown]

I had once read somewhere that the reason the CBC hadn't already moved CBA
was that ships at sea were dependent upon it for weather forecasts.  I
gather that's no longer the case(?).

Question:  What has prompted the mass move to FM in Canada, anyway?  It's
been happening for years (I think CFNB in Fredericton has been off the air
for at least a decade).  Is AM THAT much of a relic?  Come on.

-Doug




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
Cc: <Boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: CBA to move to FM


> A. Joseph Ross wrote:
> > The current issue of =Monitoring Times= is reporting that CBA 1070,
> > in Moncton, New Brunswick, has applied to give up its AM signal and
> > move to FM.  This may be the last CBC station that can still be heard
> > anywhere in this area at night.
> >
>
> NERW, Sept. 5, 2006: (http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060905/nerw.html)
>
> "*The last CBC Radio One AM signal to bring the news of CANADA across
> the border to New England could soon move to FM. Fans of the CBC in the
> US have already weathered the loss of CBL (740 Toronto) and CBM (940
> Montreal), and now the CBC is applying for permission to silence the AM
> signal of CBA (1070 Moncton NB). If the move is approved, CBA would move
> to 106.1, with 69.5 kW/211 m - and New Brunswick would be down to its
> last four AM stations."
>
> Miss a week, miss a lot... :-)
>
> s
>